Nancy Pelosi steps down as House Democratic leader after 20 years: 'The hour has come for a new generation to lead the Democratic caucus that I so deeply respect.'
, the iconic San Francisco liberal who has led congressional Democrats for two decades and broke the glass ceiling as the first woman to control the House of Representatives, said on Thursday she'll step aside as leader at the end of the 117th Congress.“Never did I think I’d go from homemaker to House Speaker,” Pelosi said, wearing her Mace of the Republic and a suffragette white suit.Pelosi is 82.
Reps. Katherine Clark , 59, the assistant speaker, and Pete Aguilar , 43, the caucus vice chair, are seen as likely contenders for minority whip and assistant leader respectively.Pelosi's leadership spans 12 years as minority leader and eight as speaker — and has outlasted three Republican counterparts. She's the first speaker to oversee two House votes to impeach a president — in 2019 and 2021, both against Donald Trump.
She shepherded the Affordable Care Act through the House as speaker during the Obama administration and navigated a razor-thin majority in the last two years to help President Biden pass
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