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 with Ferguson “to respectfully share our perspective on the need for a forceful Democratic response in Maryland to Donald Trump’s malignant effort to rig the midterm elections.”

“Bill Ferguson authentically believes that the votes don’t exist in the State Senate to move forward,” the New York Democrat added. “The only way to find out is to allow an immediate up-or-down vote on the Senate floor with respect to the new congressional map passed by the House of Delegates.”

The House Democratic leader also noted that he had met with Gov. Wes Moore (D), Maryland House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk (D), Legislative Black Caucus Chair Scott Phillips and the Maryland House Democratic caucus.


https://thehill.com/homenews/5743923-jeffries-maryland-senate-redistricting-bill-ferguson/