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Democrat Nancy Pelosi has been re-elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives. At the House of Congress constituent meeting on Sunday, Pelosi just achieved the majority needed for re-election to the influential senior office with 216 votes. His challenger, Republican Kevin McCarthy, got 209 votes.
Pelosi had already led her party as Speaker of the House of Representatives during the second half of US President Donald Trump’s term for the past two years, as the most politically powerful woman in America and the most important opponent of the United States. republicans. From 2007 to 2011 she had already been president of the House of Congress. At that time, she became the first woman in the country’s history to hold the position. The now 80-year-old has signaled that this will be her last term as head of the House of Representatives.
The majority of Democrats in the House of Representatives is slim
After Democrats unexpectedly lost many House seats to Republicans in the November election, the majority of the party in the House has become extremely tight. It has been reduced to 222 currently from 435 seats. There are currently two vacant seats, one due to an open race, the other due to the recent death of a newly elected MP. In addition, several deputies were absent from the opening session due to illness. 427 parliamentarians were present.
Two months after the elections, the new United States Congress met for its constituent session. The House of Representatives, which is dominated by Democrats, and the Senate met on Sunday to swear in their members.
What the Senate majority will look like is still open: Voters in Georgia will decide in two second-round elections Wednesday on the final makeup of the House of Lords. Democrats would have to win both seats to get a majority in the Senate.
One of the first tasks of the new Congress is the formal confirmation of future US President Joe Biden at a joint meeting of the House and Senate next Wednesday. Historically, this is considered a formality. However, twelve Republican senators had already announced that they would object.
According to information from the CNN station, around a hundred deputies in the House of Representatives also want to deny recognition. The initiatives could delay the final confirmation of Biden’s victory. However, they have no prospect of success.
