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WASHINGTON — Joe Neguse is the lone noncoastal lawmaker in House Democratic leadership, and he’s quick to remind visitors to his Rayburn office where he comes from.

“Obviously, me being a part of the team indicates there is not a coastal bias, right?” he says of Democratic leadership.

Incoming Republicans James, Ciscomani get time for early speeches, fueling speculation about future leadership ambitions

WASHINGTON — House Democrats continued Thursday to set their leadership team for the next Congress, approving outgoing House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn as assistant Democratic leader and picking four members to run the caucus’ messaging arm, among other posts.

House Democrats approved outgoing House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn as assistant Democratic leader, among other posts.

WASHINGTON — With promises to do “hard, unglamorous” work, help colleagues connect with constituents and navigate an ever changing media landscape, House Democrats are competing for open posts in the party’s leadership.

With top jobs settled, Democrats are vying for roles in the next Congress that include party messaging and managing the caucus.

TENNESSEE PASS, Colo. — President Joe Biden stood at the ruins of a World War II winter warfare training camp high in the Colorado mountains Wednesday, formally designating a new, 84-square-mile Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument, and celebrated the wildness of the West.

The House has approved wide-ranging legislation aimed at helping communities in the West cope with increasingly severe wildfires and drought — fueled by climate change — that have caused billions of dollars of damage to homes and businesses in recent years

The former Amache internment camp in Colorado was recently named a national historic site. Thousands were held there during World War II.