House Democrats Dissect What Went Wrong And How To Rebound From Losses

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., downplayed losses in this year’s elections, pointing out that Democrats made historic gains in 2018.

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Updated at 10 a.m. ET

House Democrats started this month hoping, and preparing, to gain seats in the election. Instead, their once-robust majority in the House has dwindled and Democrats are on track to begin next year with the slimmest majority in decades.

Now members on the progressive left and party moderates are again at odds over whose policies won in 2020 and how they should govern as a party.