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Nancy Pelosi

California (CA) – 11th, Democrat

Hometown: San Francisco

Oath of Office: Jan. 07, 2023

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  Rep. Nancy Pelosi

Representative for California’s 11 th District

pronounced NAN-see // puh-LOH-see

Pelosi is the representative for California ’s 11 th congressional district ( view map ) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2023. Pelosi is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. She is 84 years old.

She was previously the representative for California ’s 12 th congressional district as a Democrat from 2013 to 2022; the representative for California ’s 8 th congressional district as a Democrat from 1993 to 2012; and the representative for California ’s 5 th congressional district as a Democrat from 1987 to 1992.

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Pelosi proposed $43 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:

• $10 million to Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy for “Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy”
• $5 million to City and County of San Francisco for “Harvey Milk Plaza/Castro Street Station Redesign”
• $5 million to San Francisco Fire Department for “San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD) Fire Training Facility”

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These are earmark requests which may or may not survive the legislative process to becoming law. Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. Across representatives who requested earmarks, the median total amount requested for this fiscal year was $39 million.

Earmarks are federal expenditures, tax benefits, or tariff benefits requested by a legislator for a specific entity. Rather than being distributed through a formula or competitive process administered by the executive branch, earmarks may direct spending where it is most needed for the legislator's district. All earmark requests in the House of Representatives are published online for the public to review. We don’t have earmark requests for senators. The fiscal year begins on October 1 of the prior calendar year. Source: Appropriations.house.gov . Background: Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Pelosi is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Pelosi has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Apr 20, 2024. See full analysis methodology .

Enacted Legislation

Pelosi was the primary sponsor of 9 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• H.R. 3325 (117th): To award four congressional gold medals to the United States Capitol Police and those who protected the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
• H.R. 1085 (117th): To award three congressional gold medals to the United States Capitol Police and those who protected the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
• H.R. 3119 (111th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 867 Stockton Street in San Francisco, California, as the “Lim Poon Lee Post Office”.
• H.R. 3221 (110th): Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008
• H.R. 5140 (110th): Economic Stimulus Act of 2008
• H.R. 1953 (109th): San Francisco Old Mint Commemorative Coin Act
• H.R. 2457 (103rd): Winter Run Chinook Salmon Captive Broodstock Act of 1993

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Does 9 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110 th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Pelosi recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.Res. 742: Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of …
• H.Res. 621: Expressing support for the designation of August 3, 2023, as “Tony Bennett Day”.
• H.Con.Res. 118 (117th): Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony …
• H.Res. 626 (117th): Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the terrorist attacks …
• H.Res. 503 (117th): Establishing the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the …
• H.R. 3325 (117th): To award four congressional gold medals to the United States Capitol Police …
• H.R. 1085 (117th): To award three congressional gold medals to the United States Capitol Police …

Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Pelosi voted yea, pelosi voted nay, pelosi voted no, pelosi voted aye, missed votes.

From Jun 1987 to Apr 2024, Pelosi missed 1,127 of 17,642 roll call votes, which is 6.4%. This is much worse than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

• unitedstates/congress-legislators , a community project gathering congressional information
• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
• Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov , for sponsored bills

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Nancy Pelosi is pronounced:

NAN-see // puh-LOH-see

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Nancy Pelosi untethered: The former speaker revels in newfound freedom

The former speaker isn’t in charge of anything now but is doing exactly what she wants in what some call ‘pelosi 3.0’.

BALTIMORE — Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) felt that sense of tension, or agita as her Italian family might say, the moment she walked into the massive hotel — that burden, from helping lead so many policy retreats here.

Then, calm.

“You don’t have any responsibilities,” the former speaker told herself, attending the annual getaway for House Democrats as a congressional commoner for the first time in more than 20 years. As Biden administration officials gave policy presentations on Wednesday, Pelosi said she whispered a message to those at her table: “If you don’t like your pillow, it’s not my fault. If you don’t like the menu, I don’t care. I don’t even care.”

That’s not entirely true, because the longest-serving House Democratic leader of the past 60 years still cares deeply about her caucus’s future. And Pelosi, 82, is as busy as she’s ever been, but just in a much different way than in the last two decades.

Veterans of her team have labeled this new period “Pelosi 3.0,” after a career that saw a 15-year climb to the highest ranks of leadership, then two decades at the top, and now this next phase where she has begun to serve as something akin to roving ambassador for the Democratic Party.

She’s not in charge of anything, has no real responsibilities in the House other than casting votes (she declined to take any committee assignments), yet she maintains a level of influence that goes well beyond her rank-and-file status. Inside the Capitol, Pelosi has taken up a mentoring role: not to the trio of new leaders of the Democratic caucus but to the junior lawmakers who want to learn, particularly the few dozen freshmen Democrats who never served under her.

And she maintains a role as a fundraising eminence, particularly for an outside group led by former attorney general Eric H. Holder fighting legal battles to draw up House district maps. She’s hosting former president Barack Obama and Holder in San Francisco on Friday for high-dollar donors.

“I get my tasks, and I do them,” she said, predicting a large haul for this event. “We’ll do well.”

Her successor, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), who met some of her longtime donors on a previous trip to California, will return for a big fundraiser she’s hosting in mid-March.

‘I feel balanced about it all’: Nancy Pelosi reflects on two decades at the top

This third phase of Pelosi’s career has, so far, surprised colleagues and advisers because they feared that, after 20 years of being the center of the universe for all Democratic decisions, she would get bored or just plain miss the adrenaline of having every minute of her day mapped out.

Instead, she’s reached a bit of calm — even Zen — about still commanding respect and wielding influence, but being careful not to look as if she’s second-guessing Jeffries and his team.

We spent more than an hour talking in a suite atop a hotel looking across Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, where she could see her life and career arc laid out in front of her. Off to the east, beyond the former Power Plant Building, now a Hard Rock Cafe, still sits St. Leo the Great. That Catholic church and school that served as the sun, moon and stars of her childhood growing up the daughter of the mayor, the city that served as the launchpad for a historic congressional figure.

“Baltimore, my Baltimore. Right on the other side of where that brick structure is, where Little Italy is. And that’s where I grew up,” she said, pointing to a neighborhood a little more than half a mile away.

Yet this spot, the Hyatt Regency on the Inner Harbor, also serves as an integral part of her Baltimore story, frequently home to House Democratic retreats. But she returned to it in the oddest of fashion: as a rank-and-file Democrat.

“People keep asking me, maybe I should feel something about not being in charge,” she said. “But I don’t. I feel very liberated.”

A new, unofficial portfolio

On Capitol Hill on Tuesday, before heading to Baltimore, Pelosi began her morning with labor leaders to talk about a few projects, then met with the first lady of Poland, Agata Kornhauser-Duda, whom she met on a trip last year after her surprise visit to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky . Then Pelosi met with parliamentarians from the European Union to talk about combating Russia.

“I have my own work to do, I have letters to write. I have things to do,” she said, amazed at her still-busy schedule. “And yet, all these meetings keep coming.”

Supporting Zelensky remains a key part of her unofficial portfolio. She’s now sporting a bracelet made of bullet shells, a gift from a Ukrainian soldier who she met at the Munich Security Conference in mid-February. In Baltimore on Wednesday, she wore a brooch with the U.S. and Ukrainian flags interlocked.

While she led the Munich congressional delegation last year, on the eve of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, she returned this year as a dignified member participating in multilateral meetings that seemed to always focus on Russia. She praised the Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who led his own delegation there, for the unified voice that lawmakers presented to their allies.

“Everyone who was there was very unified in support for Ukraine,” she said.

Her calls to President Biden now happen on an “as needed” basis, an understandable drop after his first two years in the Oval Office hung so much on Pelosi working her narrow four-seat margin in the House.

“I’m a busy person. He’s a busy person. And I respect being busy, and I know how it is to be completely busy,” she said, reiterating her full support for his reelection.

Pelosi is taking time to thank old friends, particularly donors, but also old rivals whom she has deep respect for, including former president George W. Bush, who invited her to his conference in Washington late last month to commemorate 20 years of PEPFAR, the anti-HIV/AIDS program that saved millions of lives in Africa.

When Bush introduced her by noting he would always address her as “Speaker Pelosi,” just as people still address him as “Mr. President,” the crowd gave a standing ovation. “All right, that’s enough. Let’s not get carried away here,” the ex-president said.

An unfiltered assessment

Pelosi 3.0 also means being freed from speaker-speak — that unofficial language of congressional diplomacy of trying not to offend today’s opponent because she might need their support sometime later.

No more. Now she’ll deliver the trash talk, starting with trivial stuff like Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and his refusal to upgrade from his old-fashioned flip phone. It serves as his central political nerve system, always calling everyone, yet it cannot receive simple, precise text messages when Pelosi would prefer to deliver a quick message about vote timing, without actually calling Schumer.

“See, I wish he would get a phone. He has that thing, and you can’t send a message,” she said.

Then there’s the roughly 35-year-old grudge against veteran Democrats who mocked her first speech after getting sworn in, in which she vowed to fight the deadly virus that was ravaging San Francisco.

“Why did you tell them that you came here to fight against HIV and AIDS?” she recalled them asking her. Which brought a blunt reply: “Because I did.”

And she will not tolerate any criticism of her behavior toward Donald Trump when he was president. In Munich, she found the veteran diplomat , Richard Haass, to thank him for sending her his new book, “Bill of Obligations .” Then, she lit into him for the book’s criticism of her ripping up her copy of Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address on live TV. Pelosi felt as if it were a false-equivalence moment compared to Trump’s supporters’ deadly attack on the Capitol.

“There is no equivalence,” she told Haass, mocking the thinking of a MAGA rioter justifying trashing the Capitol: “Oh, she tore up the speech, so we can pee all over the floor, and smear our poo-poo all over the walls.”

