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Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Ved midtvejsvalget i 2006 fik Demokraterne flertal i Repræsentanternes Hus. Nancy Pelosi blev formand, da den 110. kongres samledes den 4. januar 2007, hvilket gjorde hende til den første kvinde til at bestride dette embede. Med valget af Barack Obama som præsident og demokratiske gevinster i begge kongressens kamre blev Pelosi den første formand siden Tom Foley, der beklædte embedet under demokratisk lederskab i Washington med et enkelt parti som leder. I den 111. kongres var Pelosi drivkraften bag flere af Obamas store initiativer, som viste sig at være kontroversielle, og Republikanerne førte kampagne mod Demokraternes lovgivning ved at iscenesætte en "Fire Pelosi"-busturné og genvandt kontrollen over Repræsentanternes Hus ved midtvejsvalget i 2010. Husets mindretalsleder John Boehner blev valgt som formand.
Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
In the 2006 midterm elections, the Democrats won a majority in the House. Nancy Pelosi became Speaker when the 110th Congress convened on January 4, 2007, making her the first female to hold the office. With the election of Barack Obama as President and Democratic gains in both houses of Congress, Pelosi became the first Speaker since Tom Foley to hold the office during single-party Democratic leadership in Washington. During the 111th Congress, Pelosi was the driving force behind several of Obama's major initiatives that proved controversial, and the Republicans campaigned against the Democrats' legislation by staging a "Fire Pelosi" bus tour and regained control of the House in the 2010 midterm elections. House Minority Leader John Boehner was elected as Speaker.
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives