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ABC News on MSN · 33m

Democrat Hakeem Jeffries blasts Trump megabill in record-breaking 8-plus-hour speech

The "magic-minute" speech is a procedure that grants members of House leadership unlimited time to speak after debate on a bill has concluded. For context, then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a Republican, spoke for more than eight hours in 2021 when the House passed President Joe Biden's Build Back Better Act.

HuffPost on MSN · 57m

Hakeem Jeffries Breaks Record For Longest House Floor Speech Ever

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) spoke on the floor of the chamber for the longest time in U.S. history in protest of President Donald Trump ’s big bill, breaking a record previously held by then-Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).

Reuters on MSN · 38m

Hakeem Jeffries sets record with 8.5-hour speech before vote on Trump tax bill

Hakeem Jeffries talked. And talked. And talked, as the top Democrat in the House of Representatives on Thursday blasted President Donald Trump's sweeping tax cut and spending bill in the longest speech in the chamber's history.

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Live updates: House passes GOP megabill, sends it to Trump's desk; Hakeem Jeffries delays final vote with marathon speech

Live updates and the latest news as the House approaches a final passage vote on the Trump-backed "big, beautiful bill" after ...

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Hakeem Jeffries jabs Elise Stefanik over revoked UN nomination: ‘That’s a lesson’

The remark by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jefferies to fellow New York Rep. Elise Stefanik sparked laughter and several ...

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