After months of speculation, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she will not seek to lead House Democrats for another term, but stay in Congress and act in an advisory role to her successor.
After months of speculation about her future, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she will not seek to lead House Democrats for another term, but remain in Congress.
The nation’s first and only female House speaker, Pelosi is stepping aside despite the strong urging of many of her colleagues to remain.Under Pelosi’s stewardship this year, House Democrats defied expectations that the party would suffer steep losses in the midterm. Instead Republicans gained only a slim majority of the House.Had Pelosi wanted to remain as House minority leader, she likely could have, despite the 2018 agreement.
Pelosi said she will remain in Congress, representing her San Francisco district. Democrats said her expertise and fundraising skills will continue to prove helpful, even if she is no longer in a leadership position. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries is favored to become the next Democratic leader, though Pelosi’s top lieutenant, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland, also has interest in succeeding her.as well, but has decided to focus instead on a potential Senate campaign. California Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s seat is up in the 2024 cycle, though she hasn’t said whether she’ll retire at the end of her term.
Pelosi muscled through the largest healthcare reform in generations, the 2010 Affordable Care Act; impeached President Trump twice; kept her caucus united to pass massive multitrillion-dollar legislation to stabilize the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic; helped push through last year’s $1-trillion infrastructure package.
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