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'It is numerically possible': House Dem claims Hakeem Jeffries could win speaker vote

The Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee claimed Friday that it's "numerically possible" for Democrats to thwart Republicans and vote in House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries as the new House Speaker. Rep. Gerry Connolly told CNN's Jim Acosta that House Democrats are firmly behind Jeffries as current House Speaker Mike Johnson fights to keep his job. If enough Republicans …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

The Latest: Schumer says Senate on course to pass bill before funding lapses at midnight

Live Mint

With hours to go before a midnight government shutdown, the House approved a new plan from House Speaker Mike Johnson that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but dropped President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a debt limit increase into the new year. Leader Jeffries says Democrats stopped ‘extreme MAGA Republicans’ Hakeem Jeffries, whose support would make or break …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

EEUU: Hakeem Jeffries reelegido como líder demócrata en cámara baja a pesar de derrota del partido

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — El líder de la Cámara de Representantes, Hakeem Jeffries, ganó la reelección el martes como líder demócrata, recibiendo el apoyo de sus colegas a pesar de la incapacidad del partido para recuperar el control mayoritario de la cámara baja en las elecciones de noviembre. Aunque el líder demócrata será el nominado del partido para presidente de la Cámara …

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Hakeem Jeffries wins reelection as House Democratic leader

LA Times

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is shown during an interview with the Associated Press in Irvine in October. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries won reelection Tuesday as the Democratic leader, receiving support from his colleagues despite the party’s inability to win back majority control of the chamber in this month’s election. In line to become the House speaker, Jeffries remains …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

‘It’s on him’: Democrats look to Hakeem Jeffries to plot a path to revival

CNN

CNN — Hakeem Jeffries nearly became House speaker. Even without the gavel, many Democrats across Washington say House Minority Leader Jeffries — a 54-year-old New Yorker with centrist roots and messaging chops — is about to become the de facto voice of the party’s future and the face of resistance to Donald Trump. But McGovern believes his party should look …

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2 months ago

Obama aide anoints the next Democrat presidential candidate and delivers damning verdict on Kamala's future

Daily Mail

Hakeem Jeffries could be the next presidential candidate to run for the Democrats when it comes to the 2028 presidential election. For Barack Obama, stepping back from the Democratic Party may be both inevitable and necessary if the party is to recover The Clintons and Obamas are licking their wounds after their influence behind scenes in having Biden step aside …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Calm Amid Chaos: Hakeem Jeffries Embraces Unity in House Speakership Race

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Hakeem Jeffries, a rising star in the Democratic Party, chooses calm over chaos as Democrats work to win the House majority. Despite the chaotic political landscape, Jeffries remains focused on the choices before voters and emphasizes the importance of unity and staying calm in the face of adversity.

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3 months ago

Democrat Jeffries Stumps in California, But Race for House Control Tightens

Associated Press

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries crisscrosses Southern California in an effort to reclaim House control. He needs to pick up four GOP-held seats in California to win back the majority. Jeffries touched down in Anaheim, home to Little Saigon, a community with more Vietnamese Americans than elsewhere in the nation, and rallied support for his Democratic candidate, Derek Tran. He also …

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4 months ago

Hakeem Jeffries rejects GOP spending bill as 'unserious and unacceptable'

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Calling it “unserious and unacceptable,” House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries rejected on Monday a proposal from Speaker Mike Johnson that links continued government funding for six months with a measure to require proof of citizenship when registering to vote. AP AUDIO: Hakeem Jeffries rejects GOP spending bill as ‘unserious and unacceptable’ AP correspondent Jackie Quinn reports that Congress …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Hakeem Jeffries Compares Trump To 'An Old Boyfriend' At DNC

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LOADING ERROR LOADING In a bit that’s sure to antagonize a man who can’t stop telling people how attractive he is, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries skewered Donald Trump as an annoying ex-boyfriend during his speech at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday. “Donald Trump is like an old boyfriend who you broke up with, but he just won’t go …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Top Democrat holdouts Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer FINALLY back Kamala Harris as she barrels toward the nomination days after Biden stepped aside

Daily Mail

Two of the last remaining Democrat holdouts on Kamala Harris jointly announced they will be backing the vice president as she looks to take on Donald Trump in November. Senate Leader Chuck Schumer and House Leader Hakeem Jeffries finally made their endorsement for the presidential race in the wake of Biden's bowing out on Sunday. Senate Leader Chuck Schumer and …

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6 months ago

Top Democrat Hakeem Jeffries discloses how party is REALLY dealing with whether to dump Biden behind the scenes

Daily Mail

'Candid, comprehensive and clear-eyed conversations' is the alliterative phrase Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries now uses to describe the internal turmoil House Democrats are facing. The rest of the caucus is weighing whether to turn up public pressure on the president to step aside - and all eyes will turn to Biden's NATO news conference at 6:30 p.m. on …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Mike Johnson is speaker because Hakeem Jeffries allows it

Raw Story

Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene took the next step today in removing Mike Johnson as House speaker. Greene was never a threat to Mike Johnson, not without Jeffries’ say so first. You could say Johnson didn’t need Jeffries to save his speakership, because he was already outmaneuvering Greene among Republicans. Axios reported that “a sizable number of GOP lawmakers cast …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Hakeem Jeffries isn’t speaker yet, but the Democrat may be the most powerful person in Congress

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Without wielding the gavel or holding a formal job laid out in the Constitution, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries might very well be the most powerful person in Congress right now. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of N.Y., hands the gavel to speaker-elect Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 25, 2023. AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) House …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Democrats weigh prospect of helping Johnson save his job as House speaker

