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Jun 21, 2023 · First Black Lawmaker to Lead a Party. Wife and Children. Quotes. 1970-present. Who Is Hakeem Jeffries? Unanimously elected minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Hakeem...
Nov 30, 2022 · New York state of mind: Jeffries was born in Brooklyn and has lived in New York City for most of his life. According to a 2015 OZY story, his mother was a social worker and his father was a substance abuse counselor. In 2012, Jeffries was elected to represent New York’s 8th Congressional district—a slice of the Big Apple that includes parts ...
Feb 28, 2024 · |. By DARREN SANDS. Updated 7:41 AM PDT, February 28, 2024. WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries stood together at the annual National Prayer Breakfast — an opportunity, in the words of one introductory speaker, to “put our political differences aside.”
Fifty years later, in the final weeks of 2022, one data point suggested the remain-and-influence strategy had its merits: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from New York, was elected the first...
Jan 17, 2024 · His father was Muslim and liked the name Hakim. But he doesn’t mind the comparisons. Originally from Bushwick, Mr. Jeffrey moved with his mother and sister to Bay View in 2009. He said his...
Apr 25, 2024 · Hakeem Jeffries (born August 4, 1970, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) American Democratic politician who serves in the U.S. House of Representatives (2013– ). The House minority leader from 2023, Jeffries is the first Black person to lead a major party in either house of Congress .
Hakeem Jeffries represents the diverse Eighth Congressional District of New York and is serving his sixth term in the United States Congress. Rep. Jeffries is the Democratic Leader, having been unanimously elected to that position by his colleagues in November 2022. In that capacity, he is the highest-ranking Democrat in the House of ...
