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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries was blindsided and publicly furious after two centrist Democrats crossed the aisle on a rare procedural vote and rescued Republicans’ floor agenda.
On Sept. 1, 2026, Reps. Jared Golden of Maine and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington voted with most Republicans for a House “rule,” the measure that sets which bills can come to the floor. Five Republicans had broken ranks, leaving the rule on the brink of failure. The two Democrats supplied the margin in a 210-208 vote. Without them, the House would have stalled.
The rule opened the door to a GOP resolution denouncing socialism and the Democratic Socialists of America, plus other Republican messaging bills. It also advanced Golden’s Northeast Lobstermen Protection Act, which he said was the point of his vote. Jeffries told reporters he got no warning. “I didn’t get a heads up. You’ll have to talk to Katherine,” he said, pointing to Whip Katherine Clark. He later called the move “a significant breach of trust.”
That night Jeffries, Clark, and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar issued a joint statement: the pair had “blindsided the entire House Democratic Caucus” and the action “necessitates a serious response.” Leadership sent the matter to the Committee on Caucus Rules. Jeffries would not rule out stripping committee seats. Golden is retiring at the end of the term. Gluesenkamp Perez holds a vulnerable district Donald Trump carried in 2024, which made punishment politically risky weeks before the midterms.
Eight Democrats later voted for the anti-socialism resolution itself; Jeffries and most of the caucus voted no. The episode exposed a split between leadership’s demand for unity on procedural votes and two members from Trump-leaning districts who put local bills and campaign positioning first. It also raised questions, still unanswered in public, about how tightly Jeffries could hold the caucus if Democrats won the House in November.
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