For the first time since 2001, the U.S. Congress convened on Tuesday without San Francisco's congresswoman among Democratic Party leadership.
For the first time since 2001, the U.S. Congress convened on Tuesday without San Francisco's congresswoman among Democratic Party leadership.
— Nancy Pelosi January 3, 2023The 107th Congress was the last to begin without Pelosi in a position of party leadership, exactly 22 years ago on Tuesday. She became House Democratic whip on Jan. 15, 2002, becoming House minority leader the following year and House speaker for the first time in 2007.
The 82-year-old announced she would step down nearly 10 days after the midterm elections, in which Republicans gained a slim House majority, and almost three weeks after her husband, Paul, was attacked in the couple's Pacific Heights home.
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