Pelosi narrowly re-elected simply because US House speaker
Nancy Pelosi, the simply female US Speaker of the House, was narrowly re-elected to the position Sunday in a good deeply divided new Congress that convened found in the final weeks of Donald Trump's presidency.Pelosi, 80, faced a good scare when five fellow Democrats defected and voted "present" or for another person during the floor vote. However the woman who's third in series to the presidency guaranteed her fourth - and perhaps final - non-consecutive term as House speaker by earning 216 votes versus 209 for Republican head Kevin McCarthy.
In a symbolic gesture, McCarthy formally paid the gavel to Pelosi. "We commence the new Congress during a time of incredible difficulty," Pelosi informed the chamber, noting the toll of 350,000 dead and 20 million contaminated by Covid-19. "Our most urgent priority will continue to be defeating the coronavirus," a masked Pelosi stated. "And defeat it, we will." Trump was impeached in December 2019, however the Senate acquitted him early on in 2020. His successor, Joe Biden, takes business office on January 20.
There are usually 435 seats in the House, but just 427 votes were cast Sunday simply because a few congressmen-elect are in quarantine due to Covid-19 and a good House race in New York has yet to be formally decided.One congressman-elect from Louisiana, Luke Letlow, died of difficulties from Covid-19 last week, days before he was because of be sworn found in. That leaves Democrats with among the slimmest House majorities in recent years, 222 to 211 with two vacancies.