She didn’t intend to rip up that speech after making notations of things she felt were false claims. But by the time Trump awarded the medal of freedom to Rush Limbaugh — “That bozo, may he rest in peace” — she began to plot exactly how to tear that tough parchment paper apart, her only hesitation coming from how she might upset her curmudgeonly top press aide at the time, Drew Hammill.

“Oh my God, Drew’s going to flip his lid,” she thought.

Pelosi never saw Trump’s 2016 victory coming — “like getting a mule kicking you in the face, over and over” — and she spent years afterward dissecting how it happened.

One major factor? “Very hard for some men to accept a woman commander in chief,” she said.

Of the last 11 House speakers, only one lasted more than 10 months after giving up the gavel and returning to the rank-and-file. But Pelosi won’t address when she plans to retire and instead enjoys how much freedom she has to mentor young lawmakers. She pushes new women toward committee assignments that will check national security credentials so that if they run for higher office, they will not look weak.

“We will have a woman president. I study it very carefully,” the most powerful woman in American political history said.

She’s offering advice on an as-requested basis, adhering to her pledge to not be “the mother-in-law in the kitchen” dictating how her son likes things prepared.

In Baltimore, she had just one role: to formally introduce Jeffries and the new leadership at Thursday night’s dinner. One attendee recalled how she regaled the Democrats about her trip to Charm City’s National Aquarium, where she learned that dolphins sleep with half their brain awake and one eye open.

In a metaphor that could explain her own long success, Pelosi gave the crowd a final bit of advice: “Always sleep with one eye open.”

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Democrats are crying foul as House Republicans sort key committee assignments

Lexie Schapitl

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Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., center, with Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., center, with Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.

Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell accused House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of "political vengeance" for blocking the California Democrats from serving on the House Intelligence Committee.

"This is, I think, not an unexpected but nonetheless, destructive move by Kevin McCarthy," Schiff said during a press conference Wednesday morning.

McCarthy rejected a request from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to keep Schiff and Swalwell on the committee. Both members previously served on the panel — with Schiff serving as chair from 2019 to 2022 — and both were involved in the investigations and impeachments of former President Donald Trump.

The move comes as the new Republican majority is outlining its plans and priorities for the session, which include a focus on oversight and investigations of President Biden's administration.

As House speaker, McCarthy has authority to approve or reject spots on the intelligence committee because it is a "select" committee, while positions on standing committees ultimately require a vote of the House. Republicans who support the move cited former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's refusal to seat several members to the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

With the GOP in control of the House, here's who's likely to lead key committees

In a letter to Jeffries , McCarthy said the intel committee under Schiff "severely undermined its primary national security and oversight missions — ultimately leaving our nation less safe." On Tuesday, McCarthy cited a report that Swalwell was targeted by a Chinese spy in 2014 .

"Those members will have other committees, but the intel committee is different. The intel committee's responsibility is national security to America," he said.

Under new Republican leadership, the House Intelligence Committee is expected to investigate the classified documents found in Biden's Delaware home and Washington, D.C., office, alleged collusion between the FBI and social media companies, the origins of COVID-19 and other politically contentious issues.

The FBI searched Biden's home and found more classified documents

Schiff told reporters tuesday he thinks the move is purely political.

While McCarthy argues blocking Schiff and Swalwell is in the interest of national security, Democrats say the move is nothing more than political retribution.

"His objection seems to be that I was the lead impeachment manager in Donald Trump's first impeachment, and that we held him accountable for withholding hundreds of millions of dollars of military aid from Ukraine," Schiff said. "So he is now, I think, carrying the dirty water for the former president in trying to remove me from the intel committee."

But, Schiff added, "if McCarthy thinks this is going to stop me from holding him accountable, holding Donald Trump accountable or any of the extreme elements of his conference, he's wrong."

Schiff is now slated to serve on the House Judiciary Committee, according to a source familiar with the discussions but unauthorized to speak publicly.

McCarthy is also considering a vote to block Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from sitting on the Foreign Affairs Committee over her comments on Israel , which drew criticism from Republicans and Democrats alike.

Pelosi Rejects 2 GOP Nominees For The Jan. 6 Panel, Citing The Integrity Of The Probe

The Democratic-led House voted to strip two far-right GOP members — Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona — of their committee assignments in 2021. At the time, then-Minority Leader McCarthy warned Republicans could take similar actions when they regained the majority.

"Once you set the precedent, and we warned them about that, it's likely to happen in reverse," said Rep. Tom Cole, chair of the House Rules Committee. "This is something that Democrats, in my view, brought on themselves."

NPR's Claudia Grisales contributed to this report.

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January 3, 2023 Latest on the new Congress and House speaker vote

By Elise Hammond , Aditi Sangal , Maureen Chowdhury and Tori B. Powell, CNN

Pelosi just adjourned the 117th Congress

From CNN's Annie Grayer

Rep. Nancy Pelosi just adjourned the 117th Congress. She stood at the dais and received a standing ovation from both sides of the aisle.

Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, is in the gallery overlooking the House floor.

After announcing her decision to not run as House speaker , Pelosi was designated the status “Speaker Emerita” in December 2022. She won reelection during the midterm election and will still serve another term in Congress.

Biggs tells CNN he thinks McCarthy still doesn’t have the votes for the speakership

From CNN's Veronica Stracqualursi

Emerging from his office after a discussion with other GOP members opposed to Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker, Rep. Andy Biggs told CNN that he thinks McCarthy still doesn't have 218 votes. 

Biggs said he's still running as a challenger to McCarthy but his guess is that "somebody else will emerge" who could get a consensus of votes. 

Asked who that might be or if perhaps Rep. Steve Scalise, Biggs replied:" I do have an idea" but said he would not share who. 

He predicted that the speaker vote will "go awhile."

Reps. Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert and Chip Roy also left Biggs' office shortly before Biggs. 

Gaetz would only told CNN that McCarthy doesn't have the votes. He did not answer my other questions. 

After "intense" meeting, McCarthy criticizes opponents for looking out "for themselves, not for the country"

From CNN's Annie Grayer and Jessica Dean

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy emerged from the closed door GOP conference meeting and acknowledged it was "intense," but added that it was "intense for a purpose."

"There's times we're going to have to argue with our own members, if they're looking out for only positions for themselves, not for the country. For the last two months we worked together as a whole conference to develop rules that empower all members, but we're not empowering certain members over others" he said of his opponents.

Speaking about the list of demands he got last night, McCarthy said, "I was presented the only way to have 218 votes — if I provided certain members with certain positions certain gavels to take over certain committee to have certain budgets. And they even came to the position where one Matt Gaetz said, ‘I don't care if we go to plurality and we elect Hakeem Jeffries,’ and it hurts the new frontline members not to get reelected."

"Well, that's not about America, and I will always fight to put the American people first," McCarthy added. "Not a few individuals that want something for themselves. So we may have a battle on the floor. But the battle is for the conference and the country and that's fine with me."

Pressed on what he will do if it goes to multiple votes McCarthy said, "I have the record for the longest speech ever on the floor. I don't have a problem getting a record for the most votes for speaker."

GOP hardliners say "nothing has changed" as McCarthy tells his conference he isn’t dropping out

From CNN's Manu Raju, Dana Bash, Kristin Wilson, Lauren Fox, Annie Grayer and Melanie Zanona

The heated conference meeting among Republican lawmakers didn’t change GOP leader Kevin McCarthy’s math problem: He doesn’t have 218 votes and the hardliners aren’t moving.

Republican Rep. Bob Good said, “nothing has changed” after the meeting, adding that he is still a "NO," no matter what. “I don’t think he won anybody over that he didn’t have already,” adding that they feel even more strongly that their “cause is just.”

Republican Rep. Andy Biggs says he is still running as an alternative and won’t drop out. That will siphon votes away from McCarthy.

Republican Matt Rosendale told CNN McCarthy "lied" in his remarks at the meeting. He made clear he's still opposed to McCarthy and said the meeting further inflamed tensions. 

Rep. Chip Roy wouldn’t say whether he will support McCarthy as speaker, adding that he wants “someone who will fight for the American people as much as fighting to be Speaker, and that’s what I’m trying to work for.”

Reps. Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert, both opposed to McCarthy as speaker, went into Rep. Andy Biggs' office. Boebert told reporters that she "will not be voting for Kevin McCarthy"

Rep. Dan Bishop also came out in opposition to McCarthy after the meeting. He is one of the nine GOP lawmakers who wrote the Sunday letter saying concessions so far were not good enough.

But McCarthy told members he’s not dropping out.

“He says he’s not going anywhere,” Republican Brett Guthrie said of McCarthy. “I think Kevin should stay however long it takes.”

One GOP lawmaker says Freedom Caucus members couldn't say what they wanted from McCarthy. “When asked point blank what more they wanted HFC couldn’t answer. Says a lot.”

Another source says House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy pressed GOP Rep. Scott Perry on that and he wouldn’t say. 

Why 218 votes aren't always required to win the House speakership

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf

Republicans will   only have a slim   majority – 222 Republicans compared with 212 Democrats – which means Rep. Kevin McCarthy can’t afford many defections if he is to find the   218 votes needed   to make him speaker of the House.

But McCarthy does not technically need 218 votes to become speaker. A majority of those present and voting is required to get the   speakership, which is usually 218 lawmakers. But if enough people skip the vote or vote “present,” the number of votes required for a majority can drop.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was elected  with 216 votes in 2021 .

Former Speaker John Boehner won reelection to the post  with 216 votes in 2015  after beating back a conservative rebellion like the one McCarthy is dealing with now.

Most of the negotiation and arm-twisting happens long before the floor vote. Pelosi  got 220 votes in 2019  after turning most of the fellow Democrats who opposed her. She did so by agreeing to serve only another few years as speaker, a pledge she kept by announcing her decision in November to not seek reelection for   leadership.

