Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said the Democratic Party needs new leadership during an interview with
While on the podcast, Ocasio-Cortez was asked whether it’s time for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer to be replaced.
“I mean, I think so,” Ocasio-Cortez answered before adding that the party does not have a succession plan for when Pelosi and Schumer decide to step aside and has not groomed the next generation of Democratic leadership.
Schumer, 70, was re-elected as the Democratic leader in the Senate in November and Speaker of the House Pelosi, 80, has hinted this will be her last term as speaker. House Democrats have already nominated Pelosi for the role next year.
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agreement
alongside a year-end spending bill, with Democrats and Republicans set to exchange offers deep into the night and no imminent threats to tank a deal.
Congressional leaders have agreed on the contours of a $900 billion proposal that would include a second round of direct payments
and boost
unemployment benefits, but would leave out state and local funding and a liability shield, according to lawmakers and sources briefed on the talks. But negotiations are growing more urgent as Congress creeps toward another government shutdown deadline on Friday evening.
Asked what the hold-up was, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said: Why this takes so long is because we procrastinate and we pretend just one more day and we’ll get a better deal.”