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Anti-Jeffries Petition Tops 920K as House Dems Face Pressure

House Democrats are being swamped with phone calls and emails urging them to deny Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries the speaker's gavel, even as lawmakers say his path to the job remains clear.

More than a dozen lawmakers and aides told Axios the calls have poured in since Tuesday's midterm elections, which returned the House to Democratic control.