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Video above: A information of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' remarks delivered arsenic helium extends his "magic minute" to hold the passing of Trump's "big, beauteous bill" connected Thursday, July 3.
(The Hill) — For much than 7 hours, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., utilized his "magic minute" to reason against President Donald Trump's "big, beauteous bill," which House Republicans precocious aboriginal Thursday morning.
Republican holdouts successful the House were persuaded to ballot in favour of the bill, giving mode to last debates successful the predawn hours.
While the House was wrapping up those debates, Jeffries took to the mic to usage his "magic minute." He began delivering his code astatine 5 a.m. ET and, arsenic of 10:30 a.m. ET, helium was inactive speaking retired against the monolithic bill and vowing to instrumentality his "sweet time."
How did this infinitesimal of statement crook into an hourslong speech?
It's not precisely similar the record-setting filibuster Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., employed earlier this twelvemonth to decry the then-pending spending cuts that were expected to beryllium added to the GOP taxation bill. There, Booker could instrumentality questions from his chap Democrats portion refusing to output the level — which helium yet held for much than 25 hours.
The "magic minute" is similar, though. The House contented allows for a leader, similar Jeffries, to crook his 60 seconds of speaking clip into an adjacent longer play aft statement connected a measure person ended, the New York Times explains.
It's unclear however agelong Jeffries is expected to usage his "magic minute" connected Thursday. If he's eyeing the record, presently held by erstwhile Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., he'll need to talk beyond 1:26 p.m. ET.
However agelong Jeffries speaks, it's improbable to halt the monolithic measure from making it done the House. It is simply a constrictive borderline — Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., tin suffer lone 3 votes, assuming each members are contiguous — but the measure is inactive expected to pass.
The result would beryllium a milestone for the president and his party, a longshot effort to compile a agelong database of GOP priorities into what they telephone his “one large beauteous bill,” an 800-plus leafage package. With Democrats unified successful opposition, the measure volition go a defining measurement of Trump's instrumentality to the White House, with the expanse of Republican power of Congress.
Jeffries and different Democrats person encouraged Republicans to reconsider and ballot against it. As Jeffries spoke Thursday, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., called for voters to telephone their representatives and impulse them to termination the bill.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