Congressman-elect George Santos avoids reporters on Capitol Hill

From CNN's Kate Sullivan 

Embattled Congressman-elect George Santos did not answer any questions from reporters as he entered his office Tuesday morning before being sworn into Congress.   

The New York Republican saw reporters outside of his office from down the hall and immediately turned around and quickly walked away. 

Santos is facing mounting scrutiny and condemnation over lies about his biography and amid an  investigation by federal prosecutors  into his finances.

Just this morning, CNN reported that law enforcement officials in Brazil will reinstate fraud charges against Santos.

Dilemma for GOP: If not McCarthy, then who?

From CNN's Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona and Lauren Fox

As House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy struggles to lock down the votes to become speaker, his top deputy has kept his head down.

Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 2 in the House GOP leadership, has made clear he supports McCarthy, and GOP sources say he has rejected pleas by hardliners to mount a challenge to the California Republican – all while taking steps to avoid being seen as plotting McCarthy’s demise.

But what is less clear: What Scalise will do if the race continues to drag out on Tuesday and  goes to multiple ballots  – and whether the Louisiana Republican will seek to maneuver his way into the speaker’s office if the stalemate persists. If McCarthy drops out of the race, Scalise is widely expected to run for the job, though sources close to the GOP leader say he plans to stay in the race as long as it takes to get the votes.

Yet another complicating factor: It is far from clear whether Scalise himself could get the 218 votes to win the speakership, underscoring the prospects that Tuesday could devolve into a long and drawn-out floor fight the chamber has not experienced in 100 years and one that could undercut Republicans’ ability to govern just as they come into power in the 118th Congress.

“Steve is trying to be very supportive,” said Rep. Don Bacon, a McCarthy supporter and Nebraska Republican. “He has been public that he is supporting McCarthy. I think someday he wants to be speaker so he’s got to be tactful.”

Others privately fault Scalise for not being more forceful in his support for McCarthy or insisting he would stick with the California Republican no matter how long it takes. And some Republican members say that will only hurt Scalise if he tries to become speaker now.

“I think Steve Scalise is going to have some problems,” one GOP member told CNN on Monday, adding: “If Kevin McCarthy doesn’t become speaker, then Steve Scalise has faint fingerprints on the dagger.”

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Rep. Ralph Norman tells GOP he will vote for Andy Biggs on first ballot of House speaker election

From CNN's Annie Grayer and Lauren Fox

Rep. Ralph Norman, one of at least five lawmakers against House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's speakership, announced in a closed-door meeting of Republican lawmakers that he will be voting for GOP Rep. Andy Biggs on the first ballot, a source tells CNN. 

Norman did not say what he would do after the first ballot, the source added.

If Republicans had won the House by a bigger margin, McCarthy wouldn't be in this position, Norman added.

Remember: This GOP meeting is happening ahead of the high-stakes House speaker vote , and CNN has reported that it is getting heated, with McCarthy, his supporters and opponents exchanging arguments.

McCarthy is facing a longshot challenge in the race from Biggs. McCarthy has defeated the Arizona congressman before – by a resounding vote of 188 to 31 in November when the House Republican conference voted for McCarthy to be its leader.

The House can't conduct business until the speaker vote is finished. Here's how the election will work.

From CNN's Melanie Zanona and Kristin Wilson

No other House business can be done until the speaker vote is finished, including swearing-in of the rest of the members. Until the speaker’s vote is decided, the clerk of the House is in charge of the chamber. 

At noon on Tuesday, the Clerk of the House – Cheryl Johnson — will gavel in the 118th Congress. They’ll do a prayer and the pledge, and then she will announce the certifications of the election of the 118th Congress have been received. 

Then they will have a quorum call. This is the first vote of the Congress. It’s a roll call vote. Members will vote present, they have to be in the chamber.

Then she will announce the vacancy of Virginia’s 4th Congressional District due to the death of Don McEachin.

The next order of business is the election of the House speaker . Democrats will place their party leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries’ name into nomination, and Republicans are expected to place Kevin McCarthy’s name. Rep. Andy Biggs is also expected to garner several votes in the first round. 

Then they’ll call the roll. Each member, when their name is called, will state the name of the person they are voting for. Can be one of the names in nomination, their own name, someone else’s name, or present, which is not a vote at all. 

The tellers will tally up the votes. The winner must have a majority of those voting for a person. Present votes subtract from that total, thus lowering the threshold for a majority of votes.

If no one amasses a majority of votes cast, it goes to a second ballot, and on and on. If it goes to multiple ballots, other candidates may have their names put in for nomination. 

If McCarthy doesn’t get the votes on the first ballot, there is the option to make a motion to adjourn, but it would take 218 votes to do that and Democrats are likely not inclined to help Republicans out in any way.

Historic context: There is no playbook for what the chamber will do if the speaker isn’t elected on the first ballot. The 1923 vote was decided on the ninth ballot, where they kept voting until a speaker was decided. The 1869 speaker vote lasted through 60 ballots over two months. This Congress may recess the chamber or they could continue voting. 

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Transcript of Pelosi Floor Speech on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the Floor of the House of Representatives in support of H.R. 2617, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. Below are the Speaker's remarks:

Speaker Pelosi. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding and his extraordinary leadership as the Chairman of the Rules Committee for so many years. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and to the Members of your Committee for bringing us expeditiously to the Floor for this very, very important legislation.

This will probably be my last speech as Speaker of the House on this Floor, and I'm hoping to make it my shortest. Members have planes to catch, gifts to wrap, toys to assemble, carols to sing, religious services to attend to. And in terms of singing songs, one that I always think of at this time and in this setting is a British song – an English song: ‘Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, pleased to put a penny in the old man's hat.'

Yes indeed, the goose is getting fat. We have a big bill here, because we have big needs for our country. We have the largest defense appropriation ever and, again, to help us honor our oath of office to protect and defend and what the Constitution says: ‘provide for the common defense.' But at the same time, pleased to put a penny in the old man's hat. We address the needs of America's working families with special focus on our children.

So, I rise in strong bipartisan support of this bipartisan omnibus government funding bill for us today to keep from shutting government down, but more importantly, to meet the needs of the American people.

Let me applaud the magnificent Appropriations Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro. She is a maestro with a baton. She has just done such a job of reflecting the values of our country in terms of how we allocate our resources, and there is plenty else in the bill that is outside the realm of the Appropriations Committee, all of it very, very important.

I want to commend Chairman Pat Leahy in the Senate, Vice Chair Richard Shelby for their bipartisan support, congratulate them for their service to the Congress for many years, wish them much success with much gratitude as they end their service in Congress.

And I want to recognize the outstanding work of all of the staffs on both sides of the aisle and both sides of the Capitol, but I want to point out my brilliant Policy Director, Richard Meltzer. I also want to acknowledge Wendell Primus, Robert Edmonson, Alex Urry and so many other policy professionals, again, on both sides of the aisle who helped strengthen the bill.

Mr. Speaker, this bill is about our heroes, honoring our heroes, our heroic veterans with a major increase in veterans' health care, a national security imperative that falls under the non-defense discretionary even though we know it is part of our national security responsibility. Honoring the heroes of 9/11, delivering benefits to families that have long been wrongfully denied and bolstering funding for health programs for first responders and survivors there. Our firefighters and first responders, heroes, those who weigh in when emergency disaster calls upon them for relief resources.

And the extraordinary heroes in Ukraine, fighting on the front lines in the battle for Democracy. In this legislation, we proudly deliver another consequential round of security, economic and humanitarian aid. And it really is not – as the President of Ukraine said the other night, it isn't about charity, it's about security. It is about working together. And what a special honor it was for us to be on the Floor when President Zelenskyy spoke powerfully about the courage and commitment, heroism, hope of the people.

And of course, our everyday heroes: America's working families. People who make our country work, our families grow, our communities thrive. Securing for our children, securing critical investments for their health, housing, education, economic well-being and more on top of, under President Biden, forming nearly 10 million jobs, largely in the private sector but with the public policy to enable that to happen. Indeed, this bill puts People Over Politics.

Mr. Speaker, it was sad to hear the Minority Leader earlier say that this legislation is the most shameful thing to be seen on the House Floor in this Congress. I can't help but wonder, had he forgotten January 6th? Indeed, this is a day of immense patriotism. Immense patriotism. We reform the Electoral Count Act of [1887] to thwart future attempts to disrupt the peaceful of transfer of power. And as I've said before, here in the heart of our Democracy.

Mr. Speaker, this is truly a package For The People. And with immense gratitude to Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro, Chairman Patrick Leahy, Vice Chair Shelby, I urge strong bipartisan ‘aye' vote, yield back the balance of my time and wish everyone a happy, healthy and safe New Year. Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Hannukah. Whatever it is you celebrate, be safe. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Democrats await key decisions on House Appropriations seats

Hoyer’s return to the committee would bring the total number of Democrats to 27, leaving no room for new members if Aguilar stays on. 

However, Adam B. Schiff , D-Calif., could throw a wrinkle into the committee membership if he decides to return to Appropriations, where he retains seniority rights from taking leave to serve on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Speaker Kevin McCarthy , R-Calif., has vowed to remove Schiff from the Intelligence Committee, where Schiff has served as top Democrat since 2015. 

Jeffries wrote to McCarthy on Saturday urging the speaker, who makes appointments to the Intelligence Committee, to seat Schiff on it. 

Schiff signaled earlier this month that he was not eyeing a return to Appropriations, saying he is fully focused on remaining on Intelligence. A Schiff spokeswoman said McCarthy needs to formally remove him from the committee before the office is ready to discuss other potential committee assignments.  

Schiff is also on leave from the Judiciary Committee and could return to his seniority there instead of Appropriations if he loses his Intelligence seat. Democrats hopes McCarthy makes an announcement soon so they can resolve where Schiff and fellow California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell , whom McCarthy is also planning to boot from the Intelligence panel, will land. 

