Tag: Hakeem Jeffries
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries declined to support Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's call for new Israeli elections to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
House Democrats are considering whether or not to support a stand-alone $17.6 billion Israel aid bill introduced by House Speaker Mike Johnson.
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In Israel with fellow Democrats, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries says judicial legislation won’t affect US aid
During a visit to Israel with a delegation of 24 Democratic members of Congress, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries stated that the Israeli government's attempts to weaken the country's judiciary would not affect American military aid to Israel.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a prominent Democrat from New York, has become the first Black leader of a major party in Congress, succeeding Nancy Pelosi as House Minority Leader.
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‘I know Bibi very well’: Schumer says Democrats will work closely with Netanyahu’s new government
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries reaffirmed the Democrats' commitment to the U.S.-Israel alliance following Israel's recent elections, which saw an extremist nationalist party rise.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) aims to move past internal disputes within the Democratic party and rally behind President-elect Joe Biden.