The New Class of Washington Politicos
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When I first became a correspondent in Washington, D.C., it took me weeks just to find the Capitol Hill bathrooms. The learning curve hasn’t been so steep for a set of fresh-faced Washington politicos. Among them are a former nurse-turned-pastor behind the extension of the eviction moratorium, a sexagenarian leading the conservative response to crypto regulation and the Cuban-born face of a Biden administration shipping Cuban refugees back to sea. Meet the most diverse class in congressional history that’s already wielding outsized influence just eight months into office.
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