[[{“fid”:”324″,”view_mode”:”full”,”type”:”media”,”attributes”:{“height”:”349″,”width”:”602″,”style”:”width: 280px; height: 162px; border-width: 4px; border-style: solid; margin: 6px;”,”title”:”HJ on Wknds with Alex Witt 3.2.13″,”class”:”media-element file-full”},”link_text”:null}]] Freshman Congressman Hakeem Jeffries is disappointed that the White House and congressional leaders couldn’t come to an agreement Friday in time to prevent sequestration. As a result painful indiscriminate government spending cuts totaling $85 billion dollars are now […]

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), joined by twelve of his House Colleagues, sent a letter to President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker John Boehner that addressed the potential impact of sequestration cuts to Native American programs. The letter urges all parties to respect the Constitutional sovereignty of Native Americans […]

On the day before the US Supreme Court was to hear a challenge to the 1965 Voting Rights Act, US Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus spoke out on the House floor to call on the country’s highest court to preserve the 48 year old law. Jeffries (D-East New York-Flatlands) […]

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As Democrats prepare to flex what may be reinvigorated muscle this congressional session, the Congressional Black Caucus could be positioned to gain increased attention both from President Obama and congressional leaders. Passage of any significant legislation in the House may need as much support from Democrats—120 votes or so—as it does from Republicans. The CBC–a […]

[[{“fid”:”294″,”view_mode”:”full”,”type”:”media”,”attributes”:{“height”:”240″,”width”:”437″,”style”:”width: 290px; height: 159px; border-width: 4px; border-style: solid; margin: 6px; float: left;”,”title”:”Rep. HJ Interview with Dave Evans- NRA- 2.18.13″,”class”:”media-element file-full”},”link_text”:null}]]CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (WABC) — Lawmakers in Brooklyn are taking aim at the National Rifle Association. They are outraged after a top official with the NRA claimed looters ran wild in the borough after Superstorm Sandy, […]

A Brooklyn Congressman is defending his borough against comments made by the head of the National Rifle Association. In an editorial in the Daily Caller last Wednesday, Wayne LaPierre painted a hellish, crime-ridden picture of South Brooklyn after Hurricane Sandy, saying saying, “Looters ran wild in South Brooklyn. There was no food, water or electricity. […]

Brooklyn, NY – Today, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) released a letter recently sent to Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association, in response to his outrageous claims regarding the conditions of southern Brooklyn in the immediate aftermath of Superstorm Sandy: “Wayne LaPierre’s continued exercise of his First Amendment right to share baseless […]