House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was angling for the “Theater Kid of the Week” crown with a floor speech against the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that was more than eight and a half hours long. It was particularly pointless because it wouldn’t change any votes. It just looked like he was trying to go for the record of longest House floor speech.
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As we reported, it also upset some Democrats because they weren’t given notice about what he was going to do for that length of time just before a holiday weekend, so they couldn’t properly plan. That’s not exactly sterling leadership on his part. One Democrat House member even admitted it was about “showtime” for the base.
But Jeffries actions did nothing to stop the bill from passing.
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