- Two centrist House Democrats — Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (in a battleground race) and retiring Rep. Jared Golden — broke with party leaders to advance a GOP procedural rule that could bring a White House‑backed Russia sanctions bill to the floor.
- The defection sparked a heated on‑floor confrontation between Rep. Katherine Clark and Gluesenkamp Perez.
- Democrats are angry and weighing possible punishments as intra‑party tensions rise in the final week before the midterms.
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