Incoming House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York on Sunday played down the chances of his caucus working with Republicans to elect the chamber's next speaker as the GOP has wrestled with unifying around their leader, Kevin McCarthy of California. "Well, we have to organize on our side and be prepared to hit the ground running on Jan. 3," Jeffries said, referencing the date that the next speaker will be elected. Right now, Democrats are preparing to get ourselves ready as we transition temporarily from the majority into the minority," Jeffries added when Stephanopoulos asked if a speaker who was "willing to compromise" could advance Democrats' goals. Of the 222 Republicans who will be in the majority next year, five have said they won't vote for McCarthy to lead them. Jeffries downplays chances of ‘compromise’ speaker as McCarthy faces pushback originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News December 04, 2022 14:12 UTC