Nancy Pelosi narrowly wins one other term as Speaker of the Home

Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was as soon as reelected as Speaker of the Home at the originate of the new session of Congress on Sunday.

Why it matters: Pelosi had small wiggle room to lose votes from participants of her birthday celebration, as absences from the coronavirus pandemic complicated the subject. She wanted the bulk of votes from lawmakers point out within the chamber.

• In a Dear Colleague letter to her fellow Democrats earlier than the vote Sunday, Pelosi wrote that she was as soon as “confident that the Speaker’s election this day will present a united Democratic Caucus …”

Pelosi, 80, was as soon as the Home Speaker between 2007 and 2011, when Democrats had the bulk within the Home, and all but again since 2019. She has served in Congress since 1987 and has lead Democrat within the Home since 2003.

• She is the principle and handiest lady to encourage as Speaker.

Flashback: Pelosi faced the ideally suited field to her speakership in 2019, when 15 Democrats — all centrists — opposed her ascendancy to the role after eight years within the minority.