Progressive Caucus Chair Casar Says Progressives Will Be Power Brokers in Democratic House

According to Politico's live coverage, Rep. Greg Casar, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, has written in a memo that progressives will be power brokers in the new Democratic House majority. The report, by reporter Riley Rogerson, was published on November 6, 2026.

Politico described the incoming majority as massive. According to the report, Casar insists in the memo that progressives will hold influence within that majority, and the summary available for this account does not describe how that influence would be exercised.

The headline of the Politico report frames the memo's strategy as an effort to "wield our power," the only quoted language from the report available for this account. The headline does not indicate whether that phrase is Casar's own wording, and the summary does not say.

The available summary does not name the members of the caucus who would share in the strategy, the number of seats in the new majority, or the specific steps the memo outlines. The summary also does not state when the memo was sent.

The summary does not report any response to the memo from Democratic leaders, other House members, or Republicans. No other outlet's account of the memo was available for comparison, so no conflicting accounts are reported here.

The account above rests on a single Politico report, and the facts stated here are limited to what that report's summary provides. The memo itself is not quoted in the summary, and no passage of it is reproduced here.

Sources: Politico: Congressional Progressive Caucus chair lays out strategy to ‘wield our power’.