House Minority Leader Weekly Briefing
“Marjorie Taylor Greene is the star of the show. The show is called 'Republicans Gone Wild,'” said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) as he briefed reporters from the Capitol after…
431 views“Marjorie Taylor Greene is the star of the show. The show is called 'Republicans Gone Wild,'” said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) as he briefed reporters from the Capitol after…
431 viewsThe House approved four bills reversing Biden administration’s environmental policies, including a measure to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list. Members also passed sever…
View in Congressional Chronicle393 viewsIn a rare Saturday session, the House of Representatives debated and passed four foreign aid bills. Three of those bills provide aid to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, and the fourth is a packa…
View in Congressional Chronicle16,315 views“This is a moment where the Congress is required to stand up for democracy, freedom, and truth, and push back against aggression,” said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on the de…
1,324 viewsDuring his weekly legislative press briefing, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said he was pleased the House was moving forward on bills providing military aid to Ukraine, Israel…
2,105 viewsHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) called the Senate impeachment trial a Republican “political stunt.” He added that it was “unfortunate” Republicans allow Rep. Marjorie Taylor Gre…
796 viewsHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) briefed reporters and discussed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s address to a joint meeting of Congress. He reiterated the Japanese leader…
829 viewsBernard Bluestein, John Christman, and Seymour Nussenbaum, three of the seven surviving veterans of the WWII “Ghost Army,” were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in a ceremony with milita…
2,389 viewsThe House debated and approved (286-134) under suspension of the rules a $1.2 trillion six-bill spending package to fund about 70 percent of the federal government through the end of the fis…
View in Congressional Chronicle5,206 views“Under no circumstances can we tolerate a government shutdown,” said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) as he briefed the press on effort to pass a $1.2 trillion government spendin…
873 viewsHouse and Senate Democrats marked the 14th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.
297 viewsHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) held a news conference with reporters, answering their questions on a variety of topics, including House passage of a bill that would require the…
850 viewsA bipartisan group of House lawmakers held a news conference to discuss their support for the Protect our Letter Carriers Act, which is aimed at addressing violent crime against letter carri…
305 views“Smokin' Joe Biden was on fire. ... He was lit,” said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) during his weekly press conference of President Biden’s State of the Union Address the nigh…
1,485 viewsPresident Biden and congressional leaders spoke at the 2024 National Prayer Breakfast at the U.S. Capitol. The annual gathering has occurred since the early 1980s and held on the first Thurs…
6,962 viewsHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) held a news conference after Congress reached an agreement to temporarily fund the government and prevent a shutdown. He called on congressional …
728 viewsSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), briefed reporters after a White House meeting with President…
2,272 viewsHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and other House Democrats held a news conference on a $95 billion aid package to Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel. Leader Jeffries said that “all opti…
1,948 views“This is not your father’s Republican Party. They shout about a problem, but then do nothing to solve the problem,” said President Biden as he addressed House Democrats at their caucus retre…
1,145 viewsHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY) held a news conference one day after the House Republican majority failed in its effort to impeach the Homeland Security secretary and approve a st…
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