'Organizing Works': Advocates Credit Pressure Campaign With Forcing High-Ranking Democrat Hakeem Jeffries to Back Medicare for All
Following months of dogged campaigning by National Nurses United and other advocates, a top Democrat in the U.S. House on Thursday became one of highest-ranking lawmakers to sign on as a co-sponsor of the House Medicare for All bill. Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) endorsed the bill (H.R. 1384) authored by Rep. Pramila Jayapal…