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Four years later, he was first elected to Congress, winning the seat vacated by the conservative firebrand Michele Bachmann. Just two years later, Emmer, in the same role, faced blowback after Republicans only narrowly won the House, making far fewer gains than anticipated. In the wake of the disappointing results, he faced stiff competition in his bid to become the majority whip though he ultimately prevailed on the second ballot. In 2017, Scalise was critically wounded when a gunman opened fire during a congressional baseball practice. A staunch defender of the second amendment, Scalise said the experience only reinforced his support for gun rights. During the early hours of Saturday after McCarthy won the speakership, Jeffries officially became the first African American in history to lead a major party in Congress.
Hakeem Jeffries
He served in the New York State Assembly prior to his election, and was a corporate lawyer before launching his political career, with stints as in-house counsel at Viacom and CBS. Jeffries was reportedly set to be joined in House Democratic leadership by Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, as minority whip, and Pete Aguilar of California, a member of the January 6 committee who will run for caucus chair. Hakeem Jeffries of New York was on course on Friday to be the first Black party leader in Congress, declaring his candidacy for House minority leader after securing key endorsements to succeed Nancy Pelosi, the current speaker who announced her withdrawal from leadership on Thursday.
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Jeffries rose to national notice when he was elected a decade ago, in part thanks to being called, by sources including the Washington Post, “Brooklyn’s Barack Obama”. But he was soon elected to the New York state assembly, where he served for six years before running for Congress in 2012. He won the Brooklyn and Queens-based seat, parts of which were once represented by Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress.
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Last week, Joe Biden vowed to take another stab at convincing Congress to pass legislation that would allow him to tighten immigration policy and deter new migrants from entering the United States. This post has been corrected to note that Paul Gosar is also supporting the motion to remove Mike Johnson as speaker. In his letter, Jeffries asks Johnson to allow a vote on the Bipartisan Countering Antisemitism Act, which would create a federal coordinator to fight anti-Jewish sentiment.
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House Minority Leader Jeffries on the Legislative Agenda - C-SPAN
House Minority Leader Jeffries on the Legislative Agenda.
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Hakeem Sekou Jeffries was born on August 4, 1970, in Brooklyn, New York, to Laneda (Gomes) Jeffries, a social worker, and Marland Jeffries, a substance-abuse counselor. Hakeem and his younger brother, Hasan, were raised in Crown Heights, an important Black urban center of the 1970s and ’80s. The ideals of social justice surrounded Jeffries, both in the neighborhoods that elected Shirley Chisolm, the first Black woman to serve in Congress, and at home. His father made an unsuccessful run for the New York State Assembly on a civil rights platform. Jayapal also noted that House Democrats’ top three leaders would for the first time be entirely “women or people of color”. In remarks to reporters on Wednesday, Jeffries traced his ascent from the Brooklyn hospital where he was born, the son of a caseworker and a social worker.
"Together, this new generation of leaders reflects the vibrancy and diversity of our great nation — and they will reinvigorate our Caucus with their new energy, ideas and perspective," the California Democrat said. "Now, with the fullest confidence of our Members, our new Leaders are well-prepared to carry on Democrats' fight for working families and defense of Democracy." Also on Wednesday, Rep. Ted Lieu of California won a four-way race for vice chair of the Democratic caucus, defeating Reps. Debbie Dingell, Joyce Beatty and Madeleine Dean in a vote that took three ballots. He ultimately overcame Dingell by a vote of 141 to 74 on the final ballot, becoming the highest-ranking Asian American lawmaker in Congress. Serving alongside Jeffries will be Rep. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, who was elected Democratic whip, and Rep. Pete Aguilar of California, who was selected as caucus chairman. Theodore Wells, Jeffries’ former mentor at the Manhattan law firm Paul Weiss, told the Post, Jeffries was “someone who works easily within both the Black and white communities” and represents “a natural evolution in the background of African American politicians.
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Toward the end of 2019 the House of Representatives impeached Republican Pres. Donald Trump over allegations that he had withheld aid to Ukraine in order to pressure the country into opening a corruption investigation into one of his political rivals, Democrat Joe Biden. (Biden ultimately defeated Trump in the 2020 presidential election.) The Senate impeachment trial was held in early 2020. Jeffries was one of seven lawmakers named by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to serve as impeachment managers during the trial and present the House’s case against Trump. The appointment reflected the fact that Jeffries was an effective messenger, especially known for being highly quotable.
A look at one minority leadership strategy—partisan opposition—may suggest why it might be employed in specific circumstances. The purposes of obstruction are several, such as frustrating the majority party's ability to govern or attracting press and media attention to the alleged ineffectiveness of the majority party. "We know how to delay," remarked Minority Leader Gephardt.[40] Dilatory motions to adjourn, appeals of the presiding officer's ruling, or numerous requests for roll call votes are standard time-consuming parliamentary tactics.
In a previous speech, he claimed that Jewish people helped finance the transatlantic slave trade, which not only put Leonard’s academic career in jeopardy, but also created controversy on the mostly white campus. Hakeem found himself in the difficult spot of balancing the university’s speaking invitation with accusations of anti-Semitism and censorship. But he showed a prowess for navigating difficult situations and an ability to calm tensions. On Tuesday, House Democrats granted Pelosi the honorific title of “speaker emerita”. Clyburn, now the highest-ranking Black member of Congress, intends to remain as assistant leader to help with the transition. That election, and votes for other leadership posts, will take place on Thursday.
“It is a wonderful thing that you have decided not to be silent and decided to speak out against the repression that you see with your own eyes,” Abu-Jamal, a former Black Panther, said while calling from Pennsylvania’s Mahanoy state prison. “You are part of something massive, and you are part of something that is on the right side of history. In a powerful and rousing live address to students at the City University of New York (Cuny) on Friday night, the incarcerated Black political activist Mumia Abu-Jamal praised the pro-Palestinian movement growing at US colleges as being on the right side of history.
Hakeem Jeffries attended the State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton University), where he received a bachelor’s degree in political science in 1992. Two years later he earned a master’s degree in public policy from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Jeffries then attended New York University’s law school, graduating in 1997. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1997–98, Jeffries entered private legal practice. A son of civil servants who cut his teeth as a litigator at a white-shoe law firm and at CBS, Mr. Jeffries rose swiftly through the ranks of Democratic politics in New York and then Washington. Since 2013, he has represented some of the nation’s iconic Black neighborhoods in Brooklyn. During the Trump presidency, he built a national profile as a sharp-tongued critic and impeachment prosecutor, while also working with Republicans to pass criminal justice reform legislation.
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