As House Democrats plot out their committee moves for the next Congress, they are grappling with questions of age and seniority. Two ranking members have already stepped aside after facing younger challengers, and at least one other is trying to ward off that fate.
Fresh energy is needed to do battle in the Trump era, the challengers say, and reckon with their party’s loss in the November elections.
It seems like the second act of a play that began a couple years ago, when Nancy Pelosi relinquished her top Democratic leadership spot at the age of 82, allowing Hakeem Jeffries to ascend.
