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Jan 3, 2021 · Speaker Nancy Pelosi was voted in for another two years as Speaker of the House. Photo by Eric Connolly. The 117th Congress is the most diverse Congress in history, with a record amount of gender and racial diversity. Photo by Franmarie Metzler. The 117th Congress was gaveled into session on Sunday, January 3, 2021. Photo by Franmarie Metzler.
Jan 7, 2023 · Newly-elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was sworn in before the members, and now Congress can resume business. The chamber is expected to vote on a House Rules package Monday.
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.
Apr 23, 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.
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