Jeffries won’t say whether he has votes locked up for speaker: ‘I guess we’ll find out’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) did not confirm whether he has the votes locked up to become the lower chamber’s next speaker, as a handful of new progressive members potentially try to extract concessions from Jeffries in exchange for support. “We have a vote next Wednesday,” Jeffries told reporters Monday afternoon. “I’m going to […]