House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D‑NY) has been on the offensive within Congress’s lower chamber ever since Democrats lost the majority there in 2022.
In a letter announcing his bid to lead House Democrats then, Jeffries acknowledged the urgency to do so.
“Our top non-governmental priority, for the sake of the American people, must be retaking the majority in November 2024,” Jeffries wrote. “It has sometimes been said that the job of the majority is to govern, while the job of the minority is to get back into the majority.”
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