Nancy Pelosi Re-elected Speaker of the House of Representatives in a Tight Vote | The State

The democrat Nancy pelosi was re-elected this Sunday as president of the House of Representatives of with the challenge to revive the economy and approve measures to deal with the pandemic with a narrow majority, which had not been seen in that chamber in 20 years.

With 216 votes in favor and 208 against, Pelosi secured enough votes to hold office as Speaker of the House of Representatives, for the one that was elected in 2019 and that places whoever occupies it as third in the line of presidential succession, behind the vice president.

Pelosi, who also held this position between 2007 and 2011, remained silent during the vote sitting in her seat, although she nodded or smiled every time a fellow member of the bench voted for her out loud.

The Californian Democrat, who is 80 years old and the first and only woman to chair the Lower House, has said that it could be your last two-year term in the highest position of the camera.

Several Democratic lawmakers defected during Sunday’s vote. Representative Jared Golden (Maine) voted for Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois) to be the Speaker of the House, Representative Conor Lamb (Pennsylvania) voted for Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York), and Representatives and Representatives Abigail Spanberger, Elissa Slotkin and Mikie Sherrill abstained.