House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to be reelected leader of the chamber on Sunday, continuing her control of the majority at a time of questions about the path ahead for Congress and who may take the gavel after her.
Democrats will have a tighter majority after the November election, which means there is little room for dissent if Pelosi is to be reelected. In 2019, several Democrats voted for someone else to lead the chamber. Pelosi can’t afford to lose that many again.
Pelosi, a California Democrat, is 80 and has served in Congress for 33 years. She already received the support of the Democratic caucus in a November election, but Sunday’s vote, with the arrival of the new Congress, would make her position as speaker official.
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