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Democrat sets record with 8.5-hr speech before vote on Trump bill

IndiaTimes Friday, 4 July 2025 ()
In a historic move, Hakeem Jeffries, the leading House Democrat, delivered an 8-hour and 46-minute speech, the longest in the chamber's history, against President Trump's $3.4 trillion tax cut and spending bill. Jeffries criticized the legislation as favoring the wealthy and depriving less affluent Americans of essential benefits.
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