Pelosi to step aside from Dem leadership, remain in Congress - The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to code her plans with colleagues connected Thursday successful the aftermath of Democrats narrowly losing power of the House to Republicans successful the midterm elections.

Pelosi’s determination to either question different word arsenic the Democratic person oregon to measurement speech has been wide anticipated. It would travel aft the enactment was capable to halt an expected Republican question successful the House and the Senate but besides successful the aftermath of a brutal attack connected her husband, Paul, precocious past period by an intruder successful their San Francisco home.

She is expected to unfastened the House astatine noon and past present remarks, her bureau said.

“The Speaker plans to code her aboriginal plans time to her colleagues. Stay tuned,” Pelosi’s spokesperson Drew Hammill tweeted precocious Wednesday.

The talker took location 2 versions of her code overnight for review.

The talker “has been overwhelmed by calls from colleagues, friends and supporters,” Hammill said, and noted that she had spent Wednesday evening monitoring predetermination returns successful the last states wherever ballots were inactive being counted.

The California Democrat, who roseate to go the nation’s archetypal pistillate to wield the speaker’s gavel, is simply a pivotal fig successful U.S. politics.

By announcing her decision, Pelosi could motorboat a domino effect successful House Democratic enactment up of interior enactment elections adjacent period arsenic Democrats reorganize for their caller relation arsenic the number enactment successful the caller Congress.

Pelosi’s enactment team, with Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland and Democratic Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina, has agelong moved arsenic a triumvirate. Hoyer and Clyburn are besides making decisions astir their futures.

All present successful their 80s, the 3 House Democratic leaders person faced restless colleagues anxious for them to measurement speech and let a caller procreation to instrumentality charge.

Democrats Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, Rep. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts and Rep. Pete Aguilar of California person likewise moved arsenic a trio astatine times, each moving toward enactment roles themselves.

First elected to the House successful 1987, Pelosi has agelong been ridiculed by Republicans arsenic a San Francisco wide portion steadily rising arsenic a skilled legislator and fundraising powerhouse. Her ain Democratic colleagues person intermittently appreciated but besides feared Pelosi’s almighty marque of leadership.