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Progressive Organizer Odessa Kelly To Challenge Conservative Tennessee Democrat


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Progressive Organizer Odessa Kelly To Challenge Conservative Tennessee Democrat
The left-wing Justice Democrats’ first primary target this election cycle is Rep. Jim Cooper, a budget hawk.
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Odessa Kelly, head of the liberal group Stand Up Nashville, is running for the Democratic nomination in Tennessee s 5th Congressional District, which includes metropolitan Nashville.
Nashville community organizer Odessa Kelly announced on Monday that she is mounting a progressive primary challenge against Rep. Jim Cooper, a veteran Tennessee Democrat with a history of fiscally conservative votes.
“We need more pathways out of poverty, and the status quo is no longer good enough,” Kelly, a co-founder and executive director of the liberal group Stand Up Nashville, said in a statement. “I know how to build coalitions that get results, and I’m running for Congress so that we can make bold, ambitious change at the national ....

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AOC and Pelosi rank among least effective Democrats in Congress


AOC and Pelosi rank among least effective Democrats in Congress
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Despite being some of the most well-known members of Congress, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Speaker Nancy Pelosi rank near the bottom of the table in a measure of legislative effectiveness.
In a study of legislative effectiveness, Ocasio-Cortez was ranked No. 230 out of the 240 Democrats who served in the 116th Congress. Pelosi was ranked 237th in the measure. Rep. Jim Cooper, a Tennessee Democrat, was the least effective legislator in his party.
The New York Democrat introduced 21 “substantive” bills in her first two years in office. None of the legislation received committee action, floor votes, or became law, according to researchers from the Center for Effective Lawmaking. ....

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