Topic - Hakeem Jeffries

Mr. Johnson spent Friday morning negotiating primarily with Republicans as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, New York Democrat, told his caucus that he and the speaker had reopened lines of communication after the GOP pulled the plug on a bipartisan deal that all four congressional leaders agreed to earlier in the week.

House Republicans to take up government funding extension, defer debt limit vote until next year →

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, New York Democrat, told members of his caucus Friday morning that the lines of communication were again opened up with Republicans after over 24 hours of radio silence from the other side of the aisle. 

Republicans hatch new plan to split votes on government funding, debt limit, disaster aid →