Hakeem Jeffries

The House passed the debt ceiling deal on Wednesday night with a total of 314 votes in favor of the bill and 117 votes against it, according to latest data available at the time of writing. The bill now moves on to Senate. At the time of publication, 165 Democrats voted in favor of the bill while...

In a win for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the debt ceiling bill surpassed an important hurdle on Tuesday evening as the powerful House Rules Committee reportedly voted seven to six to advance the bill to the floor. The bill will hit the floor Wednesday for debate and a final passage vote before it...

On Thursday, Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Florida's Rep. Brian Mast (R) reintroduced a bill to establish the foundation for legalizing cannabis at the federal level, Marijuana Moment first reported. Joyce, a co-chair of the...

The 118th Congress began on Jan. 3, 2023. Despite Republicans having majority control of the House of Representatives, they have so far failed to agree on who should be the next speaker of the House. But at least two outspoken public figures are on the same page: Twitter CEO Elon Musk and former U....

The 118th Congress convened on Jan. 4, 2023 and has already made headlines for its failure to come to a decision on the next Speaker of the House. Here’s the latest. What Happened: Republicans took control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2022 election and will not have...

The GOP-dominated House of Representatives has yet to secure a majority Speaker. Republican Kevin McCarthy from California, who had been House minority leader since 2019, was considered the most likely candidate for the role. He was unable to secure enough Republican votes. As a result, McCarthy...

On Thursday, congressman Dave Joyce (R-OH) introduced the PREPARE Act (Preparing Regulators Effectively for a Post-Prohibition Adult Use Regulated Environment), with congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Brian Mast (R-FL) “to better prepare the federal government for the inevitable end to...