Andrew Solender

Scoop: Gaza is fueling a growing push among Democrats for Palestinian statehood Over a dozen Democrats signed a letter advocating Palestinian statehood, and one plans to introduce a statehood resolution.

NEW: More than a dozen House Dems have now signed onto Rep. Ro Khanna's letter urging the Trump administration to recognize Palestinian statehood.

Rep. Al Green told @axios.com he intends to reintroduce his resolution affirming Palestine's right to exist. www.axios.com/2025/08/04/d...

Scoop: House Democrats try to stop a "nasty" internal battle in Texas after redistricting "It's a mess," one senior House Democrat said of the potential match-up between Reps. Greg Casar and Lloyd Doggett.

NEW: Some CPC members pressing Doggett not to run against Casar if the new Texas map is approved.

“It’ll be nasty,” one told @Axios.com

They said of Doggett urging Biden to drop out: “This will be an opportunity for Lloyd to kind of take his own advice.” www.axios.com/2025/08/01/t...

More than a dozen House Dems 70 and older are already facing primary challengers — and there will be more where that came from.

Many will be "launching their campaigns throughout the summer and through the end of the year," @davidhogg.bsky.social tells @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/07/31/h...

Scoop: Democrats think they can get their hands on Epstein's birthday book Reps. Ro Khanna and Robert Garcia are urging Epstein's estate to turn over the now-infamous book.

NEW: House Dems are asking lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein's estate to turn over the birthday book that reportedly contains a poem and drawing from Trump.

They think this is a rare opportunity to obtain concrete information w/o subpoena power.

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"I think the big focus is going to be on health care, because that's what people care about, and I don't think this issue is big outside the Beltway," said Suozzi

Rep. Henry Cuellar told @axios.com: "We will focus on [the 'big, beautiful bill'], Medicaid, and tariffs raising costs."

"This whole thing is just such bulls**t": Not every Democrat wants to talk about Epstein "I don't think this issue is big outside the Beltway," one prominent centrist House Democrat told Axios.

Not every Democrat wants to talk about Epstein during the August recess.

“Candidly, this whole thing is just such bulls**t,” one House Dem told @axios.com

Problem Solvers co-chair Suozzi says he is “not really focused” on Epstein and prefers to talk about health care. www.axios.com/2025/07/24/j...

House to vote on kicking Rep. LaMonica McIver off committee that oversees ICE McIver said in a statement that the Republican who made the motion is "a bigot who wants to be back in the news."

A GOP motion to censure Rep. McIver would kick her off the Homeland Security Committee.

Higgins told @Axios.com she shouldn’t oversee “the branch of federal government that she's been indicted for committing crimes against."

McIver called Higgins a “bigot.” www.axios.com/2025/07/23/l...

Scoop: Why House Democrats didn't try to thwart Trump's $9 billion funding clawback "We need to fight the battles we can win," said one senior House progressive.

New: House Democratic leadership shared legal analysis to its members last night that delaying the rescissions vote past the Friday deadline wouldn’t have actually meaningfully blocked the bill.

Not every Dem agreed.

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Scoop: House Democrats shrug off delay tactics to stall Mike Johnson's DOGE vote "People would be really unhappy after what he did on July 4," said one House Democrat.

New: Democrats are largely shrugging off the idea of trying to delay a House vote on the rescissions package until after the Friday deadline.

They think the admin would probably just ignore or side-step it anyway, sources told @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/07/17/n...

It’s a ‘Horrible Time’ in Congress. But at Least There’s Softball. Lawmakers playing in the Congressional Women’s Softball Game are doing their best to put politics aside.

NEW: Democrats and Republicans will play *together* in tonight’s Congressional Women’s Softball Game — which they say helps keep the little bipartisanship left in Congress alive

“We all have to do hard things,” one lawmaker said, “we can’t keep hating each other”
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, her measure has not proven particularly popular with colleagues so far.

She attempted to intro it in an Approps hearing last month. It was overwhelmingly voted down, with top Democrat Adriano Espaillat saying he opposed it.
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A House Democrat is floating a radical new solution to Congress' age problem Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez's proposal would let Congress' ethics office adjudicate allegations of cognitive impairment against lawmakers.

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is willing to go where most of her colleagues won't on Congress' age issue.

Her measure would allow the House's ethics office to determine whether a member's mental decline is damaging the institution's credibility.

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NEW: The Trump admin has started using the SCOTUS birthright citizenship ruling to warn judges against blocking any of Trump’s policies

The ruling is also a key argument in a lawsuit DOJ brought against judges that issued a decision the admin disagrees with

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Most House Democrats @axios.com spoke to are not a fan of this strategy.

Rep. Ro Khanna argued that "the most effective pushback to Trump's unconstitutional actions is to model a reverence for the Constitution and the rule of law."

"There needs to be blood": Democrats' voters tell them to "get shot" in Trump resistance push One House Democrat was told by constituents that "civility isn't working" and to prepare for violence.

New in @axios.com AM: Dems are being told by constituents to break the rules, fight dirty — and not be afraid to get hurt.

"Some of them have suggested ... what we really need to do is be willing to get shot," said one House Dem. "There needs to be blood." www.axios.com/2025/07/07/d...

