House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries extended an invite to Kevin Meggett of Black Veterans for Social Justice. Who is delivering the Republican response to the State of the Union? Alabama Sen. Katie Britt will deliver the Republican rebuttal to Biden's State of the Union address. At 42,...
Some background:Rosen was first elected to the House in 2016, winning a Las Vegas-based district left open by Republican Joe Heck, who decided to run for Senate. Rosen was recruited by then-Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. She jumped to the Senate in...
25, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) 5 of 6 | House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of N.Y., hands the gavel to speaker-elect Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) 6 of 6 | House Speaker Mike Johnson ...
Democrats are expected to nominate and vote for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, just as they did in January and as the out-party traditionally does. But with Democrats in the minority and no Republican likely to support a Democrat, Jeffries is highly unlikely...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries endorsed Harris in a joint press conference on Tuesday, saying they wanted to let the process play out before backing a candidate. “We are here today to throw our support behind Vice President Kamala Harris,” Schumer...
Minority Leader– The minority leader is the leader of the minority party. The party caucus also chooses the leader to lead the group. Kentucky RepublicanMitch McConnellhas been the minority leader since 2021. Majority Whip– Themajority whipwill gather votes from their party during voting events....
Two candidates have already thrown their hats into the ring as of Wednesday afternoon. Here are the leading GOP lawmakers who could mount a bid for the speakership: Steve Scalise As the majority leader, Scalise is currently the second-ranking Republican in the House. He announced his candidacy...
boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing for the country’s role in the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and its mistreatment of the minority Muslim Uighur population. National Economic Council: Kevin Hassett Hassett is a major advocate of tax cuts who was chairman of the Co...
McDaniel, the niece of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), is widely viewed as having the edge in the race. But Dhillon, a longtime state party leader, has received the support of prominent conservatives, including Fox News personality Tucker Carlson, in a contest that has been laced with what ap...
(November 9, 1927 – October 31, 2011) was a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives for Laramie, Wyoming, as a Democrat from 1973 to 1985, including two years as minority leader, and later a justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court from November 1, 1985 to January 1993, serving as...