Democrats were forced to tap out one of their members during House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' "magic minute" speech to delay passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act after she kept dozing off.

Jeffries took to the House floor just before 5 a.m. on Thursday and spoke for eight hours and 44 minutes -- delaying a final vote in the chamber on the domestic policy bill at the heart of Trump's ...

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Jeffries posted a picture on Instagram of him standing against a park bench with his hands in his pockets while in his hometown of Brooklyn, New York. However, social media users quickly pointed out ...

Hakeem Jeffries to Elise Stefanik: "Welcome back to Congress, I’m sorry it did not work out for you. That’s a lesson that should be learned by all those who pledge fealty to the wannabe king ...

Move over ‘talking filibuster,’ the House has a ‘magic minute.’ Here’s why Hakeem Jeffries can speak on the House floor indefinitely. By Tal Kopan Globe Staff,Updated July 3, 2025, 2 ...

Namely, U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., taking advantage of something called the “Magic Minute” to delay the vote on the massive domestic policy bill.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries delivered an 8-hour, 46-minute speech—the longest in House history—denouncing Donald Trump’s $3 trillion tax and spending bill. Calling it an “all ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, speaks in the House chamber prior to the final vote for President Donald Trump's signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, at the Capitol ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Thursday broke the record for the longest floor speech in House history under the “magic minute” rule when he spoke for an extraordinary 8 hours and 44 ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and the Democratic Caucus, assemble on the steps of the Capitol to condemn President Donald Trump's signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) broke former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) record for the longest House floor speech on Thursday. Jeffries, in an effort to delay the House vote on ...