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Some Democrats are entertaining the prospect of coming to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s rescue should Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., force a vote seeking his ouster, though it will likely depend on his ability to deliver an emergency aid package focused on Ukraine and Israel. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., said if the aid package makes it over the …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

How Hakeem Jeffries’ Black Baptist upbringing and deep-rooted faith shapes his House leadership

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries stood together at the annual National Prayer Breakfast — an opportunity, in the words of one introductory speaker, to “put our political differences aside.” Such differences are vast between Johnson, a staunchly conservative Republican, and Jeffries, a hero to liberal Democrats. When pressed at a recent news conference …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Mike Johnson wins House speaker election after emerging as the Trump-backed 'GOP unity candidate' following 22 days of turmoil

Daily Mail

The Louisiana Republican won unanimous support from all of his colleagues After 22 farcical days, thirteen failed candidates, four nominees and four floor votes, the Republicans have finally elected a House speaker. Louisiana's Mike Johnson has been unanimously selected by his party to take the gavel in a vote that ended the three-week House GOP circus sparked by the ousting …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries Affirms Support For Embattled Progressive Incumbents

Huff Post

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries was on an AIPAC- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a staunch ally of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, affirmed his support for the reelection bids of progressive Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Jamaal Bowman, whom AIPAC is hoping to oust. “Leader Hakeem Jeffries intends to continue his practice of supporting the reelection …

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1 year, 6 months ago

How Hakeem Jeffries Learned to Fight Dirty

Politico

Jeffries’ two losing campaigns against Green, a savvy veteran wielding the levers of incumbency, marked his first taste of political combat. Now, the fact that his climb to power began with an attempt to draw attention to his opponent’s Muslim faith — an episode little remembered until now — sits uncomfortably with a man whose caucus includes three Muslim representatives, …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries To Spearhead Effort To Flip New York House Seats

Huff Post

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries is taking New York Democrats' fate into his own hands. Tom Williams/Getty Images After New York Democrats’ dismal showing last November, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of Brooklyn is not leaving anything to chance. Kathy Hochul and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Jeffries is assembling an elite team inside the New York State Democratic Party that will …

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2 years ago

Hakeem Jeffries Gets Cheers For Alphabet Speech After Kevin McCarthy Win

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING In the wee hours of Saturday morning, House Democratic leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries ascended the podium for his first remarks in his new role after House Republicans finally picked Rep. Kevin McCarthy as their leader. He acknowledged that the new Republican majority signaled the House was “at a fork in the road,” though his party would still …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Hakeem Jeffries | Speaking for the minority

The Hindu

With the closest contests of the U.S. midterm elections almost behind them — barring one, the Georgia Senate run-off election on December 6 — there is a palpable sense of relief among Democrats, who managed to cling on to the upper house even if they lost the House of Representatives to the Republicans. As Minority Leader, and the first African …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Who is the new US Democratic House Leader Hakeem Jeffries?

Al Jazeera

Jeffries has become the first Black politician to lead a party in the US Congress, succeeding Representative Nancy Pelosi. Democrats in the House of Representatives, one of the two branches of the United States Congress, have selected New York’s Hakeem Jeffries to lead their caucus. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 — Hakeem Jeffries November 30, 2022 Succeeding a ‘speaker for the ages’ Jeffries will …

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2 years, 1 month ago

House Democrats "pass the torch": But Hakeem Jeffries is no upgrade on Nancy Pelosi

Salon

Images of passing the torch can be stirring. When outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced two weeks ago that she would step back from the leadership of House Democrats, she said: "The hour has come for a new generation to lead." NBC News offered the common media frame: "Pelosi made history as the first female speaker of the House, while Jeffries, …

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'It is numerically possible': House Dem claims Hakeem Jeffries could win speaker vote

The Latest: Schumer says Senate on course to pass bill before funding lapses at midnight

EEUU: Hakeem Jeffries reelegido como líder demócrata en cámara baja a pesar de derrota del partido

Hakeem Jeffries wins reelection as House Democratic leader

‘It’s on him’: Democrats look to Hakeem Jeffries to plot a path to revival

Obama aide anoints the next Democrat presidential candidate and delivers damning verdict on Kamala's future

Calm Amid Chaos: Hakeem Jeffries Embraces Unity in House Speakership Race

Democrat Jeffries Stumps in California, But Race for House Control Tightens

Hakeem Jeffries rejects GOP spending bill as 'unserious and unacceptable'

Hakeem Jeffries Compares Trump To 'An Old Boyfriend' At DNC

Top Democrat holdouts Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer FINALLY back Kamala Harris as she barrels toward the nomination days after Biden stepped aside

Top Democrat Hakeem Jeffries discloses how party is REALLY dealing with whether to dump Biden behind the scenes

Mike Johnson is speaker because Hakeem Jeffries allows it

Hakeem Jeffries isn’t speaker yet, but the Democrat may be the most powerful person in Congress

Democrats weigh prospect of helping Johnson save his job as House speaker

How Hakeem Jeffries’ Black Baptist upbringing and deep-rooted faith shapes his House leadership

Mike Johnson wins House speaker election after emerging as the Trump-backed 'GOP unity candidate' following 22 days of turmoil

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries Affirms Support For Embattled Progressive Incumbents

How Hakeem Jeffries Learned to Fight Dirty

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries To Spearhead Effort To Flip New York House Seats

Hakeem Jeffries Gets Cheers For Alphabet Speech After Kevin McCarthy Win

Hakeem Jeffries | Speaking for the minority

Who is the new US Democratic House Leader Hakeem Jeffries?

House Democrats "pass the torch": But Hakeem Jeffries is no upgrade on Nancy Pelosi