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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries

House Minority Leader and Representative for New York’s 8th District

pronounced huh-KEEM // JEF-reess


Jeffries is the representative for New York’s 8th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2013. Jeffries is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 52 years old.

He is also House Minority Leader, a party leadership role. Party leaders focus more on setting their party’s legislative priorties than on introducing legislation.

Photo of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY8]

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for Jeffries.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Jeffries is shown as a purple triangle in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Jeffries has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 17, 2023. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Jeffries was the primary sponsor of 11 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 11 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Jeffries sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Crime and Law Enforcement (41%) Commerce (21%) Health (10%) International Affairs (8%) Armed Forces and National Security (5%) Transportation and Public Works (5%) Environmental Protection (5%) Education (5%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Jeffries recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

As House Minority Leader, Jeffries may be focused on his responsibilities other than introducing legislation, such as setting the chamber’s agenda, uniting his party, and brokering deals.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Jeffries voted Yea

Jeffries voted Nay

Passed 327/85 on Dec 21, 2020.

This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, a major government funding bill, which also included economic stimulus provisions due …

Jeffries voted Yea

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.

The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of …

Jeffries voted Nay

Passed 219/206 on Dec 11, 2014.

This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December …

Jeffries voted No

Jeffries voted Nay

Jeffries voted Nay

Jeffries voted Nay

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to Mar 2023, Jeffries missed 148 of 5,834 roll call votes, which is 2.5%. This is worse than the median of 1.5% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

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