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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she won’t seek a leadership role in the new Congress.
Pelosi’s decision Thursday comes after Democrats lost the House majority to Republicans in the midterm elections and after the brutal attack on her husband, Paul, by an intruder at their San Francisco home. Pelosi’s decision makes way for a new generation of House Democratic leaders.
She plans to stay on as a member of Congress, having won reelection from her California district. Pelosi is the first and only woman to serve as speaker, breaking what she called the “marble ceiling.”
She led passage of the Affordable Care Act with President Barack Obama and twice impeached President Donald Trump.
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