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Hakeem Jeffries

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Hakeem Sekou Jeffries is an American lawyer and politician currently serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 8th congressional district, a position he has held since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Jeffries has been an influential figure in the House of Representatives, serving as the House Democratic Caucus Chair since 2019. He is known for his advocacy on issues such as criminal justice reform, healthcare, and economic equity.

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Feb 23, 2025

Donald Trump is a chaos agent who promised to lower costs, lower the high cost-of-living in the United States of America, and he's doing the exact opposite because he's not focused on it.

newsweek.com
Feb 23, 2025

Far-right extremists are determined to push through $4.5 trillion of tax breaks for wealthy Republican donors and well-connected corporations.

nbcnews.com
Feb 23, 2025

Given the expected closeness of the vote, it’s imperative that we are present with maximum attendance.

nbcnews.com
Feb 17, 2025

The situation is very disturbing.

newsweek.com
Feb 16, 2025

Questions about the mayor’s allegiance are 'legitimately held concerns.'

cnn.com
Feb 15, 2025

Keep hope alive. The Trump administration is losing in court, not winning.

cnn.com
Feb 13, 2025

The Republicans with their budget have betrayed the middle class.

cbsnews.com
Feb 13, 2025

Republicans in the House and Senate have shown no interest in making life better for everyday Americans, because it's all about tax cuts for the wealthy, the well-off and the well-connected.

cbsnews.com
Feb 12, 2025

Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the presidency. It’s their government.

slate.com
Feb 12, 2025

It's important for us to allow the Department of Education to continue to do its work. That's the heart, soul and spirit of America.

cbsnews.com
Feb 12, 2025

It’s their government.

slate.com
Feb 12, 2025

What leverage do we have? They control the House, the Senate, and the presidency.

thenation.com
Feb 11, 2025

They control the House, the Senate, and the presidency.

commondreams.org
Feb 10, 2025

Republicans were ordered to shut down the government by Trump, which would hurt everyday Americans all across this country.

newsweek.com
Feb 10, 2025

Stop the Steal, to prevent unlawful meddling in the Treasury Department's payment systems and protect Americans across the country.

newsweek.com
Feb 10, 2025

Republicans were 'ordered' to shut down the government by Trump

newsweek.com
Feb 9, 2025

Presidents come and go. Through it all. God is still on the throne.

thenation.com
Feb 9, 2025

Republicans in the House, the Senate, the administration, they want to enact massive tax cuts for their billionaire donors and wealthy corporations. Follow the money. This is the reality of what is taking place. And in that process, they…

thenation.com
Feb 7, 2025

Why do Elon Musk and his minions need access to the names, Social Security numbers, addresses, birthdates and bank account information of millions of Americans?

newsweek.com
Feb 6, 2025

It's unfortunate that many of our Republican colleagues are willing to stand up a shadow government of the billionaires, by the billionaires and for the billionaires.

newsweek.com
Feb 6, 2025

Republicans have been busy. There’s an ongoing internal GOP Civil War around the budget.

thedailybeast.com
Feb 6, 2025

They’ve been kind of busy fighting amongst themselves around how big the tax cuts will be for their billionaire buddies, and how much they’re going to cut out of Medicaid as part of their scheme to end it as we know it.

nbcnews.com
Feb 6, 2025

There’s an ongoing internal GOP civil war around the budget.

nbcnews.com
Feb 6, 2025

We have to get serious about sitting down with Senate Republicans, Senate Democrats, House Democrats, and the administration in order to reach an agreement in advance of March 14.

thedailybeast.com
Feb 6, 2025

Look. I get it, right? They’re spending a lot of time arguing with themselves as part of the ongoing GOP civil war around the budget agreement that we’ve yet to see presented to the American people.

thedailybeast.com

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