Congress convened for its new session Thursday with Democrats controlling the US House of Representatives, marking a dramatic power shift on Capitol Hill less than two years before President Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election bid.
Nancy Pelosi is once again Washington’s most powerful woman, poised to reclaim the U.S. House of Representatives speaker’s gavel Thursday as opponent-in-chief to an impulsive and unpredictable president.
Keeping Donald Trump in check will be among the California Democrat’s top challenges as she presides over the House of Representatives through the 2020 elections, when her party aims to dethrone the Republican commander in chief.
Pelosi is almost certain to win Thursday’s House vote for speaker, a position she held for four years from 2007, when she made history as the first woman ever to rise to that post.
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