{"id":1756924,"date":"2022-11-30T11:44:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T16:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1756924"},"modified":"2022-11-30T11:48:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T16:48:38","slug":"house-democrats-vote-for-hakeem-jeffries-to-replace-nancy-pelosi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-vote-for-hakeem-jeffries-to-replace-nancy-pelosi\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrats Vote for Hakeem Jeffries to Replace Nancy Pelosi"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-democrats-vote-for-hakeem-jeffries-to-replace-nancy-pelosi%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1756924&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/jeffrieshakeem_113022gn2_w.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>House Democrats on Wednesday elected Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to head the party in the next Congress, marking a generational shift after 20 years under the reign of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) while making Jeffries the first Black figure to lead either party in Congress in the nation\u2019s history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The shift was no surprise. After Pelosi and her top deputies announced earlier in the month that they would step out of the top three leadership spots next year, Jeffries was one of three next-generation leaders who quickly swept in to solidify their place as uncontested contenders atop the party brass.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>One of the other lawmakers, Rep. Pete Aguilar (Calif.), was elected to serve as chair of the House Democratic Caucus after running unopposed. The third prong of the trio, Rep. Katherine Clark (Mass.), is poised to be chosen as the next Democratic whip on Wednesday. She is also running unopposed.<\/p>\n<p>Clark will replace Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) as the second-ranking Democrat next year, while Aguilar will fill the vacancy left by Rep. Jim Clyburn (S.C.) at the No. 3 spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>None of the new leaders faced an opponent, creating the sense that Wednesday\u2019s proceedings were more coronation than election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That did nothing to temper the celebratory tone from Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries, for his part, insists he hasn\u2019t had much time to reflect on the historic significance of his leadership role, saying he\u2019s focused instead on the Democrats\u2019 transition to the minority and \u201cthe solemn responsibility\u201d he\u2019s about to assume.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best thing that we can do as a result of the seriousness and solemnity of the moment, is lean in hard and do the best damn job that we can for people,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Other Democrats aren\u2019t being so modest, particularly those in the Congressional Black Caucus, where Jeffries\u2019s rise is being cheered as another major milestone in the long hard fight for civil rights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an African American, it sends a message out to this country that it\u2019s time for real diversity and inclusion. And there are so many people of color who are capable and competent and can lead,\u201d said Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), a 32-year veteran and highly influential member of the Black Caucus. \u201cThis will be a great image for people of color, and for Black people and little Black boys to be able to aspire to a position as high as that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries\u2019 ascension means Democrats will have a Brooklyn native leading both the House and the Senate, where Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is poised to remain the majority leader after Democrats held onto their upper-chamber majority in the midterms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Jeffries said he has \u201ca great relationship\u201d with Schumer, who spent almost two decades in the House before moving to the Senate. Yet asked if he\u2019s excited to have Brooklyn so well represented in Congress, Jeffries was coy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of excitement in Brooklyn about that,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Schumer, for his part, is looking forward to the partnership.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t wait to talk to my neighbor from Brooklyn four or six times a day like I did with Speaker Pelosi,\u201d the Senate leader said on the floor Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The votes came after a midterm cycle when Democrats lost control of the House, but performed much better than the polls and pundits had predicted, leaving Republicans with just a slim majority in the next Congress \u2014 and creating plenty of headaches for GOP leaders trying to unify their restive conference behind the party\u2019s priorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries officially launched his bid for Democratic leader one day after Pelosi, in a highly anticipated speech from the House floor, announced that she would not seek a leadership position in the next Congress, putting an expiration date on her historic, two decade reign at the top of the Democratic caucus.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, the Speaker\u2019s two lieutenants \u2014 Hoyer and Clyburn \u2014\u00a0also announced they would not seek to remain in the top posts in the caucus, paving the way for a new generation of Democrats to lead the party.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"thehill-promo-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/changing-america\/well-being\/medical-advances\/3755986-new-alzheimers-drug-works-but-is-it-enough\/\" class=\"thehill-promo-link__link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\tNew Alzheimer\u2019s drug works, but is it enough?\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/3756250-cnn-announces-layoffs-amid-difficult-year\/\" class=\"thehill-promo-link__link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\tCNN announces layoffs amid difficult year\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>Jeffries has long been seen as a successor to Pelosi. The Brooklyn Democrat has had a rapid rise in the ranks since he arrived in Washington in 2013, becoming co-chair of the caucus\u2019 messaging arm and, later on, chair of the House Democratic Caucus.<\/p>\n<p>He narrowly beat Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) for party chair in 2018 in a tight race, putting him on the path to leader that is just now coming to a headway.<\/p>\n<p>The sitting \u201cbig three\u201d in the Democratic caucus quickly endorsed Jeffries to head the party in the House shortly after he announced his bid. Hoyer hailed him as \u201can effective and historic champion,\u201d and, before Jeffries announced his bid, Clyburn called the New York Democrat \u201cabsolutely fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Democrats on Wednesday elected Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to head the party in the next Congress, marking a generational shift after 20 years under the reign of Rep. 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