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Jeffries Sets Record In Speech Delaying Vote on Trump Bill
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0:56Now PlayingDemocratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries broke the record for the House’s longest “magic minute” floor speech Thursday, using his unlimited speaking privileges to drag House Republicans’ megabill vote hours past the intended schedule.
New Yorker Jeffries’ speech passed the previous record held by then-Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) of eight hours and 32 minutes. Not only did Jeffries’ rambling remarks delay President Donald Trump’s tax bill vote — they also brought his criticisms of the GOP agenda onto the most popular morning news shows.
The minority leader began speaking in opposition to the bill before 5 a.m. and continued his remarks, including reading letters from Republicans’ constituents, well beyond his expected hour runtime. His speech ended at 1:37 p.m.
“This reckless Republican budget is an immoral document,” Jeffries said from his podium on the floor. “This legislation will end Medicaid as we know it,” he said at another point.
Johnson mocked the lengthy remarks in his much shorter speech before the vote, saying, “it takes a lot longer to build a lie than to tell the simple truth.” House Democrats at some points jeered at the speaker while he defended the party-line reconciliation bill as a win for working Americans.
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