Democrats warned against "unforced errors" at SOTU

• Even some House progressives who participated in those demonstrations have acknowledged they were not highly effective.
• Several lawmakers have indicated that they still want to find a way to register dissent from inside the chamber, but Jeffries has worked to shut down those impulses.

Driving the news: At a closed-door caucus meeting held at the Democratic National Committee's headquarters Tuesday afternoon, Jeffries instructed his members to display "decorum," according to multiple sources who were present.

• The comment came after Jeffries did a review of polling numbers, sources said, with the Democratic leader telling his members not to make any "unforced errors."
• House Democrats have specifically been warned not to repeat last year's tactic of bringing signs to the speech, according to one House Democrat.

What to watch: The speech is widely expected not to feature the same kind of raucous disruptions that rocked last year's speech, with far more Democrats opting to simply boycott it instead.

• In an effort to appeal to their base without repeating what they see as mistakes from last year, Democrats are holding several counter-programming events around and during the speech.
• Some groups, such as the Democratic Women's Caucus, plan to color coordinate their outfits at the speech.