History has been made after House Democrats elected New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries as their leader, marking the first time a Black person will lead a party in either chamber of Congress.The move came in a closed-door meeting on Capit…
Democrats elected U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark to become the House Democratic whip in the next congress. She said Wednesday that Democrats hope to find solutions to problems facing the country.
Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives picked a new leader Wednesday, New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, who will become the first Black person to lead either major political party in Congress when the new congressional session opens in January. The 52-year-old Jeffries, a House member for 10 years, has vowed to “get things…