Nancy Pelosi – The First Female Speaker of the House and First Democratic Leader of the House

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Nancy Pelosi – The First Female Speaker of the House and First Democratic Leader of the House
Nancy Pelosi

Name: Nancy Pelosi

Full name: Nancy Patricia D’Alesandro Pelosi

Born: 26, March 1940- Baltimore, Maryland, U.S

Awards: Italy Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (June 2007), Japan Grand Cordon of the Order of The Rising Sun (April 2015), Barbara Walters’ Most Fascinating person of the year (2006)
 

 

Nancy Patricia D’Alesandro Pelosi is an American politician serving as the Minority Leader of the United States of the House of Representatives since 2011, representing most of San Francisco, California. She began as a volunteer and gradually moved up the ranks, making the leap to public office in a special election for California's Eighth District in 1987. She became the first female Democratic leader of the House of Representatives and the first female speaker of the House. She’s married to Paul Francis Pelosi, an American businessman.
                                                                                                     

“Don’t underestimate your opponent, but don’t overestimate them, either.”

~ Nancy Pelosi

 

 

Timeline:

  • 1977-1981: chair of Northern California Democratic Party

 

  • 1981-1983: chair of California State Democratic Party
  • 1984: San Francisco Democratic National Convention Host Committee Chairwoman
     
  • 1985-1986: Finance Chairwoman, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
     
  • June 2, 1987: Wins a special election in California's 5th Congressional District, filling the seat of Representative Sala Burton.
     
  • 1987-1993: Represents California's 5th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives.
  • January 12, 1991: Votes against authorizing use of force in Iraq (House Resolution 77).
  • 1993-2013: Represents California's 8th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives.
  • 2001: Becomes the first woman to be elected House minority whip.
  • November 14, 2002: Is elected House minority leader by fellow Democrats, and becomes the highest-ranking woman in congressional history.
  • November 7, 2006: Democrats win a majority in the House. Pelosi becomes the speaker of the House when the new congress begins in January 2007. She is the first female speaker of the House and the first woman to be as high in the line of succession to the presidency (second behind the vice president).
  • January 4, 2007-January 3, 2011: Speaker of the House.
  • April 1-6, 2007: Pelosi leads a bipartisan delegation from the House on a trip through the Middle East. The group travels to Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Saudi Arabia, meeting with heads of state.
  • November 4, 2008: Is re-elected with more than 70% of the vote.
  • March 21, 2010: Pelosi leads the House in passing the health care reform bill proposed by President Barack Obama.
  • November 17, 2010: In a 150-43 vote, Pelosi is elected to serve as minority leader in the next Congress.
  • 2013-present: Represents California's 12th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives.
  • January 3, 2013: Pelosi challenges John Boehner for speaker of the House but loses 220-192. She instead is re-elected as House minority leader.
  • November 4, 2014: Is re-elected with more than 82% of the vote.
  • November 30, 2016: Is re-elected as House Democratic leader.
  • February 7, 2018: She sets the record for the longest speech on the House floor, according to the House Historian's records. She speaks continuously for a little more than eight hours to oppose the budget deal to lift spending caps and avert a government shutdown -- because the plan does not address immigration issues.
  • March 7, 2018: Donates her speaker's gavel, among other items, to the Smithsonian in honor of Women's History Month.

 

 

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