Democrats in both chambers of Congress are seizing on the rising support for generational change in party leadership and proposing ways to apply that to their committee leaders in addition to the elected leadership teams.
The House is preparing for a seismic shift in power with Speaker Nancy Pelosi stepping down from leadership after 20 years leading her caucus and her top two deputies willing to relinquish those coveted spots to make way for a new trio of top leaders.
That long-anticipated changing of the guard has seemed to embolden Democrats who’ve spent years discussing other ways to decentralize power in a caucus where elected leaders of all stripes can serve endlessly with few limits.
