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The speaker of the United States House of Representatives, commonly known as the speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives. The office was established in 1789 by Article I, Section II, of the U.S. Constitution.
Nancy Pelosi served as the 52nd Speaker of the House of Representatives, having made history in 2007 when she was elected the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House. She made history again in January 2019 when she regained her position second-in-line to the presidency – the first person to do so in more than six decades.
Nancy Patricia Pelosi ( / pəˈloʊsi / pə-LOH-see; née D'Alesandro; born March 26, 1940) is an American politician who served as the 52nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023.
The House has elected a speaker 128 times since 1789: at the start of each of the 118 congresses, plus on 10 occasions when a vacancy arose during a Congress via death, resignation, or motion to vacate.
Jul 22, 2024 · Kevin McCarthy (born January 26, 1965, Bakersfield, California, U.S.) is an American Republican politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives, who became speaker of the House in January 2023 but was ousted in historic fashion later that year, on October 3.
Elected by the whole of the House of Representatives, the Speaker acts as leader of the House and combines several roles: the institutional role of presiding officer and administrative head of the House, the role of leader of the majority party in the House, and the representative role of an elected member of the House.
Jul 19, 2024 · Speaker Emerita Pelosi met with President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen during her historic Congressional Delegation to Taiwan to honor America’s unwavering commitment to supporting Taiwan’s democracy and our solidarity with the people of Taiwan. Speaker Emerita Pelosi celebrated with staff in the Speaker’s Lobby after the passage of the ...
Nov 17, 2022 · Now 82, the first and only woman elected as House speaker, second in line to the presidency and the highest-ranking woman in American government, commanded even more attention than usual as she ...
3 days ago · Nancy Pelosi (born March 26, 1940, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.) is an American Democratic politician who is a congresswoman from California in the U.S. House of Representatives (1987– ), where she served as speaker (2007–11 and 2019–23); she is the first woman to have become speaker of the House.
Jan 4, 2023 · The speaker of the House is the most visible and authoritative spokesperson for the majority party in the House. But their role goes beyond politics to everything from...
