Politics 2023: Why Congress' longest-serving rep feels like an outsider

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Politics 2023: Why Congress' longest-serving rep feels like an outsider
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As Congress convenes Tuesday, Republicans and Democrats must confront critical questions about the people and policies they want to represent: One veteran says her colleagues have forgotten about their voters.

When the new Congress convenes on Tuesday, Ohio Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur will become the longest-serving woman in its history. Yet after 40 years, she sometimes feels like an outsider.

People are also reading… For Democrats, much depends upon Joe Biden and whether the president will follow through on his plan to seek reelection. Republicans face contentious leadership battles inside their new House majority and at the Republican National Committee. "Whether it is someone harassing Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh or Congressman Fred Upton here in Michigan, or me, or our attorney general, or secretary of state, it's unacceptable," she told CNN's Kaitlan Collins in an interview the day she was sworn in."But I do think it's important that people on both sides of the aisle, who care more about our democracy than their political agenda, stand up and take it on.

Cnn Kevin McCarthy's problem: historically unpopular with a historically small majority House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is hoping all's well that ends well when it comes to becoming speaker of the chamber. The current minor…

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