SEATTLE — Progressive champion Rep. Pramila Jayapal wants congressional Democrats to pursue an equity-based economic agenda modeled after her home city of Seattle, which has spearheaded liberal laws such as the highest minimum wage in the nation.
It’s a left-wing agenda that encounters plenty of skepticism, including from more moderate members of her Democratic Party.
To make her case, Ms. Jayapal brought the House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth to Seattle this week to showcase her hometown as a progressive success story.
“There’s this idea that we’ve passed these crazy ideas and somehow the economy is tanking and that’s not the case,” Ms.