If Schiff returns to Appropriations, Joseph D. Morelle , D-N.Y., could lose his spot as the least-senior member. Morelle was appointed in September after former Rep. Charlie Crist , D-Fla., resigned to focus on his ultimately unsuccessful campaign for governor. 

Schiff’s return could also shake up the lineup of subcommittee ranking members. He would have the seniority to be the top Democrat on the State-Foreign Operations panel, a role currently held by  Barbara Lee of California. Both Schiff and Lee are expected to run for Senate. 

Regardless of Schiff’s decision, there likely won’t be room for new members on Appropriations, despite Democrats requesting seats on the popular panel. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota sent a letter earlier this month expressing her interest in serving on the Appropriations Committee to “fight for investments in education, public health, the environment, infrastructure,” among other priorities. 

Omar wrote that she understands Appropriations seats are typically reserved for more senior members, but she believes she offers “a bold vision and unique background” that would benefit her as an appropriator “either in the 118th or in future Congresses.”

Omar also wants to continue serving on the Foreign Affairs and Education panels, but House Republicans are expected to try to vote her off Foreign Affairs. 

Ways and Means

House Ways and Means is keeping the same split it had last Congress, which means 25 seats for Republicans in the majority and 18 spots for Democrats now in the minority. Three Democrats on the panel didn’t seek reelection, so Democrats are left with 22 returning committee members.

After Pennsylvania Rep. Brendan F. Boyle took over as the top Democrat on the Budget Committee this year, he’s expected to step off Ways and Means but continue accruing seniority, which would account for one lost seat.

Democrats are expected to decide the remaining three exits based on seniority, but keep any members booted off involved in tax, trade and other issues before Ways and Means. A seniority-based decision would mean  Jimmy Gomez of California and  Steven Horsford of Nevada, along with Virgin Islands Del. Stacey Plaskett , would likely lose their spots.

Gomez and Horsford joined the panel in the same year as other Democrats, but have less seniority based on when they were elected to the House. Ways and Means includes four other California Democrats but no other lawmakers from Nevada.

Plaskett was the most recent Democratic addition to Ways and Means. Democrats tapped her for the seat in late 2020, and she touted her addition as the first delegate from a territory to be placed on the coveted panel. At the time, Plaskett pointed to the committee’s work on a range of issues, including the “rum cover over” that funnels rum tax revenue to the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced new committee assignments Tuesday, including several far-left "Squad" members and like-minded Democrat freshman representatives.

"Squad" members Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez  of New York and Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan will now be on the House Oversight and Reform Committee. The newly elected Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri will join them on that committee, and freshman Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York will be on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee.

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"In the 2020 election, the American people overwhelmingly cast their ballots for a historically diverse and dynamic Democratic House Majority that will fight For The People," Pelosi said in a statement. "Reinvigorated by our outstanding Freshmen Members, strengthened by our returning Members and inspired by the people whom we are honored to represent, our Majority is ready to Build Back Better in a way that will advance justice and prosperity for all Americans.  Our Committees, enriched by the addition of these Members, are ready to drive transformational progress."

Additionally, the first two openly gay members of Congress, the newly-elected Reps. Ritchie Torres and Mondaire Jones, both of New York, received assignments as well. Torres was named to the House Homeland Security Committee and Jones to the House Education and Labor Committee.

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"I am honored to be appointed to the House Committee on Homeland Security. When it comes to homeland security, as goes New York City, so goes the rest of the country," Torres said in a statement following the announcement. Torres' district covers sections of The Bronx.

The assignments reflect a leftward shift among Democrats in Congress. Bowman, Bush, Ocasio-Cortez, and Tlaib all received endorsements from the Democratic Socialists of America .

In an October 2019 interview with City&State New York , Jones stopped short of calling himself a democratic socialist, but said he viewed himself as "sharing many of the same views as the democratic socialists."

Torres, despite being progressive, does not associate himself with the "Squad," and has been at odds with the Democratic Socialists of America, particularly when it comes to their views of Israel. Torres is pro-Israel, which has become increasingly rare on the left, with Tlaib and fellow "Squad" member Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota being vocal critics of the Jewish state.

"I came to observe that there are activists who have a visceral hatred for Israel as though it were the root of all evil," Torres, 32, told the New York Post in December. "The act of singling out Israel as BDS [the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement] has done is the definition of discrimination."

Torres also denounced Democratic Socialists of America leadership regarding their position on Israel after an interview New York City DSA co-chair Sumathy Kumar gave.

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"The leadership of the DSA declines to affirm that the state of Israel should exist. ‘Insane’ is the word that comes to mind," he  tweeted in August.

Torres also disagreed with democratic socialists over the "defund the police" movement, which he opposed, according to the Post.

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On October 25, 2023, the United States Congress elected Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) as speaker of the House. Johnson was elected in the fourth round of floor voting conducted since the House voted to remove former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on October 3. McCarthy was initially elected in the 15th round of floor voting on January 7, 2023, and his removal as speaker marked the first time in United States history a motion to vacate was used to remove a speaker of the House.

The following Republicans were elected to other U.S. House leadership positions by their caucus in November 2022:

• Steve Scalise , majority leader [1]
• Tom Emmer , majority whip [2]
• Elise Stefanik , Republican Conference chairman [3]
• Gary Palmer , Republican Policy Committee chairman [4]
• Richard Hudson , National Republican Congressional Committee chairman [4]

The following Democrats were elected to U.S. House leadership positions by their caucus in November 2022:

• Hakeem Jeffries , minority leader [5]
• Katherine Clark , minority whip [6]
• Pete Aguilar , Democratic Caucus chairman [7]
• James Clyburn , assistant leader [8]

Each party elects leadership responsible for leading the party's conference, setting legislative agendas, marshaling support for bills, and directing committee assignments, among other duties. [9]

The speaker of the House, who presides over sessions of the chamber and is second in the line of presidential succession, is typically elected on the first day the new Congress convenes. Other leadership positions are elected in meetings of the conference prior to the start of a new Congress. [9]

The 118th Congress convened on January 3, 2023.

• 1.1.1 Detailed vote totals
• 1.2.1 Detailed vote totals
• 1.2.2 Background
• 1.2.3 Media coverage
• 1.3 Speaker of the House elections decided by multiple ballots
• 2 Democratic leadership
• 3.1 Majority whip election
• 3.2 Republican Conference chair election
• 5.1 Historical speakers
• 6 Duties of U.S. House leadership
• 8 Footnotes

Speaker of the House

The speaker of the House is typically elected on the first day the new Congress convenes. According to the Congressional Research Service, "The long-standing practice of the House is that electing a Speaker requires a numerical majority of the votes cast by Members 'for a person by name.' This does not mean that an individual must necessarily receive a majority of the full membership of the House, because some Members may not be present to vote (or may instead answer 'present')." If a candidate is not selected on the first vote, the vote is repeated until a speaker is selected. [10]

October 2023: Motion to vacate and speaker election

On October 2, 2023, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) filed a motion to vacate, aiming to remove Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his position as Speaker of the House. [11] On October 3, the House voted 208-218 on tabling the motion to vacate, meaning a vote on the motion was allowed to proceed. [12] The House then voted 216-210 to remove McCarthy from his position as speaker of the House, marking the first time in United States history a motion to vacate was used to remove a speaker of the House. [13] [14] Following the vote, McCarthy said he would not seek re-election as speaker. [15]

Republicans held their first caucus election for a speaker of the House nominee on October 11. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) defeated Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) 113-99 in the caucus' secret ballot vote. [16] Scalise withdrew as the nominee the following day. [17] [18] [19] On October 13, Jordan defeated Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.) 124-81 in the second Republican caucus vote for a speaker nominee. [20] [21] [22]

The House held the first floor vote for speaker on October 17. After three rounds of voting with no speaker elected, the Republican caucus voted to remove Jordan as their speaker nominee on October 19. [23] Republicans held their third caucus vote for a new speaker on October 24. Nine representatives announced candidacies for speaker nominee: Reps. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), Kevin Hern (R-Okla.), Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Mike Johnson (R-La.), Jack Bergman , (R-Mich.), Austin Scott (R-Ga.), Gary Palmer (R-Ala.), and Dan Meuser (R-Pa.). [24] [25] [26] [27] Meuser and Palmer withdrew from the race before voting began. [28] [29]

On October 24, Emmer defeated Johnson 117-97 in the fifth round of Republican caucus voting, making him the Republican caucus' third speaker nominee. [30] Emmer withdrew as the nominee later that day. [31] Republicans held another caucus vote on the 24th, where Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) won the nomination. [32]

On October 25, 2023, the House voted 220-209 to elect Johnson as speaker of the House.

See the table below for a summary of each round of floor voting. [33]

Detailed vote totals

• 208 Republicans voted in favor of tabling the motion to vacate.
• Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Ken Buck (R-Colo.), Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), Eli Crane (R-Ariz.), Warren Davidson (R-Ohio), Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Bob Good (R-Va.), Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), Cory Mills (R-Fla.), Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), and Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.).
• Two Republicans, Reps. John R. Carter (R-Texas) and Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) did not vote.
• 207 Democrats voted against tabling the motion to vacate.
• Reps. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), Emilia Sykes (D-Ohio), and Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.).
• 210 Republicans voted against the motion to vacate.
• Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Ken Buck (R-Colo.), Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), Eli Crane (R-Ariz.), Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Bob Good (R-Va.), Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), and Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.).
• Reps. John R. Carter (R-Texas), Lance Gooden (R-Texas), and Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.).
• 208 Democrats voted for the motion to vacate.
• Reps. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), and Emilia Sykes (D-Ohio).

This was the 16th time in United States history that an election for speaker advanced past the first round of voting. It last occurred in January 2023, when Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was elected speaker on the 15th ballot.

