Democrats huddle to weigh changes to party rules following surprise defections

House Democrats huddled Wednesday morning to weigh potential changes to internal party rules after a pair of centrist lawmakers crossed the aisle a day earlier to help Republican leaders advance a series of GOP messaging bills that were on track to fail. The defections by Democratic Reps. Jared Golden (Maine) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.)...

House Democrats huddled Wednesday morning to weigh potential changes to internal party rules after a pair of centrist lawmakers crossed the aisle a day earlier to help Republican leaders advance a series of GOP messaging bills that were on track to fail. The defections by Democratic Reps. Jared Golden (Maine) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.)...