Now in her third term, Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar has moved up the ranks in the Congressional Progressive Caucus and earned admiration from fellow Democrats in the House and Senate for giving voice to marginalized groups often forgotten on Capitol Hill.
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FILE - Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during an interview before President Joe Biden's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington. In interviews with nearly a dozen Democrats in the House and Senate, Omar is portrayed as a serious legislator who in the past four years has earned admiration for giving voice to marginalized groups often forgotten on Capitol Hill. FILE - Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden was winding up for a speech at a Minnesota clean energy facility when he spotted a lawmaker in the crowd whom he wanted to recognize.
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