House elects Pelosi to second Speakership
By Mike Lillis and Juliegrace Brufke - 01/03/19 01:53 PM EST
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday seized the Speaker’s gavel for the second time in a dozen years, marking an historic return to power for the nation’s first female Speaker and ushering in what promises to be a new era of oversight for President Trump and his administration.
Pelosi won the Speakership in a 220-192 vote over Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), the House minority leader.
Twelve Democrats voted against Pelosi, who worked to crush a Democratic insurgency that initially appeared to threaten her Speakership bid. Six Republicans voted against McCarthy.
Three Democrats, Reps. Jim Cooper (Tenn.), Elissa Slotkin (Mich.) and Jeff Van Drew (N.J.), voted "present."
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