Declaring Their Party ‘Spineless,’ Democrats Try an Economic Populist Pitch

A group of House Democrats referred to as the New Economic Patriots introduced themselves on Capitol Hill promising to lead their party out of its funk. It wasn’t clear how they planned to do so.
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