Nancy Pelosi stepping down from House leadership

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced on the floor that she will not seek re-election to a leadership position. Pelosi, the 52nd Speaker of the House of Representatives, has been in Congress, representing California’s 12th Congressional District, for over 35 years. For 19 of those years, she has been in Democratic leadership. Pelosi was also the first woman elected to the speakership in 2007.