As the old order steps aside, Hakeem Jeffries plots return to majority for House Democrats in 2024

Some things have changed in the two weeks since Hakeem Jeffries learned — from listening to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s speech, sitting motionless with an intentional blank expression on his face for those who were watching — that she really was going to step aside. His phone is ringing more. He’s being stopped more in the hallways of the Capitol.

​Some things have changed in the two weeks since Hakeem Jeffries learned — from listening to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s speech, sitting motionless with an intentional blank expression on his face for those who were watching — that she really was going to step aside. His phone is ringing more. He’s being stopped more in the hallways of the Capitol.