Speaking at a press conference with the Congressional Progressive Caucus on Monday, Jayapal was asked how she weighed her plans to use the filibuster to protect Democrats’ policies after her party lost control of the White House, Senate, and likely the House, with her previous advocacy to get rid of it.

U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the Democrat who represents most of Seattle, has long been a proponent of ending the filibuster as a tactic to stall bills in the Senate. But with Republicans poised to control the presidency and Congress, the chair of the ...