The first roll call vote was as follows:

• 200 Republicans voted for Jordan.
• Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.), Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.), Jennifer Kiggans (R-Va.), Michael Lawler (R-N.Y.), Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.).
• Reps. Anthony D'Esposito (R-N.Y.), Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.), Nicholas J. LaLota (R-N.Y.).
• Reps. Mario Diaz Balart (R-Fla.), Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), Kay Granger (R-Texas), Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), John Rutherford (R-Fla.), Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), Steve Womack (R-Ark.).
• Rep. Jake Ellzey (R-Texas).
• Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.).
• Rep. John James (R-Mich.).
• Rep. Victoria Spartz .
• 212 Democrats voted for Jeffries.
• Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.).

LaMalfa changed his vote from McCarthy to Jordan, Spartz changed her vote from Massie to Jordan, and Bilirakis, who was absent during the first round of voting, voted for Jordan. Buchanan changed his vote from Jordan to Donalds, Ferguson changed his vote from Jordan to Scalise, Miller-Meeks changed her vote from Jordan to Granger, and Stauber changed his vote from Jordan to Westerman. Kelly changed his vote from Scalise to Boehner. James changed his vote from Cole to Miller. No other individuals changed their votes.

The second roll call vote was as follows:

• 199 Republicans voted for Jordan.
• Reps. Mario Diaz Balart (R-Fla.), Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.), Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), Kay Granger (R-Texas), John Rutherford (R-Fla.), Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), and Steve Womack (R-Ark.).
• Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.), Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.), Jennifer Kiggans (R-Va.), and Michael Lawler (R-N.Y.).
• Reps. Anthony D'Esposito (R-N.Y.), Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.), and Nicholas J. LaLota (R-N.Y.).
• Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)
• Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.).
• Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa).
• Rep. Pete Stauber (R-Minn.).

Fitzpatrick changed his vote from Jordan to McHenry, Kean changed his vote from Jordan to McCarthy, and Molinaro changed his vote from Jordan to Zeldin. Bacon, Chavez-DeRemer, Kiggans, and Lawler changed their votes from McCarthy to McHenry. Miller-Meeks changed her vote from Granger to McHenry. James changed his vote from Miller to Donalds. Kelly changed his vote from Boehner to Scalise. Hunt and Van Orden voted for Jordan in the last round and were absent this round, and Gonzalez and Payne voted for Jeffries last round and were absent this round. No other individuals changed their votes.

The third roll call vote was as follows:

• 194 Republicans voted for Jordan.
• Reps. Mario Diaz Balart (R-Fla.), Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.), Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), Kay Granger (R-Texas), Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), John Rutherford (R-Fla.), Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), and Steve Womack (R-Ark.).
• Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Jennifer Kiggans (R-Va.), Michael Lawler (R-N.Y.), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa)
• Reps. Anthony D'Esposito (R-N.Y.), Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.), Nicholas J. LaLota (R-N.Y.), and Marcus Molinaro (R-N.Y.)
• Reps. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.), Thomas Kean Jr. (R-N.J.)
• Reps. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) and John James (R-Mich.).
• 210 Democrats voted for Jeffries.
• Reps. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) and Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.)
• Reps. Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas) and Donald Payne Jr. (D-N.J.)
• 220 Republicans voted for Johnson.
• 209 Democrats voted for Jeffries.
• Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.)
• Reps. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.), Lou Correa (D-Calif.), and Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas).

January 2023: Regular speaker election

In January 2023, the U.S. House held its regular election for speaker of the House at the start of the 118th Congress . Voting began on January 3, and ended on January 7. McCarthy was elected speaker of the House in a 216-212 vote during the 15th round of voting.

See the table below for an overview of each round of voting.

Expand the tabs below to see more detail on each round of voting.

On January 3, 2023, three candidates were nominated for speaker in the first round of voting: Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), and Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.). McCarthy was the Republican nominee, and Jeffries was the Democratic nominee. No candidate received enough votes in the first round of voting to be elected speaker. [35]

This was the 15th time in United States history that an election for speaker advanced past the first round of voting. It last occurred in 1923. Click here for a full list of speaker elections that advanced to multiple rounds of voting.

• 203 Republicans voted for McCarthy.
• Biggs, Dan Bishop (R-N.C.), Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.), Eli Crane (R-Ariz.), Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Bob Good (R-Va.), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), Scott Perry (R-Pa.), and Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.).
• Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), Michael Cloud (R-Texas), Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), Mary Miller (R-Ill.), Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), and Keith Self (R-Texas).
• One Republican, Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.), voted for Jim Banks (R-Ind.).
• One Republican, Andy Harris (R-Md.), voted for former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.).
• One Republican, Chip Roy (R-Texas), voted for Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.).

A second vote was held on January 3, 2023. McCarthy, Jeffries, and Jordan were nominated. No candidate received enough votes in the second round of voting to be elected speaker.

All the representatives-elect who voted for Biggs in the first round changed their votes to Jordan. Brecheen changed his vote from Banks to Jordan, Harris changed his vote from Zeldin to Jordan, and Roy changed his vote from Donalds to Jordan. No other individuals changed their votes.

The second roll call vote was as follows: [35]

• Biggs, Bishop, Boebert, Brecheen, Cloud, Clyde, Crane, Gaetz, Good, Gosar, Harris, Luna, Miller (IL), Norman, Ogles, Perry, Rosendale, Roy, and Self.

A third vote was held on January 3, 2023. McCarthy, Jeffries, and Jordan were nominated. No candidate received enough votes in the third round of voting to be elected speaker.

Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) changed his vote from McCarthy to Jordan. No other votes changed.

The third roll call vote was as follows: [35]

• 202 Republicans voted for McCarthy.
• Biggs, Bishop, Boebert, Brecheen, Cloud, Clyde, Crane, Donalds, Gaetz, Good, Gosar, Harris, Luna, Miller (IL), Norman, Ogles, Perry, Rosendale, Roy, and Self.

A fourth vote was held on January 4, 2023. McCarthy, Jeffries, and Donalds were nominated. No candidate received enough votes in the fourth round of voting to be elected speaker.

All the representatives-elect who voted for Jordan in the third round voted for Donalds in the fourth round of voting. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) changed her vote from McCarthy to present. No other votes changed.

The fourth roll call vote was as follows: [36]

• 201 Republicans voted for McCarthy.
• One Republican, Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.), voted present.

A fifth vote was held on January 4, 2023. McCarthy, Jeffries, and Donalds were nominated. No candidate received enough votes in the fifth round of voting to be elected speaker.

The fifth vote was the first time during this speaker election that all representatives-elect voted the same as they did in the previous round of voting.

The fifth roll call vote was as follows: [36]

• One Republican, Spartz, voted present.

A sixth vote was held on January 4, 2023. McCarthy, Jeffries, and Donalds were nominated. No candidate received enough votes in the sixth round of voting to be elected speaker.

All representatives-elect voted the same in the sixth round of voting as they did in the fifth.

The sixth roll call vote was as follows: [36]

A seventh vote was held on January 5, 2023. McCarthy, Jeffries, and Donalds were nominated. No candidate received enough votes in the seventh round of voting to be elected speaker.

Gaetz changed his vote from Donalds to Donald Trump (R-Fla.). All other representatives-elect voted the same in the seventh round of voting as they did in the sixth.

The seventh roll call vote was as follows: [37]

• Biggs, Bishop, Boebert, Brecheen, Cloud, Clyde, Crane, Donalds, Good, Gosar, Harris, Luna, Miller (IL), Norman, Ogles, Perry, Rosendale, Roy, and Self.
• One Republican, Gaetz, voted for Donald Trump (R-Fla.).

An eighth vote was held on January 5, 2023. McCarthy, Jeffries, and Donalds were nominated. No candidate received enough votes in the eigth round of voting to be elected speaker.

Boebert and Brecheen changed their votes from Donalds to Kevin Hern (R-Okla.). All other representatives-elect voted the same in the eighth round of voting as they did in the seventh.

The eighth roll call vote was as follows: [37]

• Biggs, Bishop, Cloud, Clyde, Crane, Donalds, Good, Gosar, Harris, Luna, Miller (IL), Norman, Ogles, Perry, Rosendale, Roy, and Self.
• 2 Republicans, Boebert and Brecheen, voted for Kevin Hern (R-Okla.).

A ninth vote was held on January 5, 2023. McCarthy, Jeffries, Donalds, and Hern were nominated. No candidate received enough votes in the ninth round of voting to be elected speaker.

Gaetz changed his vote from Trump to Hern. All other representatives-elect voted the same in the ninth round of voting as they did in the eighth.

The ninth roll call vote was as follows: [37]

• 200 Republicans voted for McCarthy.
• 3 Republicans, Boebert, Brecheen, and Gaetz, voted for Kevin Hern (R-Okla.).
• One Republican, Ken Buck (R-Colo.), did not vote.

A tenth vote was held on January 5, 2023. McCarthy, Jeffries, Donalds, and Hern were nominated. No candidate received enough votes in the tenth round of voting to be elected speaker. [38] [39]

Biggs, Crane, Harris, and Rosendale changed their votes from Donalds to Hern. All other representatives-elect voted the same in the tenth round of voting as they did in the ninth. [38]

The tenth roll call vote was as follows: [38]

• Bishop, Cloud, Clyde, Donalds, Good, Gosar, Luna, Miller (IL), Norman, Ogles, Perry, Roy, and Self.
• Biggs, Boebert, Brecheen, Crane, Gaetz, Harris, and Rosendale.
• One Republican, Buck, did not vote.

An eleventh vote was held on January 5, 2023. No candidate received enough votes in the eleventh round of voting to be elected speaker. [38]

Gaetz changed his vote from Hern to Trump. Good changed his vote from Donalds to Hern. All other representatives-elect voted the same in the eleventh round of voting as they did in the tenth. [38]

The eleventh roll call vote was as follows: [38]

• Bishop, Cloud, Clyde, Donalds, Gosar, Luna, Miller (IL), Norman, Ogles, Perry, Roy, and Self.
• Biggs, Boebert, Brecheen, Crane, Good, Harris, and Rosendale.
• One Republican, Gaetz, voted for Trump.

