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Hakeem Sekou Jeffries (/ ˌ h ɑː ˈ k iː m / hah-KEEM; born August 4, 1970 [2]) is an American politician and attorney who has served as House minority leader and Leader of the House Democratic Caucus since 2023.
Like the Speaker of the House, the Minority Leaders are typically experienced lawmakers when they win election to this position. When Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, became Minority Leader in the 108th Congress, she had served in the House nearly 20 years and had served as minority whip in the 107th Congress.
McCarthy served as the House Republican chief deputy whip from 2009 to 2011 and as House majority whip from 2011 to 2014. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] After House Majority Leader Eric Cantor 's reelection loss in the 2014 Republican primary, McCarthy was elected majority leader under speaker John Boehner .
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President Joe Biden and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries attend the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 1, 2023. - Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Debate aftermath
While there are other party leadership roles — like whips or committee chairs — they don’t have a higher salary written into law. The current House minority leader is Calif. Rep. Kevin McCarthy.
Under rules adopted after the 1994 Republican Revolution, the House party leader (Speaker/Minority Leader) had five votes on the committee, the deputy leader (Majority Leader/Minority Whip) receives 2 votes, and all other members receive 1 vote for a total of 35 votes; a quorum requires 18 members.
Congressional leadership just lowered its average age. Fifty-two-year-old Hakeem Jeffries is set to become the new leader of Democrats in the House of Representatives. The Senate's leaders are in ...