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Hakeem Jeffries: “Twenty Republicans joined the overwhelming majority of the…”

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

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Leader Jeffries Holds Press Conference as Republicans Run Out of Town

Published | Video Starts at 14:21

Last week, we successfully discharged an up or down vote on legislation that restores collective bargaining rights for more than a million hardworking federal employees and overturned one of Donald Trump's first executive orders. Twenty Republicans joined the overwhelming majority of the House Democratic Caucus to successfully discharge that bill and then vote it out of the House of Representatives this week. We've currently succeeded in successfully discharging legislation to extend the Affordable Care act tax credits for three years to prevent tens of millions of hardworking American taxpayers from experiencing dramatically increased health insurance costs so they can go see a doctor when they need one. (14:21–14:37)

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