A twelfth vote was held on January 6, 2023. McCarthy, Jeffries, Jordan, and Hern were nominated. No candidate received enough votes in the twelfth round of voting to be elected speaker. [40]

Bishop, Cloud, Clyde, Gosar, Donalds, Luna, Miller (IL), Norman, Ogles, Perry, Roy, and Self changed their votes from Donalds to McCarthy. Brecheen changed his vote from Hern to McCarthy. Besides Donalds, who voted for McCarthy in the first two rounds, this was the first time these representatives-elect cast votes for McCarthy.

Spartz changed her vote from present to McCarthy. Gaetz changed his vote from Trump to Jordan. Biggs, Good, and Harris changed their votes from Hern to Jordan. David Trone (D-Md.) voted for Jeffries in the eleventh round, and did not vote in the twelfth. All other representatives-elect voted the same in the twelfth round of voting as they did in the eleventh.

The twelfth roll call vote was as follows: [40]

• 211 Democrats voted for Jeffries.
• 213 Republicans voted for McCarthy.
• Biggs, Gaetz, Good, and Harris.
• Boebert, Crane, and Rosendale.
• Two Republicans, Buck and Wesley Hunt (R-Texas), did not vote.
• One Democrat, David Trone (D-Md.), did not vote

A thirteenth vote was held on January 6, 2023. McCarthy and Jeffries were nominated. No candidate received enough votes in the thirteenth round of voting to be elected speaker. [40]

Harris changed his vote from Jordan to McCarthy. This was the first time Harris voted for McCarthy. Boebert, Crane, and Rosendale changed their votes from Hern to Jordan. Trone, who did not vote in the previous round, voted for Jeffries. All other representatives-elect voted the same in the thirteenth round of voting as they did in the twelfth.

The thirteenth roll call vote was as follows: [40]

• 214 Republicans voted for McCarthy.
• Biggs, Boebert, Crane, Gaetz, Good, and Rosendale.

A fourteenth vote was held on January 6, 2023. McCarthy and Jeffries were nominated. No candidate received enough votes in the fourteenth round of voting to be elected speaker. [41]

Crane and Rosendale changed their votes from Jordan to Biggs. Boebert and Getz changed their votes from Jordan to present. Buck and Hunt, who did not vote in the 13th vote, voted for McCarthy. All other representatives-elect voted the same in the fourteenth round of voting as they did in the thirteenth.

The fourteenth roll call vote was as follows: [41]

• 216 Republicans voted for McCarthy.
• Biggs and Good.
• Crane and Rosendale.
• 2 Republicans (Boebert and Getz) voted present.

A fifteenth vote was held on January 7, 2023. McCarthy and Jeffries were nominated. McCarthy received enough votes in the fifteenth round of voting to be elected speaker. [42]

Biggs and Good changed their votes from Jordan to present. Crane and Rosendale changed their votes from Biggs to present. All other representatives-elect voted the same in the fifteenth round of voting as they did in the fourteenth.

The fifteenth roll call vote was as follows: [42]

• 6 Republicans (Biggs, Boebert, Crane, Getz, Good, and Rosendale) voted present.

McCarthy was selected as the Republican nominee for speaker of the House in a 188-31 Republican conference vote on November 15, defeating Rep. Biggs. [43] On December 6, Biggs announced he would still run in the Jan. 3, 2023, speakership election on the House floor. [44]

Along with Biggs, Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), Bob Good (R-Va.), and Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) expressed opposition to McCarthy's bid for speaker. [45] As of January 3, Republicans were set to gain a 222-212 majority in the House, with one formerly Democratic seat vacant.

A speaker candidate needs to win a majority of votes cast for a person by name. If the representatives opposing McCarthy cast present votes or didn't cast a vote, the majority threshold a speaker candidate requires would be lowered. [46] This last occurred in 2021 , when Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) won the speakership with only 216 votes, two votes short of the 218 that normally constitutes a majority in the 435-member chamber. Because only 427 representatives voted for someone by name, 214 votes were required for the speaker to be elected that year. If the members opposing McCarthy cast their votes for someone else, this would mean that no speaker candidate received a majority in the first vote. [46] In this case, the vote would be repeated until a candidate received a majority. This last occurred in 1923, when Rep. Frederick Huntington Gillett (R) was elected speaker after the 9th round of voting. [47]

The Washington Post 's Aaron Blake wrote, "to the extent that their opposition is more than a momentary protest, they could make the party confront the challenge of finding an alternative who can get to 218 votes or a majority." [46]

The Associated Press ' Kevin Freking and Farnoush Amiri wrote, "While McCarthy is expected to prevail in his quest for the speaker’s gavel, it is destined to come at a political price. [...] Every new commitment from McCarthy can be seen as a potential strategic move, intended to quell skeptics on his right flank as he reaches for the speaker’s gavel." [48]

McCarthy served as minority leader in the 116th and 117th Congress . He announced his bid for speaker on November 9, saying: "I will be a listener every bit as much as a Speaker, striving to build consensus from the bottom-up rather than commanding the agenda from the top-down. That means putting the right people in the right spots and harnessing the power of our entire conference." [49]

Biggs announced he would also seek the speakership on November 14. In an interview with Newsmax , Biggs said "We have a new paradigm here, and I think the country wants a different direction from the House of Representatives. [...] But this is not just about Kevin. I think it’s about the institutional direction and trajectory." [50]

Media coverage

Click the links below to view media coverage of the January 2023 speaker election.

• Associated Press , "McCarthy elected House speaker in rowdy post-midnight vote"
• Brookings Institution , "McCarthy paid a steep price for his Speakership—Now what?"
• FiveThirtyEight , "Republicans Didn’t Get Less Popular After All That Speaker Drama — They Were Already Unpopular"
• Fox News , "The vote for House speaker"
• National Review , "McCarthy Wins Speakership on 15th Attempt, Breaking Historic Impasse after Late-Night Drama"
• New York Post , "Kevin McCarthy elected House speaker on the 15th vote, most since before the Civil War"
• The New York Times , "McCarthy Wins Speakership on 15th Vote"
• NPR , "Historic House speaker showdown highlighted matters of race and representation"
• PBS , "McCarthy elected House speaker after chaotic votes in late-night session"
• Reuters , "Kevin McCarthy elected House speaker, but at a cost"
• The Wall Street Journal , "Speaker Fight Could Preview Months of Turmoil in Congress"
• The Washington Post , "Kevin McCarthy elected House Speaker, breaking historic deadlock"

Speaker of the House elections decided by multiple ballots

The table below lists all speaker of the House elections decided by multiple ballots.

Democratic leadership

Democratic leadership elections took place on November 30, 2022. [51] The election for assistant leader was delayed until December 1.

The following representatives were elected to leadership positions in the 118th Congress :

• Hakeem Jeffries , minority leader : Jeffries was elected without opposition, becoming the first Black representative to lead a party in congress. [52]
• Katherine Clark , minority whip : Clark was elected without opposition. [53]
• Pete Aguilar , Democratic Caucus chairman : Aguilar was elected without opposition. [54]
• James Clyburn , assistant leader : Clyburn was elected without opposition. David Cicilline had announced he would seek the position, but withdrew his candidacy on December 1. [55]

Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced on November 17 that she would not seek election to a leadership post in the 118th Congress . [56] She had led the Democratic caucus in the U.S. House since 2003. [57] [58] Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), the former majority leader, also announced he would not seek a leadership position, and The Hill reported that James Clyburn (D-S.C.), the former majority whip, would seek the position of assistant leader. [59]

On November 18, Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) announced his candidacy for minority leader, Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) announced her candidacy for minority whip, and Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) said he would seek the position of Democratic Caucus chair. [60]

Republican leadership

Republican leadership elections took place on November 15, 2022. [61]

• Steve Scalise , majority leader : Scalise was re-elected without opposition. [62]
• Tom Emmer , majority whip : Emmer defeated Jim Banks 115-106. [63] Click here to read more about this election .
• Elise Stefanik , Republican Conference chairman : Stefanik defeated Byron Donalds 144-74. [3] Click here to read more about this election .
• Gary Palmer , Republican Policy Committee chairman : Palmer was re-elected without opposition. [4]
• Richard Hudson , National Republican Congressional Committee chairman : Hudson was elected without opposition. [4]

Majority whip election

Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) was elected majority whip in the second round of voting with 115 votes to Rep. Jim Banks ' (R-Ind.) 106. Three candidates ran in the first round: Banks, who received 82 votes, Emmer, who received 72 votes, and Rep. Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.), who received 71 votes. Ferguson was eliminated after the first round of voting.

Emmer announced his bid for majority whip on November 9, saying he would "incorporate a culture of teamwork, communication, and respect that will once again be the driving force behind an operation focused on one thing: winning." His endorsements for the role included Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), former chairman of the House Freedom Caucus , and Rep. David Joyce (R-Ohio), chairman of the Republican Governance Group. [64]

Banks also announced his bid for majority whip on November 9, saying "I am running to be majority whip for our entire conference. I’m asking for your support because I want to listen and to be your voice." [65] He was endorsed for the role by Concerned Women for America. [64]

Ferguson said in a letter to colleagues announcing his bid that his "vision for the operation is a proactive, data-driven approach to tackle difficult issues and ensure members have what they need to make an informed vote for their constituents and the country." Ferguson served as chief deputy whip in the 117th Congress . [66]

Republican Conference chair election

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) was re-elected Republican conference chair on November 15, defeating Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) 144-74. [3] Stefanik served in this position for part of the 117th Congress , filling the vacancy left by Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.). In 2021, she defeated Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) in the election for the position 134-46. [67]

Stefanik announced her re-election bid on September 13, saying, "I am proud to have unified the entire Republican Conference around our country in crisis message and shattered fundraising records as House GOP Conference Chair raising over $10M for candidates and committees this cycle." [68]

Donalds also announced his bid on September 13, saying, "I found conservatism 14 years ago. And I found it because the policies I saw coming out of Washington were not going to help America. And I think that that perspective and that background can only help our ranks grow as a party." [68]

According to the Congressional Research Service (CRS), leaders in the United States House of Representatives are typically "elected by the [minority or majority] party caucus or conference at organizational meetings prior to the start of a new Congress." Candidates for leadership positions must receive a simple majority vote within their caucus or conference in order to win election to the role.

