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Jeffries Meets with Maryland Senate President Opposed to Congressional Redistricting
Jeffries urged a Senate vote on a redistricting map favoring Democrats that could oust Maryland's sole Republican, but Senate President Ferguson remains opposed, stalling the bill.
- On Wednesday in Annapolis, U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries met Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson but left without persuading him to bring the redistricting bill to the floor.
- With the House having approved a map earlier this month, Jeffries pressed for a vote to address partisan stakes and potential legal risks, critics say.
- The closed-door meeting lasted about 30–45 minutes and was described as cordial and constructive, while Jeffries arrived just before 9 a.m., delaying the House floor session by 25 minutes.
- Ferguson issued a statement saying, `I appreciated the meeting with Leader Jeffries this morning` but told him Senate Democrats lack votes and warned mid-cycle redistricting risks legal and political costs.
- Facing time pressure before Feb. 24, the Maryland Freedom Caucus criticized Jeffries's intervention as distracting from affordability issues and accused him of seeking partisan advantage.
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Jeffries brings redistricting push to Maryland Senate president
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) described his meeting Wednesday with Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) as productive. But Jeffries left Annapolis without a commitment to bringing a congressional redistricting bill to the Senate floor. (Photo Bryan P. Sears/Maryland Matters)Gov. Wes Moore’s stalled effort to redraw the state’s eight congressional districts got a push Wednesday from a prominent national Democrat. U.S…
Jeffries meets with Maryland Senate president opposed to congressional redistricting
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said on Wednesday that he had met with Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson (D), a critic of mid-cycle redistricting, and urged him to have his chamber vote on a new set of congressional lines passed by the Maryland House of Delegates. Jeffries said in a statement that he met…
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