No matter your political views, it's hard to argue with Nancy Pelosi's power as a leader in Congress.

She was the first woman Speaker of the House.

The Honorable Nancy Pelosi of the state of California is duly elected,

Speaker of the House of Representatives for the 110 Congress Congress, having received the majority of the votes

have.

She spearheaded major Democratic victories, such as passing the Affordable Care Act.

On this vote, the yeas are 220, The nays are 211.

The bill is passed.

For her ability to wrangle votes and raise funds for her party,

some have called Pelosi the most effective speaker of the House in the history of Congress.

A distinction that's also put a target on her back.

Suspect David Depeppy was looking for the speaker, shouting, where is Nancy?

A chilling reminder of the Capitol corridors nearly two years ago.

Where are you, Nancy?

We're looking for you.

Democrats are bracing themselves now as the new Republican-led House of Representatives convenes tomorrow, and after four terms as Speaker of the House and many more years as party leader, Nancy Pelosi is taking a step back.

A new day is dawning on the horizon, and I look forward, always forward, to the unfolding story of our nation.

I will not seek re-election to Democratic leadership in the next Congress.

Above all, Pelosi's real strength was in unifying her caucus. And that's something that Kevin McCarthy,

the GOP frontrunner for the speakership, has already struggled to do. I think that we need someone

who has broad credibility with conservatives and centrists and moderates throughout the conference.. I think that we need someone who has broad credibility with conservatives and

centrists and moderates throughout the conference. And I think what you just saw is that

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