The only leadership position that receives a formal vote on the House floor is speaker of the House. The vote is held on the first day of a new session of congress, which usually takes place on January 3 of odd-numbered years. In order to win election as speaker, a candidate must receive a simple majority of votes among members who vote for a candidate by name. Per CRS, "the majority party’s candidate is typically elected on a party line vote." [69]

Historical leadership in Congress

Heading into the 2023 leadership elections, the following U.S. representatives held leadership positions: [70]

• Nancy Pelosi (D), speaker of the House
• Steny Hoyer (D), majority leader
• James Clyburn (D), majority whip
• Katherine Clark (D), assistant speaker
• Hakeem Jeffries (D), Democratic Caucus chairman
• Kevin McCarthy (R), minority leader
• Steve Scalise (R), minority whip
• Elise Stefanik (R), Republican Conference chairman
• Gary Palmer (R), Republican Policy Committee chairman

Historical speakers

The table below shows a list of speakers of the House from 1789 to present.

Duties of U.S. House leadership

The following brief descriptions of the duties of U.S. House leadership in the 117th Congress come from the official website of the U.S. House of Representatives : [70]

• Speaker of the House : Elected by the whole of the House of Representatives, the Speaker acts as leader of the House and combines several roles: the institutional role of presiding officer and administrative head of the House, the role of leader of the majority party in the House, and the representative role of an elected member of the House. The Speaker of the House is second in line to succeed the President, after the Vice President.
• Majority leader : Represents the majority party on the House floor.
• Majority whip : Assists leadership in managing the majority party's legislative program.
• Assistant speaker : Assists the Majority Leader.
• Republican leader / Democratic leader : Represents Republicans or Democrats on the House floor.
• Republican whip / Democratic whip : Assists leadership in managing party's legislative program.
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• ↑ Congressional Research Service , "Electing the Speaker of the House of Representatives: Frequently Asked Questions," November 24, 2020
• ↑ Associated Press , "Rep. Matt Gaetz files motion to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy, throwing House into new turmoil," October 3, 2023
• ↑ House Clerk , "Roll Call 518 Bill Number: H. Res. 757," accessed October 3, 2023
• ↑ C-SPAN , "House Session, Part 2," October 3, 2023
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• ↑ The Hill , "McCarthy won’t run for Speaker again," October 3, 2023
• ↑ Twitter , "Olivia Beavers on October 11, 2023," accessed October 11, 2023
• ↑ NPR , "Scalise drops out of race for speaker of the House, leaving Congress in limbo," October 12, 2023
• ↑ Politico , "Jordan becomes first to announce run for speaker," October 4, 2023
• ↑ The New York Times , "Scalise and Jordan Announce Bids for Speaker as Vacancy Paralyzes the House," October 4, 2023
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• ↑ NPR , "Jim Jordan makes second bid for speaker," October 13, 2023
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• ↑ The Washington Post , "House Republicans vote to drop Jim Jordan as speaker nominee," accessed October 20, 2023
• ↑ The Hill , "Floodgates open: Here’s who’s running for Speaker as GOP seeks third nominee," accessed October 21, 2023
• ↑ The Hill , "Emmer sends ‘Dear Colleague’ letter officially announcing Speaker bid," accessed October 21, 2023
• ↑ Alabama Reporter , "Alabama U.S. Rep. Palmer seeking to become Speaker of the House," accessed October 23, 2023
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• ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 38.3 38.4 38.5 New York Times , "Live Vote Count: Tracking the House Speaker Votes," January 5, 2022
• ↑ C-SPAN , "U.S. House of Representatives House Session Tenth Vote for Speaker," January 5, 2023
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• ↑ 41.0 41.1 Clerk of the United States House of Representatives , "Roll Call 18," January 6, 2023
• ↑ 42.0 42.1 Clerk of the United States House of Representatives , "Roll Call 20," January 7, 2023
• ↑ Axios , "Rep. Andy Biggs challenges McCarthy for speaker," December 6, 2022
• ↑ The Hill , "WHIP LIST: McCarthy searches for 218 GOP Speakership votes," November 25, 2022
• ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 The Washington Post , "Kevin McCarthy’s speaker math," November 18, 2022
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• ↑ PBS , "Here’s what McCarthy faces as he looks to become the next House speaker," November 28, 2022
• ↑ Office of the Republican Leader , "Letter," November 9, 2022
• ↑ The Hill , "Rep. Andy Biggs to challenge McCarthy for Speaker," November 14, 2022
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• ↑ The Hill , "Jeffries announces bid for House Democratic leader," November 18, 2022
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Politico: Pelosi announcing appointments to policy committees

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will announce new committee assignments Friday for nearly three dozen Democrats.

The panel assignments will serve to put younger, more newly elected Democrats on 10 policy committees.

"The Democratic Members recommended to serve on the following committees have proven themselves to be forward-looking leaders who embody the diversity, drive, and vitality of our caucus," said Pelosi (D-Calif.). "They will bring fresh perspective and new energy to each of these committees, and we look forward to having their intelligence and ideas working in these new positions, strengthening our economy and securing our country."

Reps. Ann Kirkpatrick of Arizona, Pete Aguilar of California and Stacey Plaskett of the Virgin Islands will join the Agriculture committee. Both Aguilar and Plaskett are freshmen while Kirkpatrick was elected first elected in 2009 but returned to the House in 2013 after an election defeat in 2012.

The Budget Committee will include Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan, a freshman and wife of former Rep. John Dingell. Freshman Rep. Ted Lieu of California will also serve on the high-profile committee.

Reps. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, Alma Adams of North Carolina and Mark DeSaulnier of California will all serve on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will gain two sophomore members, Reps. Jared Huffman of California and Julia Brownley of California. And the committees on Oversight and Government Reform and Natural Resources will each gain one freshman: Reps. Brenda Lawrence of Michigan and Don Beyer of Virginia, respectively.

Sophomore Rep. Scott Peters of California will join the Judiciary Committee.

The three committees tasked with oversight and legislation for the military and national security will see nearly 10 freshmen join their ranks. Rep. Tim Walz of Minnesota, elected in 2007, will join the Armed Services Committee, joined by sophomore Rep. Beto O'Rourke of Texas and freshmen Reps. Don Norcross of New Jersey, Ruben Gallego of Arizona, Mark Takai of Hawaii, Gwen Graham of Florida, Brad Ashford of Nebraska and Seth Moulton of Massachusetts.

Sophomore Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey and freshmen Reps. Kathleen Rice of New York and Norma Torres of California will join the Homeland Security Committee. The Foreign Affairs Committee will see the addition of Reps. Robin Kelly of Illinois, a sophomore, and Brendan Boyle of Pennsylvania, a freshman.

Democrats lost 13 committee seats after being trounced during the mid-term elections. The assignments announced on Friday don't include the five so-called "A" committees — Ways and Means, Rules, Appropriations, Energy and Commerce and Financial Services — which were previously announced.

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Pelosi names Republican Liz Cheney to Jan. 6 panel, says Rep. Bennie Thompson will chair

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Thursday announced her appointed members of the newly created select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol — and said one Republican, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, will be among them.

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., who serves as chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, will chair the select committee. Thompson negotiated a bill that would have established a bipartisan commission to investigate the riot, but the measure was ultimately blocked by Senate Republicans.

Cheney, who was ousted as chairwoman of the House Republican Conference after she spoke out against Trump and her fellow Republicans over their false election fraud claims, said Jan. 6 can never happen again.

“Congress is obligated to conduct a full investigation of the most serious attack on our Capitol since 1814,” Cheney said in a statement Thursday. “That day saw the most sacred space in our Republic overrun by an angry and violent mob attempting to stop the counting of electoral votes and threatening the peaceful transfer of power.”

The other members of the House select committee , which will have the power to subpoena witnesses and documents, include Reps. Adam Schiff, D-Calif, Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Elaine Luria, D-Va.

After meeting with the group in the speaker's office Thursday afternoon, Thompson stood with his fellow Democratic members and lone Republican and said the committee is "determined to assemble a comprehensive, authoritative report on events constituting the January 6th insurrection."

The panel will begin the process with a hearing featuring testimony from Capitol Police officers about their experiences that day, he said.

Pelosi’s announcement comes nearly seven months after the attack, in which hundreds of former President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol in an effort to interrupt the counting of electoral votes solidifying Joe Biden’s victory. The speaker aimed to establish a 9/11 commission-style panel, which Thompson had negotiated, but that proposal failed in the Senate as Republicans repeatedly argued that there are already ongoing investigations into Jan. 6.

The speaker introduced her appointments at her weekly news conference Thursday and said the panel’s goal is to assess former Trump’s role in inciting his supporters and “to seek and to find the truth” about why they tried to interrupt the peaceful transfer of power.

“We want to do so in the most patriotic, non-partisan way,” Pelosi said.

The speaker’s decision to choose Cheney is notable as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has threatened to strip members of their existing committee assignments if they accept an appointment from Pelosi to the select committee, according to three sources.

McCarthy is said to have delivered a stark warning to Republicans during a closed-door meeting with freshman House Republicans on Wednesday. The threat was first reported by Punchbowl News. No freshmen voted to create the committee.

When asked Thursday if she is worried about losing her committee assignments, Cheney said she is honored to be on the committee and has not been told her seats will be taken away, but “our oath and duty is to the Constitution.”

