Hakeem S. Jeffries
Details
- Party Affiliation
- Democratic
- In Office Since
- Jan 1, 2013
- Organization
- United States Federal Government
Federal Roster & Campaign Finance
- Bioguide ID
- J000294
- Chamber
- US House
- State
- NY
- District
- 8
Meetings
No relevant meetings found.
Election History
No election history found.
Recent Bills Sponsored
No bills sponsored by Hakeem S. Jeffries are on file.
Recent Votes
| Bill | Chamber | Roll call | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratepayer Protection Act | house | — | Yea |
| Retire through Ownership Act | senate | — | Yea |
| Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran. | house | — | Yea |
| Stop Insider Trading Act | house | — | Nay |
| Stop Insider Trading Act | house | — | Yea |
Bill title and chamber are the only bill details held for these votes; see Bills for the fuller record. “Roll call” is the upstream roll-call identifier, not a date no vote date is recorded in this dataset.
Biography
Hakeem Sekou Jeffries ( hah-KEEM; born August 4, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving since 2013 as the U.S. representative for New York's 8th congressional district. From 2007 to 2012, he represented the 57th district in the New York State Assembly. A member of the Democratic Party, Jeffries has served since 2023 as the leader of the House Democratic Caucus and House minority leader. Jeffries was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn and raised in the Crown Heights neighborhood. He attended law school at New York University, graduating with honors and becoming a corporate lawyer before running for elected office. Both his state assembly district and congressional district are anchored in Brooklyn. In Congress, Jeffries chaired the House Democratic Caucus from 2019 to 2023. The members of the caucus unanimously elected him to succeed Nancy Pelosi as leader in November 2022. This made him the first African American to lead a party in either chamber of the United States Congress.
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