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Hakeem Sekou Jeffries ( / ˌhɑːˈkiːm / 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. He has been the U.S. representative for New York's 8th congressional district since 2013 and was a member of the New York State ...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., records a welcome message for an upcoming conference of preachers at Cornerstone Baptist Church in New York, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.
Katherine Clark of Massachusetts is expected to become the House minority whip, and Rep. Pete Aguilar of California will likely assume Jeffries’ current position as chair of the House Democratic ...
D+26 [ 3] New York's 8th congressional district for the U.S. House of Representatives is in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is currently represented by Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the House Minority Leader. From 1993 to 2013, the district covered much of the west side of Manhattan, and western coastal sections of Brooklyn.
Since entering Congress in 2013, Jeffries has been true to his roots. For instance, he was lead sponsor of a 2015 measure outlawing police use of the chokehold and other tactics hindering a person ...
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries at a news conference on Capitol Hill on July 19. (Mariam Zuhaib/AP) (AP) The 52-year-old Brooklyn native has served as the U.S. representative for New York’s Eighth ...
ASSOCIATED PRESS. WASHINGTON (AP) — Emboldened House Democrats ushered in a new generation of leaders on Wednesday with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries elected to be the first Black American to head a ...
On Saturday morning, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries officially made history as the first African American to lead a major party in Congress. Hours after Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy came out victorious in ...