At his weekly press conference Thursday, McCarthy claimed he is “not making any threats about committee assignments.” But, he said it is “shocking” that a Republican would accept a committee assignment from Pelosi and not from the GOP leadership.

The Republican leader can appoint five members to the select committee, but Pelosi has the final say over who can join. McCarthy refused to say anything Thursday about which lawmakers he might be considering.

The House voted 222 to 190 on Wednesday to establish the committee, with two Republicans, Cheney and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, joining all present Democrats in support of the panel.

Kinzinger told Forbes magazine in reaction to McCarthy’s threat, “Who gives a s---?”

“When you’ve got people who say crazy stuff and you’re not going to make that threat, but you make that threat to truth-tellers, you’ve lost any credibility,” he said, later retweeting the quote .

While the minority party is traditionally given the authority to choose committee assignments for its members, the formal decision to add or subtract a lawmaker from a committee is made by a vote of the full House. To make good on his threat, McCarthy would have to convince Pelosi to help him punish Cheney for agreeing to serve on Pelosi’s select committee.

Pelosi appointed a diverse set of members to the panel. Schiff serves as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and Lofgren chairs the House Administration Committee. Aguilar is vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus and Murphy co-chairs the moderate Blue Dog Coalition. Raskin was the lead impeachment manager during Trump's trial in the Senate earlier this year over his role in the Jan. 6 attack. Trump was ultimately acquitted by the Senate. Luria served two decades in the Navy.

Rebecca Shabad is a politics reporter for NBC News based in Washington.

Teaganne Finn is a political reporter for NBC News.

Garrett Haake is NBC News' Senior Capitol Hill Correspondent. He also covers the Trump campaign.

Haley Talbot is an associate producer in the NBC News Washington bureau.

2023 Local Election Results

by Christopher Mitchell

These numbers will continue to be updated as ballots are officially tabulated.

Lewiston City Council:

Maureen Anderson: 1,272 votes, 13.85%.

Rick Eldridge: 771 votes, 8.40%.

David Funke: 829 votes, 9.03%.

Jim Kleeburg: Winner, 1,668 votes, 18.16%

Jessica Klein: Winner,1,62517.70%.

Darlene Lambert: 840 votes, 9.15%.

Brennon Leafty: 394 votes, 4.29%.

John Spickelmire: Winner, 1,784 votes, 19.43%.

Mayor of Lapwai:

William "Bill" Skiles: 47 votes, 45.63%.

Antonio Smith: 56 votes, 54.37%.

Lapwai City Council:

Carmalita Bohnee: 58 votes, 56.31 %.

Taricia Moliga: 82 votes, 79.61%.

Mayor of Peck:

Cheryl L. Carson: 31 votes, 53.45%.

Nancy Greene: 27 votes, 46.55%.

Peck City Council:

Scott Greene: 33 votes, 56.90%.

John LeNeve: 48 votes, 82.76%.

Deanna Walker: 25 votes, 43.10%.

Eagles Point Water and Sewer District:

In favor of: 65 votes, 97.01%.

Against: 2 votes, 2.99%.

Clarkston School Board (1):

Dan Randles: 1,563 votes, 50.63%.

Rick Hanks: 1,495 votes, 48.43%.

Clarkston School Board (5):

Chris Bunce: 2,127 votes, 69.49%.

Todd Snarr: 918 votes, 29.99%.

Mayor of Asotin:

Dwayne Paris: 197 votes, 70.86%.

Theresa Bailey: 80 votes, 28.79%.

Mayor of Pullman:

Francis A. Benjamin: 972 votes, 53.38%.

Deb McNeil: 838 votes, 46.02%.

Pullman City Council (6):

Eric Fejeran: 843 votes, 50.66%.

Holly Greystone: 801 votes, 48.14%.

Moscow City Council:

Bryce Blankenship: 2,713 votes, 20.64%.

Joe Campbell: 1,147 votes, 8.73%.

Drew Davis: 3,017 votes, 22.95%.

Evan Holmes: 2,310 votes, 17.57%.

Sandra L. Kelly: 3,247 votes, 24.70%.

Nathan Tupper: 711 votes, 5.41%.

Moscow City Election – 2023

• Introduction to the Candidates
• GUIDE: How to Register to Vote and Vote

This year in the City of Moscow, three City Council seats and school board seats for Zones 1, 3, and 4, are up for election. For the city council race, the winners will be whichever candidates receive the top three sets of votes , while the school board trustees will be decided based on who gets the most votes in their respective districts.

School board

School Board Zone 1: Cody Barr (REP), Jim Frenzel (DEM) School Board Zone 3: Gay Lynn Clyde (REP), Dulce Kersting-Lark (DEM) School Board Zone 4: Jim Gray (REP), Dawna Fazio (DEM)

City Council Candidates:

Get to know the candidates through our Candidate Candids interview series ! These long-form conversations cover more than mere talking points.

Nathan Tupper

Evan Holmes:

Bryce Blankenship

Joe Campbell

Sandra Kelly

While Sandra was unable to conduct an interview with us, you can find more information about her platform and campaign here: https://www.facebook.com/kellyformoscow

Voter Registration Info

Early voting starts Oct 25th, and runs through November 3rd. During this period, citizens can go to the Latah County Courthouse between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. and vote. Otherwise, election day is on November 7th, at which time citizens will need to go to their respective precincts to vote ( Precinct Map ), based on their residential address.

If your permanent residence is here in Moscow, Latah County, Idaho:

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To register to vote online (voteidaho.gov) or at the Latah County clerk’s office or at the polls, you must be a citizen of the United States, 18 years of age, a resident of Idaho and your county for 30 days prior to the election. To prove this, you must provide:

• Idaho-issued identification card or Idaho driver’s license or current US passport
• One approved proof of residence document

Any of the above photo identification with correct residence address:

• Lease or rental agreement
• Utility bill (excluding cellular telephone bill)
• Bank or credit card statement
• Paystub, paycheck, government-issued check
• For students: Enrollment papers from current school year. 

Identification

Do you have an Idaho state-issued photo identification card (or driver’s license)?

Yes, I have an Idaho state-issued photo identification card (or driver’s license). 

Is your address current on it?

If not please update your address online at dmvonline.itd.idaho.gov/   Or in person at Latah County DMV, 1313 S. Blaine Street, Moscow, ID 83843. (No need to pay the $20 new-card fee. The address will be corrected in the state’s system.) 

No, I do not have an Idaho state-issued photo identification card (or driver’s license) . 

Follow the Idaho DMV rules for a driver’s license. Or apply for an Idaho photo identification card:

Bring 1 or 2 (2 will allow you to get a Star Card for travel purposes) of these original documents proving residency that are less than a year old in your current name with current address to the DMV:

• Lease, rental agreement, mortgage, or deed
• Account statement from one or two different utilities (no ¾ page or cell phone bills)
• Account statement from a bank or financial institution
• Medical or insurance provider statement, invoice, or explanation of benefits
• Pay stub or employment verification (it must list your legal name.)
• Idaho school enrollment records with current address (college IDs are not accepted)
• Residency affidavit signed by an adult over age 18
• Vehicle, homeowner’s, or renter’s liability information.
• And bring your birth certificate and social security card .

Have you been recently married and need to update your name on your Idaho state-issued photo identification card (or driver’s license)?

First, change your name on your social security card by taking to Lewiston Social Security Office:

• Maiden name social security card
• Marriage certificate (not the gold-seal version, but the certified copy)
• Must have State File Number, Groom, Bride, and Family ( maiden ) Name completed
• Birth certificate (recorded copy, not the keepsake copy)
• Maiden name state-issued photo identification card (or driver’s license).

Then, change your name on your Idaho state-issued photo identification card (or driver’s license) at the Latah County DMV, 1313 S. Blaine Street, Moscow, ID 83843.

I was recently married, but I do not have ANY valid photo identification card

• Follow the Idaho DMV rules for a driver’s license. 

Or apply for an Idaho state-issued photo identification card (see steps above). Wait for the plastic one to arrive in the mail. 

2. Change your name on your social security card by taking to Lewiston:

• New Idaho state-issued photo identification card (or driver’s license).

3.  Wait 24-48 hours. Then return to DMV in person for your state-issued photo identification card (or driver’s license).

There is a new, free Idaho voting identification card option for people who do not drive. This program began in July 2023, so there is not much information available on it. 

The signed affidavit is only to be used if the properly registered voter comes to the polls without a picture identification, and his verbally given address matches the roster. If the addresses do not match, the person must re-register to vote (must go and get the photo identification and proof of address).

As a student , where should I register to vote?

From the Idaho Secretary of State’s website :

“College students must establish, as with all other voter registration applicants, that the locale within which they seek to register and vote is their domicile i.e. that they are living in the college community with the intention of abandoning their former domicile and with the intention of remaining permanently, or for an indefinite length of time, in the new location. Some of the factors which may be relevant in determining whether domicile has been established for voting purposes by a student as well as any other applicant, are as follows:

• Has the applicant registered to vote elsewhere?
• Where does the applicant maintain his checking and saving accounts, if any?
• Where does the applicant pay taxes, and what address did he list as his residence on his last income tax return?
• What is the residence listed on the applicant’s driver’s license?
• If the applicant owns an automobile, where is it registered?
• Does the applicant live year round at his claimed domicile, or does he divide it elsewhere? If it is divided, how much time is spent elsewhere and for what reason?

As a student, you should not be registering and voting in your college locale simply because you failed to register and vote at your true domicile. Registering to vote is a serious matter which should only be done after proper reflection. It should be noted that there is no federal right to vote anywhere in the United States for the office of President. State laws control registration and voting and State residency requirements must be met.”

“We need and want all students to vote at their legal domicile.”

If your permanent residence is in another state, contact your home state’s election division to register and vote (absentee?) there.

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Aiden Anderson

Which candidates for city council are members of Christ church? They seem to be the most sensible candidates.

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