Hakeem Jeffries assails Medicaid cuts, raises money during RI visit

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries made a day trip to Rhode Island on Sunday, hearing from healthcare workers at a roundtable before heading to a private fundraiser with local Democratic Party donors.

Jeffries is in line to become the next speaker of the House if Democrats win back control in the November midterms, which polls show they are favored to do. At a roundtable and news conference alongside Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo, the New York Democrat criticized GOP leaders for reducing health spending. [...] Read full article.