Article snippet: Top progressive lawmakers Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said this week they will vote against bylaws to govern the 116th Congress, a challenge to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the likely next Speaker. They are objecting to the inclusion of what's known as a pay-as-you-go budgetary rule, which requires that legislation be deficit neutral, meaning any costs would need to be offset with new revenue or cuts elsewhere. But the two failed to convince other progressives in Congress to vote against the package, a good early sign for Pelosi, who will have to work to keep an ideologically fractured caucus together. Republicans such as outgoing speaker MORE’s speakership, a fate Pelosi hopes to avoid. House Democratic leaders adopted pay-go rules the last time they were in power, and Pelosi and incoming House Majority Leader indicated months ago that they planned to adopt pay-go rules again if Democrats won control of the House in the midterm elections. Budget watchers say pay-go is an important budget tool for keeping the federal deficit in check, but Khanna and Ocasio-Cortez railed against it. "It is terrible economics. The austerians were wrong about the Great Recession and Great Depression. At some point, politicians need to learn from mistakes and read economic history," Khanna tweeted on Wednesday. Khanna said he's not whipping on the rules package but thinks that a few other members share his opinion. He ... Link to the full article to read more