House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday will address her “future plans” in Democratic leadership, a decision that will have a major impact on Democrats in their new position as House minority.
“Speaker Pelosi will open the House today at Noon. During one minute speeches, Speaker Pelosi will deliver remarks to her colleagues from the House Floor at approximately 12:10 p.m. E.T.,” her spokesperson, Drew Hammil, tweeted Thursday morning.
Hammil said Wednesday Pelosi planned to make remarks on her political future, doing so just hours after ABC News projected that Republicans had officially won majority control in the U.S. House, ending a four-year Democratic majority despite a strong midterm showing for the party.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi arrives to the Capitol in Washington, D.C, Nov. 17, 2022.
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A source told ABC News Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott Pelosi took home two different versions of floor speeches Wednesday night.
As she arrived at the Capitol Thursday morning, Pelosi, wearing white and flanked by her top aides, did not respond to Scott’s questions about her political future. Pelosi’s daughter, Alexandra, who is a documentary filmmaker, was filming her as she arrived.
In this Dec. 18, 2019 file photo Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi wields the gavel as she presides over the House of Representatives approving two counts of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
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Pelosi — the first woman to hold House speakership — is the Democratic Party’s longest-serving House leader.
This past Sunday — when a House majority had not yet been projected — Pelosi, when asked on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” if she would run for the role again should Democrats remain in control, would not say.
“I’m not — right now, I’ve said I’m not making any comments until this election is finished, and we have a little more time to go,” she said, noting that she had no plans to leave Congress.
Pelosi has said the attack on her husband Paul would impact her decision to stay in House leadership post-midterms. Prior to the attack, several members have a called for a younger generation of Democratic leadership. The top three Democrats in the House are all in their 80s.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference with Croatian Parliament Speaker, in Zagreb, Oct. 24, 2022.
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The news comes just hours following ABC News projections that Republicans had officially won majority control in the U.S. House, ending a four-year Democratic majority despite a strong midterm showing for the party.
“This year, House Democrats defied expectations with an excellent performance: running their races with courage, optimism and determination. In the next Congress, House Democrats will continue to play a leading role in supporting President Biden’s agenda — with strong leverage over a scant Republican majority,” Pelosi said on Wednesday in a memo.
House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy, who clinched the Republican nomination for speaker in the next Congress on Tuesday, celebrated his party’s control of the House Wednesday night with Fox News’ Sean Hannity: “Think for one moment. It is official,” he said. “One party Democrat rule in Washington is finished. We have fired Nancy Pelosi.”
