Congress returns to work after big election by inching toward historic tribal delegate

WASHINGTON, D.C - Votes are still being counted from last week's historic election in which Democrats retained control of the U.S. Senate following widespread fears of a Republican "red wave" that never truly materialized.

But while the U.S. House of Representatives remains in play, Democrats are still in charge of the chamber for the remainder of the 117th Congress. And as lawmakers return to work this week, they are using their power to take up a tribal rights issue that could help their party make history once again in the nation's capital.

On Wednesday, the House Committee on Rules is taking the first step toward seating a tribal government delegate in the chamber. More specifically, the hearing focuses on what it would take to finally bring the Cherokee Nation into the halls of power on Capitol Hill, nearly 200 years after the United States made such a promise by treaty.

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