Hakeem Jeffries makes history as first Black U.S. House Minority Leader and the first Black to lead a political party in Congress....All four of Ohio's Democratic U.S. House of Representatives members, namely Reps. Shontel Brown, Marcy Kaptur, Joyce Beatty and new Congresswoman Emilia Sykes, supported his nomination as did all other Democratic House members
Newly elected minority leader of the U.S. House of Representative Hakeem Jeffries , a New York Democrat, the first Black to hold the post and to lead a political party in Congress Ohio's four Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives are Reps Emilia Sykes of Akron (top left), Shontel Brown of Warrensville Hts. (top right), Joyce Beatty of Columbus (bottom left), and Marcy Kaptur of Toledo (bottom right) Former U.S. House of Representative speaker Rep Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Staff article WASHINGTON, D.C. -The 118th Congress convened this week in Washington D.C. and as anticipated House Democrats unanimously elected New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, 52, House Minority Leader, making him the first Black American to lead a political party in Congress. All 212 House Democrats, including all four from Ohio of Rep Shontel Brown, Mary Kaptur Joyce Beatty and new Congresswoman Emilia Sykes, supported th