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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.
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.
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 ...
May 3, 2024 · Speaker Emerita Pelosi joined President Biden, Vice President Harris and Members of Congress and the Cabinet in celebrating this historic achievement for America.
May 5, 2024 · 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 7, 2023 · Kevin McCarthy has been sworn in as House speaker of the 118th Congress. After days of deadlock and major concessions, McCarthy secured enough votes to be speaker in the 15th round of voting...
Jan 7, 2023 · WASHINGTON — Representative Kevin McCarthy of California won election early Saturday as House speaker in a historic five-day, 15-ballot floor fight, after giving major concessions to right-wing...
