Nancy Pelosi on Nov. 28 was nominated as expected by fellow Democrats to be speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives. She will need to win support in the January election for the top job in the chamber.
WASHINGTON—Nancy Pelosi on Nov. 28 was nominated as expected by fellow Democrats to be speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives. She will need to win support in the January election for the top job in the chamber.
Pelosi, who made history as the first woman to hold the post when she was speaker from 2007 to 2011, won the Democratic nomination by a vote of 203-32, putting her in contention in the early January contest in which both Democrats and Republicans will vote.
She will need about 218 votes to claim the job as Democrats take control of the House in January after their gains in the Nov. 6 congressional elections. Pelosi is attempting the rare feat of securing the speaker’s gavel for a non-consecutive term.
After the secret-ballot voting concluded, Pelosi said: “I’m proud to be the nominee of the House Democratic caucus once again for speaker of the House.”
Pelosi has pledged to pursue an agenda next year that includes investing in infrastructure projects, lowering prescription drug prices and changing campaign finance laws to give small donors more sway in elections.
