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ByAndrewTaylorand Mary Clare Jalonick TheAssociatedPress WASHINGTON HouseDem- ocratic leader Nancy Pelosi is facing a challenge from one of her caucus' frus- trated younger members as the party faces another two years in the minority. Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan said Thursday he will challenge the California lawmaker, who has led the party since 2002 and was the first fe- male speaker from 2007- 11, in leadership elections later this month. Demo- crats have been reeling since last week when the party won fewer seats than she had predicted and lost the presidency. "What we are doing right now is not working," the 43-year-old Ryan said in a letter to colleagues. "Under our current lead- ership, Democrats have been reduced to our small- est congressional minority since 1929. This should in- dicate to all of us that keep- ing our leadership team completely unchanged will simply lead to more disap- pointment in future elec- tions." Ryan is from a Rust Belt state that President Barack Obama won in 2008 and 2012, but Presi- dent-elect Donald Trump won Ohio easily this year. Along with younger mem- bers in the caucus, Demo- crats from several Midwest- ern states have expressed concern that the party has become too focused on the two coasts and forgotten the working-class voters in the middle. Pelosi is from San Francisco. Well-known for her abil- ity to count votes, Pelosi is still the favorite to win an- other term as leader. She said in announcing her candidacy on Wednesday that she has the backing of two-thirds of the caucus, though Ryan questioned that number. The election is Nov. 30. It had been scheduled for Thursday but was post- poned until after Thanks- giving. Pelosi, 76, is a survivor who enjoys enormous re- spect and goodwill among most Democrats, even as many of her closest allies have left Congress. She has managed to maintain unity within the diverse flock of House Democrats and is an unparalleled fundraiser for them, collecting more than $100 million in the past cy- cle alone. Ryan's bid marks the sec- ond time Pelosi has faced a challenge after a dismal Democratic performance in an election. She easily beat back North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler 150-43 after the party lost the majority in 2010. But some Democratic lawmakers expressed their frustration in a closed- door caucus meeting ear- lier Thursday. Rep. Kathleen Rice, D- N.Y., said she told her col- leagues that "if we don't, as a party, have our lead- ers accept responsibility for where we are, we can't move forward and get to the point where our mes- sage is going to resonate with voters." Rep. Ruben Gallego, D- Ariz., said he had issued a challenge in the caucus "that anybody who is run- ning for any position of leadership needs to come back and explain to us how we're going to be able to survive one, the Trump years, but two, to not have the same excuse we have every two years where there's some external fac- tor that somehow causes us to not gain the seats that we need." Among the frustrations for junior Democrats is that several top Democrats on powerful committees have been atop their posts for many years — well into their 80s in some cases — and are not some of the party's most fresh and vi- brant voices. For instance, the top Democrat on the panel responsible for taxes and the Affordable Care Act is 85-year-old Mich- igan Rep. Sander Levin, while the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee is John Conyers, 87, who's been in Congress for more than 50 years. "We've got a couple of big issues coming up, not the least of which is defending the very strong parts of the Affordable Care Act," said Rep. Richard Neal, D- Mass., a rival of Levin's on the powerful panel. Some Democrats are pressing for term limits for committee chairmen. Pe- losi didn't dismiss the idea. "If you want that, you have to fight for it," Pelosi said. CONGRESS DemocratPelosifaceschallenge as House minority leader The Associated Press BEVERLYHILLS The world's earliest-known complete stone inscription of the Ten Commandments, described as a "national treasure" of Israel, sold at auction in Beverly Hills for $850,000. Heritage Auctions said the two-foot square marble slab sold Wednesday night at a public auction of an- cient Biblical archaeology artifacts. The tablet weighs about 115 pounds and is inscribed in an early Hebrew script called Samaritan. It likely adorned the en- trance of a synagogue that was destroyed by the Ro- mans between A.D. 400 and 600, or by the Crusad- ers in the 11th century, said David Michaels, Heritage Auctions director of ancient coins and antiquities. Theauctionhousesaidthe Israeli Antiquities Authori- ties approved export of the piece to the United States in 2005.Theonlyconditionwas that it must be displayed in a public museum. "The sale of this tablet does not mean it will be hidden away from the pub- lic," Michaels said. "The new owner is under obliga- tion to display the tablet for the benefit of the public." The tablet lists nine of the 10 commonly known commandments, leaving out "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain" (King James trans- lation), and adding one of- ten employed by the Sa- maritan sect, encouraging worshippers to "raise up a temple" on Mount Gerizim, the holy mountain of the Sa- maritans, according to Her- itage Auctions. The tablet was one of a number of Biblical artifacts owned by the Living Torah Museum in Brooklyn, New York, that were up for auc- tion. The auction opened with a $300,000 bid on the piece. The winning bidder does not wish to be identified. BEVERLY HILLS Ancient Ten Commandments tablet sold at auction for $850,000 ANDREWHARNIK—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday. FoodFromtheHeartFundDrive 7 TH Annual Fall, 2016 Published through an event co-sponsorship agreement with The Daily News We wish to thank the following businesses & individuals for stepping forward & joining us in this effort. Onbehalfofthefifteencommunityfoodagenciesinthe County who benefited from this year's Food From The Heart Fund Drive, we say thank you. 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