Hakeem Jeffries seeks to elevate to speakership while supporting Shri Thanedar against Donald Trump and working with Katherine Clark.
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Updated Jul 21
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What happened
Hakeem Jeffries seeks to elevate to speakership while supporting Shri Thanedar against Donald Trump and working with Katherine Clark.
Who's involved
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Hakeem Jeffries is favored to become the next Speaker of the House, while the Senate maintains its requirement of a two-thirds majority for conviction.Also in this story
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz supported Hakeem Jeffries' bid to become the next Speaker of the House.
- Hakeem Jeffries used a discharge petition to force a bill onto the floor of the House.
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez publicly backed Hakeem Jeffries for the Speaker of the House, while facing criticism from peers like Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker.
The entities involved
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Hakeem Jeffries
American politician (born 1970)
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Donald Trump
American businessman and politician (born 1946), President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
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house of representatives
general term for legislative bodies