LIVE: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries delivers marathon speech amid GOP budget bill debate - MSNBC

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WATCH: As the GOP budget bill moves through the House, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries delivers an extended "magic minute" speech. - 07/03/2025.

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1. Great speaker!

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2. Jeffries is going for the record for the use of a "magic minute"

I am enjoying Jeffries using his magic minute

Filibusters are not allowed in the House but each party leadership has a "magic minute". I found this description of the "rules" for "magic minutes".

Link to tweet

Things to know about @RepJeffries’ “magic minute,” the equivalent of a filibuster in the House:
💡Theoretically can last indefinitely
💡Can only be done by a party leader
💡Speaker cannot stop to take questions
💡Speaker cannot be replaced

Send him strong vibes right now!

Thanks to @RepVeasey for the tutorial 💙

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3. Maddow Blog-Jeffries breaks McCarthy's House floor speech record in bid to delay GOP megabill vote

Three months after Sen. Cory Booker broke his chamber's record for the longest speech ever, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries broke the House's record.

Obviously, what matters is the impact the Republican megabill will have on the public, but as symbolic developments go, it was good to see @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social break the record for the longest speech in House history. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-07-03T17:32:53.612Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/hakeem-jeffries-house-floor-speech-record-trump-bill-rcna216772

Three months later, as July gets underway, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries didn’t manage to speak for 25 hours, but the New York Democrat, like Booker, broke his own institution’s record.

As of 1:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Jeffries was continuing to deliver remarks after speaking for more than eight hours and 35 minutes.

During congressional debates, the vast majority of members are only allowed to deliver brief, minute-long remarks. But three members — the House speaker, majority leader and minority leader — can exploit what are known as “magic minutes,” allowing them to speak as long as they wish.

In 2018, for example, Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, the House minority leader at the time, stood on the House floor for over eight hours, seeking a vote on protections for Dreamers. It broke the institution’s record for the longest speech ever delivered on the House floor.

Three years later, then-Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California broke Pelosi’s record, holding the floor to condemn the Democrats’ Build Back Better legislation.

Now, it’s Jeffries, who made a devastating case against the inaptly named One Big Beautiful Bill Act, who holds the top slot.

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3lt2p63ee422g

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......The Democratic leader might not have changed any GOP minds, but his record-breaking presentation brought some much-needed attention to the case against the most regressive legislative package in at least a generation.

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4. Mahalo Kick fo Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffires!

TY Rhiannon!

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5. You're more than welcome, another historic Democratic speech!

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6. It's Wondrous.. More Dems should

know about how much Good Hakeem Jeffries is Doing for Us.

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7. Same here! I really wish he was my Rep.!

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8. Wouldn't that be Wondrous?

I got Mazie Hirono as my Senator

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220525824

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9. Agree that she's wonderful! I have Chuck Schumer so I really can't complain!

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10. That's right you do... I happen to

like him, too.