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

By: Jacob Fischler

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: October 22, 2026

Words: 1,447

Last Updated: 12 hours, 33 minutes ago

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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 mission failed in Congress.

But the policy is popular in her purple district that stretches from central Oregon to the …

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