Pelosi Survives Challenge to Remain House Democratic Leader

Pelosi has maintained from the start that she had the votes to remain Democratic leader, declaring on the day she announced she would run for another term that she already had the support of two thirds of the House’s 190-odd Democrats.

There are 198 Democrats eligible to vote in Wednesday’s leadership races, including nearly 30 newly elected members who haven’t yet been sworn in, as well as four delegates. Ryan, D-Niles, who made a decision to run after Democrats performed dismally in November’s elections, received 63 votes.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks to reporters following the House Democratic Caucus elections on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday for House leadership positions. “No one is a better tactician than Nancy Pelosi”, said her California colleague, Rep. Adam Schiff. “We are disappointed because I like to win”.

With the letter, Richmond chose to publicly take on a longtime leader of his party in Congress. Pelosi has led the House Democrats since 2007, when she became the chamber’s first woman Speaker.

Pelosi addressed the dispute by promising new leadership positions only for newer members, but the Congressional Black Caucus said that leads to a disadvantage for African-American lawmakers. “Leader Pelosi has been here a long time”. “We sincerely hope House Democrats vote to elect Nancy Pelosi as Minority Leader, where we have no doubt she will lead them deeper into the political wilderness and ensure a Republican majority for years to come”. “Where we need to oppose, we will”. It’s no shocker that rural counties trend Republican, but Donald Trump got the white working class, which has felt abandoned by the Democratic Party, energized to the point where the rural vote overtook the urban elites. At a press conference, she later congratulated him.

Congressman Seth Moulton’s support of Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan for minority (Democratic) leader of the House of Representatives is both courageous and a little foolhardy.

He said Wednesday that he had been “biting his tongue” until the November 8 national election, when Trump won the White House with the support of many working-class Americans, and Republicans kept control of the House and Senate.

She proposed that the current third-ranking position, called the “assistant leader” position that is now held by South Carolina Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn, be switched to an elected position rather than an appointed slot. It’s one of the reasons that I believe in term limits, and why I support them for every member of Congress.She pushed through the Affordable Care Act that Republicans will find far easier to rebrand than replace, and she helped make marriage equality what even President-elect Donald Trump refers to as settled law.

“She’s known for having really strict leadership”.

She brushed off his criticism that she can’t appeal to voters in rural areas and on conservative media outlets, saying, “You know what?”

“I think we got the message out”, he said. “That’s just not, it’s just not true”.

Pelosi vowed to expand the number of seats at the leadership table to stave off defections and leave her firmly in charge of a caucus ruled by an “iron fist”, as Senate counterpart, Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., once described her leadership style.