WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won the gavel
again Sunday as the House elected her to guide members through the start of a post-Trump Washington, marking the beginning of what is expected to be the last term of the trailblazer’s historic career at the U.S. Capitol. It is my great honor to preside over this sacred ritual of renewal as we gather under the dome of this temple of democracy to begin the 117th Congress, Pelosi said after being reelected and handed the gavel. I thank my Democratic colleagues in the Congress for the confidence you have placed in me by electing me speaker, and will endeavor to meet the moment with courage, unity and grace.
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HouseRepublicans went on the official record on Christmas Eve opposing Donald Trump’s and Democrats’ proposal for $2,000 stimulus checks to help Americans through the coronavirus pandemic.
In a rare, brief pro forma session of the chamber on the morning before Christmas, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer requested “unanimous consent” to quickly take a vote on a bill to increase the stimulus check programme to $2,000 for most individuals instead of the $600 codified in a section of the comprehensive $900bn Covid relief bill passed by Congress earlier this week.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy denied that request, and within 12 minutes of opening the floor, the House adjourned.