Scoop: Cori Bush won't commit to voting for Jeffries in 2027 if she wins her seat back

Former Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), in an interview with Axios on Friday, declined to commit to voting for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) as speaker if she wins back her old House seat. Why it matters: Bush joins dozens of candidate s — particularly Democratic Socialists of America members and their allies — who are stopping short of committing to a Jeffries speakership. Even Congress' most left-wing members have told Axios they expect Jeffries to get the speaker's gavel if Democrats

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