Breaking News: Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has led Democrats in the House for two decades, announced that she would remain in Congress next year, but would step down from leadership
peaker Nancy Pelosi, who has led Democrats in the House for two decades, announced Thursday that she would remain in Congress next year, but would step down from leadership.
Pelosi became the first woman to lead a major party in either chamber in 2002, and took the speaker’s gavel following the 2006 midterm elections. Her announcement on Thursday, which came a day after Republicans found they had clinched enough seats to gain control of the chamber in the next Congress, is likely to empower a new generation of leaders, particularly a trio of lawmakers already serving in House leadership.
Rep. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, the assistant speaker, and Rep. Pete Aguilar of California, the vice chair of the Democratic caucus, have also been seen as contenders. Jeffries sat between Aguilar and Clark during the announcement. Other members of leadership sat in the same row: Reps. Jim Clyburn, Sean Patrick Maloney, Steny Hoyer, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Pelosi is likely to hand over her speaker’s gavel to Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who won a vote in a closed-door meeting of the Republican caucus on Wednesday to be its nominee for the job. Republicans are on track to have a narrow majority in the chamber. That lack of wiggle room increases the pressure on members of both parties to remain united come next year. Pelosi has been known as a master of managing her caucus, and will likely continue to do so informally.
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