House Democrats Try To Recover From Week Dominated By Public Splits
Speaker Nancy Pelosi planned to tout the Democrats' bill overhauling campaign finance laws, but instead had to manage tensions about how to respond to charges that Rep. Omar made anti-Semitic remarks.
House Democrats wanted this to be a week of celebration centered on the passage of their signature bill to overhaul campaign finance, ethics and voting laws. Instead, leaders spent the week working to quell internal divisions and struggling to refocus attention on their legislative achievements.
The spotlight again focused on comments from Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., that senior Democrats, Jewish groups and many Republicans say are based on anti-Semitic tropes. Leaders have struggled to find an appropriate way to respond without offending any one branch of their party — all while trying to quell fears that the party is losing
