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Hakeem Jeffries Wins Reelection as House Democratic Leader Despite Party’s Losses
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11/19/2024
House Leader Hakeem Jeffries won reelection Tuesday as the Democratic leader, receiving support from his colleagues despite the party's inability to win back majority control of the chamber in the November election.
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It's an honor and a privilege to have the opportunity to continue to serve in the position as
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House Democratic leader and to work with this extraordinary group of public servants
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Who the caucus has entrusted to make sure
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that in the next Congress we can continue the fight for everyday Americans and push back against any effort and
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extremism that we see from the House Republican
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conference
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or from the incoming administration
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We are prepared to work hard to find bipartisan common ground with our Republican colleagues and the incoming administration
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On any issue whenever and wherever possible, but at the same period of time we will push back against far-right
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Extremism whenever necessary in terms of the so-called lame-duck
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Session, there are three high priority items that we hope we can get to over the next several weeks
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First, of course, we need to make sure that we keep the government open
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That we fund the government in a manner that meets the needs of the American people in terms of their health their safety and their
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economic well-being and we should do so before
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December 20th in a manner consistent with the
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Bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act this notion of some mandate to make massive
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far-right extreme policy changes, it doesn't exist
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It doesn't exist
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and so in the new Congress for anything to happen particularly as it relates to an
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enlightened spending agreement or
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ensuring that
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America does not default on our debt and crash the economy and hurt everyday Americans for the first time in our nation's history
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It's clear House Republicans cannot do it on their own
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