Inside the Democratic Effort to Kill the GOP’s Gender-Affirming Care Restriction in Reconciliation Democrats are having a hard time figuring out how to message on trans issues — but they quietly killed a provision in the reconciliation bill that would have restricted access to gender-affirming care...

NEW: Democrats have been struggling to figure out how to message on trans issues — but they quietly killed the GOP's Medicaid ban on gender-affirming care in reconciliation

Here's an inside look into how Dems, led by Rep. Sarah McBride and Sen. Tammy Baldwin, did it
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Inside Hakeem Jeffries' decision to filibuster Trump's "big, beautiful bill" One of Jeffries' central motivations was to force Republicans to vote on the bill during the day, sources said.

NEW: Jeffries called Johnson last night to warn him he would speak at length, two sources familiar with the conversation told @Axios.com

He said he had initially planned to speak for an hour, but changed his mind.

He wanted the vote to happen in daylight. www.axios.com/2025/07/03/h...

Democrats Have Basically Given Up Trying to Message on Transgender Rights “The Supreme Court has ruled,” said one House Democrat. “We’re either a party that supports the rule of law or not.”

NEW: Democrats have used SCOTUS rulings to galvanize their base — but they won’t do that with Skrmetti, which green lit gender-affirming care bans

One Dem said it’s now a states issue

Another said trans issues don’t poll well

A third pointed me to the Cass report
www.notus.org/democrats/tr...

Supreme Court Grants RFK Jr. Unprecedented Power of Key HHS Panel The court’s decision protects insurance coverage of preventative care, but with a major caveat.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rules insurers must cover preventive health care services (cancer screenings, STI testing, etc.)

But in doing so, the justices gave RFK Jr. unprecedented power over the HHS expert panel that recommends what services must be covered
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Robert Garcia elected Oversight Committee ranking member in win for younger Democrats The 47-year-old Californian defeated two rivals in their 70s despite being in just his second term in Congress.

More here: www.axios.com/2025/06/24/r...

NEWS: House Democrats vote to elect Rep. Robert Garcia as ranking member of the House Oversight Committee.

Garcia - 150
Lynch - 63

Garcia, 47, is only in his second term in Congress, making him Democrats’ least-tenured committee leader. He was previously mayor of Long Beach.

Robert Garcia wins key vote in House Oversight Committee race The vote came amid grassroots frustration over older lawmakers being picked for committee leadership roles based on seniority.

More here: www.axios.com/2025/06/24/r...

Iran ceasefire upends congressional fight to limit Trump's war powers The lead Republican on the effort is getting cold feet, but some Democrats still want a vote.

NEW: Dems forging ahead with efforts to force a war powers vote despite Massie signaling plans to back off.

Meeks, Himes and Smith (top Dems on Foreign Affairs, Intel and Armed Services) introing their own measure.

"We still need it," Khanna told @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/06/24/i...

NEWS: Rep. Robert Garcia wins steering committee recommendation for Oversight Committee ranking member on the first ballot, per three sources in the room.

Garcia: 33
Lynch: 15
Mfume: 8
Crockett: 6

"She's missing stuff": Eleanor Holmes Norton's colleagues see signs of decline "That's a staff-driven office now," one House Democrat said. "Just like you saw in the Senate with Feinstein."

NEW w/ @cuneytdil.bsky.social: D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton's colleagues tell @axios.com her decline has been evident.

"She's missing stuff," one House Dem told us.

Said another: "That's a staff-driven office now, just like you saw in the Senate with Feinstein." www.axios.com/2025/06/16/e...

"She's missing stuff": Eleanor Holmes Norton's colleagues see signs of decline "That's a staff-driven office now," one House Democrat said. "Just like you saw in the Senate with Feinstein."

NEW w/ @cuneytdil.bsky.social: D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton's colleagues tell @axios.com her decline has been evident.

"She's missing stuff," one House Dem told us.

Said another: "That's a staff-driven office now, just like you saw in the Senate with Feinstein." www.axios.com/2025/06/16/e...

More Democrats from outside Minnesota found in alleged Vance Boelter target list Michigan Reps. Hillary Scholten and Debbie Dingell, Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan and Ohio Rep. Greg Landsman were all on the list.

More names on the list:

Rep. Beatty (D-Ohio)
Rep. Kaptur (D-Ohio)
Rep. Thanedar (D-Mich.)
Rep. Escobar (D-Texas) www.axios.com/2025/06/16/d...

More Democrats from outside Minnesota found in alleged Vance Boelter target list Michigan Reps. Hillary Scholten and Debbie Dingell, Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan and Ohio Rep. Greg Landsman were all on the list.

More names on the alleged hit list of Minnesota shooting suspect Vance Boelter:

Sen. Baldwin (D-Wisc.)
Rep. Pocan (D-Wisc.)
Rep. Scholten (D-Mich.)
Rep. Dingell (D-Mich.)
Rep. Landsman (D-Ohio)
Rep. Morrison (D-Minn.)

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Torres Won’t Run for NY Governor if Socialist Elected NYC Mayor Count New York Rep. Ritchie Torres out of the 2026 race for governor if he’d have to deal with a socialist mayor of the nation’s largest city.

Ritchie Torres tells @bgov.bsky.social a Mamdani win in the NYC mayoral election would "so revolutionize the political landscape that I am unlikely to run for governor under those circumstances." news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

Another House Democrat tells @axios.com there is "heavy demand" internally for every member to have a personal security detail.