Pelosi looks to guide congressional Dems through midterms, 2024 election 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has signaled to party leaders that she plans on sticking around through the 2024 elections and is hoping the lingering shadow of former President Donald Trump will help Democrats defend their slim House majority in the midterm elections next year. Those hopes will take a severe blow if Mrs. Pelosi can’t resolve the messy negotiations over President Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan and $3.5 trillion reconciliation package. The bills have fractured the moderate and liberal wings of her caucus. The spotlight is on the ability of Mrs. Pelosi, 81, to salvage her party’s agenda and on her future as the leader of a Democratic caucus riven by generational and ideological differences… (Excerpts from the  Washington Times)