Some history where it comes to counting votes...
"Pelosi first won the Speaker’s gavel in 2007 with 233 votes, beating out Republican John Boehner who received 202 votes. In 2009 Pelosi won again, 255-174. Previously, she had been elected first woman House Minority Whip (2001) and first woman Minority Leader (2002).
In 2019 Pelosi won the Speaker’s gavel again, 220-192, beating Kevin McCarthy. And in 2021, she again won, 216 to 209, again beating McCarthy.
In 2016 Roll Call’s Jonathan Allen called Speaker Pelosi an “
Unequaled Vote-Counter.” In 2022, CNN’s Chris Cillizza wrote Pelosi’s “Secret Sauce” was “
Counting votes.”
Democratic Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, the first woman Speaker of the House, who served from 2007 to 2011 and once again from 2019 to 2023, had a few choice words for House Republicans after their failed attempt to elect a Speaker Tuesday afternoon.Pelosi first won the Speaker’s gavel in 2007...
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