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Hakeem Jeffries Official Bio

Hakeem Jeffries

Hakeem Sekou Jeffries is a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing New York's 8th congressional district in Brooklyn and Queens. Prior to taking office in 2013, he was a corporate lawyer for Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, then Viacom and CBS, before running for and serving in the New York State Assembly from 2007 to 2012, representing the 57th Assembly district. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Hakeem Jeffries has 370 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2013 Ceremony. The year with the most videos was 2019 with 74 videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2020 with an average of 8,895 views per program. Most appearances with Katherine M. Clark (26), Nancy Pelosi (14), Sheila Jackson Lee (14). Most common tags: Democratic Party, Federal Budget, Law Enforcement.

Appearances by Title:January 3, 2013 - Present U.S. Representative, D-NY 8th View Map Democratic Caucus Chair (Jan 03, 2019 - Present) Videos: 370

Previously

U.S. Representative Candidate,
D-8 January 1, 2012 - c. November 2, 2012 Videos: 0

Recent Appearances

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House debated and passed by voice vote a $2 trillion Senate-passed coronavirus economic aid package, the Coronavirus…

  • House Democratic Agenda

    House Democratic Agenda

    Following their conference meeting, Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and other House Democrats spoke to…

  • 2020 U.S. Census and Communities of Color

    2020 U.S. Census and Communities of Color

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and members of the Congressional Tri-Caucus held a news conference on the 2020 census and its impact on communities of…

  • House Session, Part 1

    House Session, Part 1

    The House debated four foreign affairs-related suspension bills, including resolutions “condemning continued violence against civilians by…

  • House Democratic Leaders News Conference

    House Democratic Leaders News Conference

    Leaders of the House Democratic Caucus spoke to reporters after the group’s weekly meeting.

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House worked on eight suspension bills, including anti-lynching legislation that increases penalties for federal crimes…

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District Map Ideology Rankings Past Elections

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov

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