Hakeem S. Jeffries
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, New York's 8th District (since 2013); House Democratic Leader (since 2023)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative; lawyer
- Lives in
- Brooklyn (Prospect Heights)
Background
- U.S. representative for New York's 8th District since January 3, 2013. source: en.wikipedia.org
- House minority leader and leader of the House Democratic Caucus since January 3, 2023; chair of the House Democratic Caucus from 2019 to 2023. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Member of the New York State Assembly, 57th District, 2007 to 2012. source: en.wikipedia.org
- B.A., Binghamton University (1992); M.P.P., Georgetown University (1994); J.D., New York University School of Law (1997). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Worked as a law clerk in federal court, in private practice at Paul, Weiss from 1998 to 2004, and as a corporate litigator for Viacom and CBS. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Born in Brooklyn and raised in Crown Heights. source: en.wikipedia.org
In their own words
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- An expanded Child Tax Credit "for working families with children" source: branch.vote
- Universal background checks for gun purchases and an assault weapons ban source: branch.vote
- Medicare drug-price negotiation and a $35 monthly insulin cap source: branch.vote
- Comprehensive immigration reform, including a pathway to citizenship source: branch.vote
- Passage of the John Robert Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act source: branch.vote
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