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Hakeem Sekou Jeffries (/ ˌ h ɑː ˈ k iː m / hah-KEEM; born August 4, 1970 [2]) is an American politician and attorney who has served as House minority leader and Leader of the House Democratic Caucus since 2023.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the Democratic minority leader in a Republican-controlled House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries' influence is normally limited. This week, he may be the most powerful ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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. The minority leader of the House Democrats, it was Jeffries who provided the votes needed to keep the government running despite opposition from House ...
The incumbent speaker, Republican Mike Johnson of Louisiana, was re-elected on the first ballot, defeating Hakeem Jeffries with a slim 218–215 majority. Johnson, who had replaced Kevin McCarthy in October 2023 after McCarthy was removed from the position , was initially expected to lose on the first ballot, as several Republican congressmen ...
The Democratic leader is being squeezed between two powerful but opposing forces. On one side is… House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has found himself at the center of the storm as ...
Hakeem Jeffries nearly became House speaker. Instead, he’s steering the Democratic Party through an identity crisis and hoping to avoid an ugly intraparty civil war. Even without the gavel, many ...
Antjuan Seawright, a longtime Democratic strategist and advisor to Hakeem Jeffries, says the questions about the party’s leadership are especially insulting to the 54-year-old congressman, who ...
Hakeem Jeffries thinks he will likely be the new House speaker – and he has been quietly maneuvering every day since he succeeded Nancy Pelosi to make that happen. Hakeem Jeffries built a plan ...