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‘Killed off Elmo’: Jeffries brings along stuffed friend for stunt on House floor
In a bizarre House floor moment, Rep. Jeffries waved a stuffed Elmo while accusing Republicans of targeting Sesame Street in ...
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Elmo-Wielding Hakeem Jeffries Hits House Floor Attempting To Stop GOP From Scrapping PBS Funding
Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wielded a doll of Elmo while speaking against a rescissions package that cut funds ...
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Jeffries Wields Elmo On Floor As U.S. House Votes To Cut Billions, Including PBS/NPR Funding
Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wielded an Elmo doll on the House floor, using the beloved Sesame Street ...
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Jeffries: GOP 'attacking Elmo and Big Bird' with 'cruel' budget cuts
In a bizarre stunt, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries slammed Republicans for targeting PBS and children’s programming while holding up a stuffed Elmo doll.
House passes bill to claw back $9.4B in federal spending, codify cuts to PBS and NPR
Republicans had faced backlash last month after tech mogul Elon Musk publicly backed complaints that Congress hadn’t codified ...
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With Hakeem Jeffries’ rise, his members see ‘Democrats in total array’
Hakeem Jeffries meets with reporters after being elected chairman of the House Democratic Caucus for the 116th Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. J. Scott Applewhite/AP ...
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Hakeem Jeffries could be the first Black speaker of the House. First, he needs to win
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is crisscrossing the U.S. campaigning to help Democrats retake control of the House of Representatives. If that happens, Jeffries could make history as the ...