UPDATE: Mitch McConnell tonight paid tribute to Nancy Pelosi, saying: 'There is no question that the impact of Speaker Pelosi’s consequential and path-breaking career will long endure'
, the iconic San Francisco liberal who has led congressional Democrats for two decades and broke the glass ceiling as the first woman to control the House of Representatives, said on Thursday she'll step aside as leader at the end of the 117th Congress."Never did I think I’d go from homemaker to House Speaker," Pelosi said, wearing her Mace of the Republic broochPelosi is 82.
She also made way for the new guard, declaring, “The hour has come for a new generation to lead the Democratic Caucus that I greatly respect.”Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries , 52, is seen by many colleagues as Pelosi's natural successor,House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer , 83, and Majority Whip Jim Clyburn , 82, said in statements they will follow Pelosi's lead and step away from their leadership roles while remaining in Congress.
"There is no question that the impact of Speaker Pelosi’s consequential and path-breaking career will long endure."When she first ascended to the minority leader role in 2003, Pelosi, a mother of five, became the first woman to lead a major party in Congress. She made history again in 2007 when she became the first female House speaker.
She shepherded the Affordable Care Act through the House as speaker during the Obama administration and navigated a razor-thin majority in the last two years to help President Biden pass
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