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Hakeem Jeffries: “We’ve promised to fight for an affordable America, and that’s exactly what we will do.”

On the recordNovember 7, 2026
We’ve promised to fight for an affordable America, and that’s exactly what we will do.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

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Likely House speaker on affordability promises.

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