House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) commandeered the chamber floor early Thursday morning to deliver a marathon speech hammering away at the GOP’s tax and spending cut bill, stalling ...

Jeffries held the House floor for more than eight hours Thursday, taking his “sweet time” with a marathon floor speech that ...

Jeffries’ marathon address began shortly before 5 a.m. and eclipsed the previous record set by former GOP leader Kevin McCarthy in 2018. The speech—delivered under the House’s “magic ...

He began the speech at 4:53 a.m. EDT and finished at 1:37 p.m. EDT, 8 hours, 44 minutes later, breaking the record set by then-Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California in 2021, when he was the GOP leader.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday set a new House floor speech record with a “magic minute” address that clocked in at 8 hours and 44 minutes. The marathon spee… ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday set a new House floor speech record with a “magic minute” address that clocked in at 8 hours and 44 minutes. The marathon spee… ...

Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, in marathon 'magic minute' speech, blasts Trump bill ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson teased Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries about his marathon eight-plus hour speech on Thursday morning to delay a vote on the "Big, Beautiful" budget reconciliation ...