Hakeem Jeffries favored to lead U.S. House Democrats after Pelosi exit
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 17, 2022
WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to step down from her leadership role after her fellow Democrats lost their majority in last week's midterm elections positions Hakeem Jeffries - a liberal congressman from New York - as a likely top contender to lead the party for the next two years.
Jeffries, 52, would be . . .