Washington: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reelected for another term with 216 members voting for her. : The US House of Representatives on Sunday officially reelected her.
According to the report of CNN, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy received 209 votes. Senator Tammy Duckworth got one vote, and Representative Hakeem Jeffries got one vote. Pelosi has served for 17 years as in charge of the House Democrats. She is the first woman to be Speaker, leading the House from 2006 to 2011, and since the Democrats took back the House in 2018. According to Sputnik, five Democrats voted against Pelosi.
Pelosi has been the leader of the House Democratic Caucus since 2003 and has served as the House Speaker since 2019 and previously from 2007 to 2011. "Pelosi suggested that this would be her last term in office, striking a deal with a small group of Democratic rebels that she would serve no more than two terms as Speaker," CNN reported further. In a symbolic gesture, McCarthy formally handed over the gavel to Pelosi. "We begin the new Congress during a time of extraordinary difficulty," Pelosi told the chamber, noting the toll of 350,000 dead and 20 million infected by Covid-19. "Our most urgent priority will continue to be defeating the coronavirus," a masked Pelosi said. "And defeat it, we will."
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