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Why the new progressive Democrats in Congress might unite with the old Dems, for now

Published Oct 24, 2026, 7:00 AM

PORTLAND, Ore. — The latest cosponsor of a U.S. House bill to provide single-payer health insurance defeated a Republican incumbent in a suburban and rural Oregon district by fewer than 10,000 votes two years ago. U.S. Rep. Janelle Bynum, a Democrat now seeking her second term, doesn’t have the far-left profile of past Medicare-for-All champions whose […]

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