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Nancy Pelosi

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Nancy Pelosi is an American Democratic Party politician serving as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since January 2019. She is the first woman in U.S. history to hold this position. As such, and having first been elected to Congress in 1987, Pelosi is the highest-ranking female elected official in United States history. As Speaker of the House, she is second in the presidential line of succession, immediately after the vice president.

As of 2019, Pelosi is in her 17th term as a congresswoman. She represents California's 12th congressional district, which consists of four fifths of the city and county of San Francisco. She initially represented the 5th district (1987-1993), and then, when district boundaries were redrawn after the 1990 Census, the 8th district (1993-2013).
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Her father was Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., Baltimore's first Italian-American mayor. Her mother was Annunciata D'Alesandro. Her brother Thomas J. D'Alesandro III was also elected Mayor of Baltimore.
(May 10, 2010) Merited a position in Time magazine's - The 100 Most Influential People in the World ("Leaders" category) - with an homage contributed by Hillary Clinton.
Elected to the House of Representatives as a Democrat from California, representing San Francisco, in a special election following the death of Representative Sala Burton, and has served June 2, 1987 - present.
Achieved the highest political rank for a female in American history when she attained the position of 60th "Speaker of the United States House of Representatives" (4 January 2007).
She was honored by the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, California for her efforts on behalf of the company in securing federal support for the rebuilding of the theater.

We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it. [Speech on health care reform, March 10, 2009.]
[on California Attorney-General Kamala Harris] The child who witnessed the civil rights movement from a stroller has taken a lead role in the fight for marriage equality by challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8. As a new generation of women picks up the mantle of progress, she will always be among the first to stand up and step forward.
[on Stephen Bannon] It's a stunning thing, that a white supremacist would be a permanent member of the National Security Council. What's making America less safe is to have a white supremacist named to the National Security Council as a permanent member while the chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the director of national intelligence are told, "Don't call us, we'll call you." (February, 2017)
[on President Trump's decision to ban transgender people from military service] a cruel and arbitrary decision designed to humiliate transgender Americans who stepped forward to serve our country.
There's probably nothing more dispositive of who wins 2018's elections than where the president stands a year before, the year is fraught with meaning because that's when people decide whether to run or not, and that really is a timetable that's very important to us, and very positive for us right now

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