Director andrew stanton biography of nancy pelosi

United StatesHouse of Representatives Minority Leader

Born Nancy D'Alesandro, March 26, , in Baltimore, MD; daughter of Thomas Jr. (a politician) and Annunciata D'Alesandro; married Paul F. Pelosi (an investment banker), ; children: Nancy, Christine, Jacqueline, Paul Jr., Alexandra. Education: Earned degree from Trinity College,

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Home—San Francisco, CA, and Washington, DC. Office— Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC

Career

Volunteer for Democratic Party in San Francisco, CA, early s; managed a Maryland primary race for Democrat presidential hopeful Jerry Brown; chaired California Democratic Party, –83; elected by special election to the U.S. House of Representatives from California's Eighth Congressional district, , and re–elected every two years; elected minority whip by House Democrats, October, , and minority leader, November,

Sidelights

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi became the House minority leader on November 14, , a momentous day in the annals of American political history. Pelosi was chosen by her Democratic Party colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to lead their platform for the coming Congressional term, making her the highest–ranked female elected official in American history. New Statesman columnist Andrew Stephen descr

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District	Name	Party	Office Room	Phone	Committee Assignment
1st	Moore, Barry	R	LHOB	()	Agriculture|Judiciary
2nd	Figures, Shomari	D	CHOB	()	Agriculture|Transportation and Store
3rd	Rogers, Mike	R	RHOB	()	Armed Services
4th	Aderholt, Robert	R	CHOB	()	Appropriations
5th	Strong, Dale	R	CHOB	()	Appropriations|Homeland Security
6th	Palmer, Gary	R	CHOB	()	Oversight and Reach a decision Reform|Energy soar Commerce
7th	Sewell, Terri	D	LHOB	()	House Administration|Ways current Means

District	Name	Party	Office Room	Phone	Committee Assignment
At Large	Begich, Nicholas	R	CHOB	() • Walking the Gendered Tightrope: Theresa May and Nancy Pelosi as Legislative Leaders This chapter discusses how Nancy Pelosi successfully engaged with some of the greatest challenges of her leadership career. Even though Pelosi was uncontested in her historic election as Speaker in , she has faced direct or proxy challenges to her leadership since (keeping in mind that she was first elected to the leadership in ). Thus, despite the fact that she has been the Democratic leader for nearly two decades, these repeated challenges to Pelosi’s leadership indicate that others in her caucus see her as either vulnerable or a liability—or both. This chapter also explores several case studies that document Pelosi’s political acumen and also demonstrate the tightrope that she had to walk as a frequently demonized woman exercising considerable political power. The first case study is Pelosi’s success in engineering the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), in spite of unified Republican opposition and Democratic shenanigans in the Senate. The second case study is Pelosi’s repeated clashes with Republican president Donald Trump, which resulted in two presidential impeachments. The third and fourth case studies include Pelosi’s responses to the global COVID p