Activists call for Pressley to launch House speaker bid against Jeffries
She is aware of and appreciates the groundswell of support from people in her district and across the country lifting up her leadership.” Most Democrats don’t believe Pressley will actually launch a bid ahead of next week’s leadership elections.
Key points
- Ricardo Sanchez, a Pressley spokesperson, said she was in “active conversations with Leader Jeffries about how to leverage this majority, meet the moment, and deliver for the people.
- She’s privately denied interest in running to other lawmakers, according to people familiar with her comments, and she hasn’t laid the groundwork for a bid by sounding out support from other lawmakers.
- Greg Meeks, D-N.Y., who is close to Jeffries, has advocated for folding the China committee into his panel, and for standing up a separate Foreign Affairs subpanel on AI and chips.
Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., to launch a bid against Jeffries.
House Democrats are all but certain to elect House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries as their speaker designate next week.
Additional details
- Jeffries and Democratic leaders could face an influx of new members who aren’t as beholden to caucus traditions when it comes to picking leaders based on seniority.
- House Democrats are staring down brewing fights as younger lawmakers jostle for power and influence ahead of the party assuming its largest majority in decades.
- At the “What’s Next” conference on Friday, Jeffries said discussion about term limits was the “right conversation to have.” And Rep.
- Once their leadership slate is set, the caucus will weigh major changes like implementing term limits, shaking up panel leaders, and standing up select committees on controversial policy issues.
- There could still be some turbulence, though, with progressive activists calling for Rep.
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