US EditionHakeem Jeffries finishes marathon speech denying Republicans a chance to pass Trump tax bill; House to vote after 8-hour 'filibuster'
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries gave an 8-hour 46-minute floor speech on July 3 in Washington, D.C., opposing Trump's tax and spending bill before a planned House vote.
- Jeffries used the House floor's 'magic minute' rule to filibuster the $3.4 trillion package, aiming to delay passage amid concerns over cuts to social programs.
- He criticized the bill as reckless and harmful to less affluent Americans, mocking Republicans and urging GOP defections while some Democrats complained about disrupted travel plans.
- Jeffries surpassed Kevin McCarthy's 2021 House speech record of 8 hours and 32 minutes, drawing parallels to Cory Booker's 25-hour Senate speech earlier in 2024.
- Following Jeffries’s speech, the House prepared to vote with Republicans expected to pass the bill, possibly strengthened by the lengthy debate despite initial dissent among GOP members.
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House Representative Falls Asleep During Lengthy Speech in Extended Debate - Real News Now
During an extended debate in the House of Representatives, a government representative seemed to succumb to slumber during a protracted discourse by Hakeem Jeffries, the House Minority Leader. This event preceded the Republican vote regarding a significant legislation put forward by President Trump. Jeffries began his lengthy speech just as the clock was nearing 5 a.m. Surveying the room at approximately 12:30 p.m., it was clear that Jeffries’ e…
For more than eight hours, Hakeem Jeffries spoke at the U.S. House of Representatives. His unusual speech followed political calculations – to delay a vote on a law driven by Trump. In vain.
Hakeem Jeffries and His Delay Tactics Work Against Dems Agenda ⋆ Conservative Firing Line
The following article, Hakeem Jeffries and His Delay Tactics Work Against Dems Agenda, was first published on Conservative Firing Line. Democrats never understand that their foolish tactics work against their own agenda. Nowhere is that clearer than when Minority Leader (using the term loosely) Hakeem Jeffries stood at podium of the House and talked and talked and talked for over 7 hours on Wednesday-Thursday. His “Magic Minute” should have been…
Hakeem Jeffries finishes marathon speech denying Republicans a chance to pass Trump tax bill; House to vote after 8-hour 'filibuster'
With Democrats unified in opposition, the bill will become a defining measure of Trump’s return to the White House, with the sweep of Republican control of Congress.
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