House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) did not confirm whether he has the votes locked up to become the lower chamber’s next speaker, as a handful of new progressive members potentially try to extract concessions from Jeffries in exchange for support.
“We have a vote next Wednesday,” Jeffries told reporters Monday afternoon. “I’m going to work hard to talk to every single member about what we’ve been able to do together over the last two years, and what the opportunities are for us to do together in the next two years to deliver upon the dramatic change that the American people so decisively voted for this past Tuesday.”
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