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Hakeem Jeffries: “Instead [the House] will be a check and balance on an out of…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

Leader Jeffries on MS NOW's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell

Published November 20, 2025 | Video Starts at 08:12

The House will no longer function as nothing more than a reckless rubber stamp for Donald Trump's extreme agenda in most cases. Instead [the House] will be a check and balance on an out of control executive branch, which is exactly what the framers intended the House to be. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, thank you very much for starting off our discussions tonight. Thank you. (08:12–08:21)

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Asserts that the House is intended to be a check on the executive branch.

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