Article snippet: Speaker MORE. As the minority leader over the past two years, Pelosi faced a small but intensifying push from rank-and-file Democrats to oust the president — a movement that won two floor votes in the last Congress and the support of 66 House Democrats in early 2018. Yet in the weeks since taking the Speaker’s gavel, Pelosi has tamped down the impeachment talk in her ranks, according to multiple lawmakers, arguing it is important to allow special counsel MORE to wrap up his investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to sway the 2016 election. The effort is paying dividends, winning over even the most liberal Trump critics in the caucus while dissuading new acolytes to the impeachment effort, which has struggled to find a foothold in the new Congress. “I’m in Speaker Pelosi’s camp. I think we have to see the report,” said Rep. MORE (D-Calif.), a leader of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. “Every week Mueller gives us something else to be aware of. And so most people think he’s doing a very good job. And we ought to let him finish.” Rep. MORE (D-Tenn.), who had championed impeachment articles in the last Congress, has yet to introduce them this year and says there’s little urgency to do so. He noted that no impeachment effort can succeed without public backing, and Democrats will have more luck building that support if they await the results of Mueller’s probe. “Those people, including myself, who think he’s committed impeachable offe... Link to the full article to read more