Kevin McCarthy and Hakeem Jeffries have almost nothing in common — except a shared ambition to run the House. Not that they will admit they think about each other at all.
“Kevin who?” Jeffries quips of the minority leader. “Who is he?” McCarthy asks, rhetorically, of the No. 5 House Democrat.
“They're both smart. I think they are both advocates for their side,” said Republican Rep. Kelly Armstrong , who served with Jeffries on the Judiciary Committee. “They recognize — hopefully — that there's half the country that disagrees with them and that people want this place to start working. I think they're both capable of it.”
that now focuses much of its energy on laboring to pass even simple bills that enjoy broad support — when it’s not responding to personal beefs between members. The gulf of distrust that divided the two parties after Jan. 6 now infects every aspect of the House, from personal to professional, institutional minutiae to monumental legislation.
Jeffries' attacks on McCarthy have only sharpened in recent weeks. The House Democratic Caucus Chair has repeatedly called out the GOP leader for not publicly reprimanding members like Reps. Paul Gosar and Lauren Boebert for their violent and Islamophobic rhetoric toward Democrats. He's also sought to tie the broader Republican conference to its most extreme members.
“Pelosi and Hoyer are known actors and have known attributes,” said Rep. Patrick McHenry , the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee. “Jeffries’ main powerful political attribute is that he's unknown, in terms of his operational skills and how he would approach legislating and governing.”McCarthy and Jeffries have some shared traits: Both are 50-somethings from coastal states who served stints in state legislatures before running for Congress.
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