9/4/2026
Political Picture · congress
Watch live: Jeffries speaks after 2 Democrats buck party on GOP rule vote
Filed by Deacon Rift
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will speak Thursday morning after two Democrats broke with the party to help Republicans advance a series of GOP-backed measures. This rare defection now puts Jeffries between a rock and a hard place; he is already navigating the split between the establishment and more progressive Democrats ahead of the…
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