Born in 1970 in Brooklyn,New york,Mr.jeffries is the son of a social worker and Family welfare counsellor.After attending several states schools,he opted to study political science at the state university of New york,Binghamton.Reports say that during his final year at university, he was inspired to enter politics after the acquittal of the police officers who beat African American Rodney king, following which there was widespread rioting in Los Angeles.Nevertheless post law school,Mr.jeffries signed up to work with one of new yorks top law firms and then went on to serve as an in house litigator for CBS and viacom.


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Yet his image as a "big content" democrat will serve him well as he takes on the likes of kevin Mc Carthy, the Republican who hopes to become the speaker of the house .in fact he is well attuned to throwing down the gauntlent to the Republican leadership already - Mr.jefferies was thrust into the limelight when, in 2020 ,Ms.Pelosi  picked him as one of seven managers who served prosecutors in erstwhile president donald trump impeachment trial.


    It is precisely this skill sets - the ability to keep his party closely knit while taking on aggressive political rivals in the house that Mr.jefferies will require through the 118th congress that begins in early January. His eyes will be fixed firmly on one target alone securing 218 seats in the house in the 2024 general election.


After two fruitless attempts to enter the new york state legislature,ge struck gold in 2006 and held on to the seat for six years,At the time he said he was motivated by a desire to "advance the ball for everyday americans."
  While that aphorism is a hallmark of the democarartics ethos, the ground reality is that the party today is riven by factionalism and whether in the House or Senate,it would be a balancing act for any Democratic leader to hold the flock together to perform an effective legislative function in congress.


    To that extent,Mr.jeffries perhaps has some cause for cheer. A self described "Black progressive Democrats" he is considered a mederate who does not eschew ties to corporate America like the left wing of the party doe's.
To achieve  this , his task will be two fold.firstly he will have negate the likely acerbic discourse in the Biden administration by the House republication majority including corruption investigations of Mr. biden white house in stabilising the economy and asserting american power globaly in the wake of the COVID -19 pendamic and the russian invasion of Ukrain .Second ,Mr.jeffries will have to advocate with ever grater persistence for the Democratic vision  for democratic vision  for accelerating the american Dream which mean getting democrats on capital hill to speak with one voice on critical issues that matters to the ordinary America.