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President Bush acknowledged Pelosi as the first woman in that position in the opening of his [[2007 State of the Union Address]] .<ref>{{cite web |last=Bush |first=George W. |author-link=George W. Bush |date=January 23, 2007 |title=President Bush Delivers State of the Union Address |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/01/20070123-2.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502232627/http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/01/20070123-2.html |archive-date=May 2, 2013 |access-date=August 26, 2007 |publisher=[[The White House]]}}</ref> | President Bush acknowledged Pelosi as the first woman in that position in the opening of his [[2007 State of the Union Address]] .<ref>{{cite web |last=Bush |first=George W. |author-link=George W. Bush |date=January 23, 2007 |title=President Bush Delivers State of the Union Address |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/01/20070123-2.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502232627/http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/01/20070123-2.html |archive-date=May 2, 2013 |access-date=August 26, 2007 |publisher=[[The White House]]}}</ref> | ||
[[John Boehner]] was elected speaker when the [[112th Congress]] convened on January 5, 2011, and was re-elected twice, at the start of the [[113th United States Congress|113th]] and [[114th United States Congress|114th]] Congresses. On both of those occasions his remaining in office was threatened by the defection of several members from his own party who chose not to vote for him.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/were-the-g-o-p-votes-against-boehner-a-historic-rejection|title=Were the G.O.P. Votes Against Boehner a Historic Rejection?|last=Cohen|first=Micah|date=January 4, 2013|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 1, 2019|url-access=limited|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194655/https://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/were-the-g-o-p-votes-against-boehner-a-historic-rejection|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/01/06/politics/house-speaker-boehner-vote|title=Boehner Overcomes Big Opposition to Remain Speaker|last=Walsh|first=Deirdre|date=January 6, 2015|access-date=March 1, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129025454/http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/06/politics/house-speaker-boehner-vote/|archive-date=January 29, 2015|publisher=CNN}}</ref> Boehner's tenure as speaker, which ended when he resigned from Congress in October 2015, was marked by multiple battles with the conservatives in his own party related to "[[Obamacare]]", [[Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014|appropriations]], among other political issues.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/09/25/john-boehner-resigns-house-speaker/72793398/|title=Speaker John Boehner to resign from Congress|last1=Shesgreen|first1=Deirdre|date=September 25, 2015|work= | [[John Boehner]] was elected speaker when the [[112th Congress]] convened on January 5, 2011, and was re-elected twice, at the start of the [[113th United States Congress|113th]] and [[114th United States Congress|114th]] Congresses. On both of those occasions his remaining in office was threatened by the defection of several members from his own party who chose not to vote for him.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/were-the-g-o-p-votes-against-boehner-a-historic-rejection|title=Were the G.O.P. Votes Against Boehner a Historic Rejection?|last=Cohen|first=Micah|date=January 4, 2013|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 1, 2019|url-access=limited|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194655/https://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/were-the-g-o-p-votes-against-boehner-a-historic-rejection|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/01/06/politics/house-speaker-boehner-vote|title=Boehner Overcomes Big Opposition to Remain Speaker|last=Walsh|first=Deirdre|date=January 6, 2015|access-date=March 1, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129025454/http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/06/politics/house-speaker-boehner-vote/|archive-date=January 29, 2015|publisher=CNN}}</ref> Boehner's tenure as speaker, which ended when he resigned from Congress in October 2015, was marked by multiple battles with the conservatives in his own party related to "[[Obamacare]]", [[Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014|appropriations]], among other political issues.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/09/25/john-boehner-resigns-house-speaker/72793398/|title=Speaker John Boehner to resign from Congress|last1=Shesgreen|first1=Deirdre|date=September 25, 2015|work=USA Today|access-date=February 4, 2019|last2=Allen|first2=Cooper|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194812/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/09/25/john-boehner-resigns-house-speaker/72793398/|url-status=live}}</ref> This intra-party discord continued under Boehner's successor, [[Paul Ryan]]. | ||
[[File:McCarthy Holding Gavel After Speaker Election.jpg|thumb|[[Kevin McCarthy]] became the first Speaker to be successfully [[Removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House|removed from office]] in October 2023]] | [[File:McCarthy Holding Gavel After Speaker Election.jpg|thumb|[[Kevin McCarthy]] became the first Speaker to be successfully [[Removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House|removed from office]] in October 2023]] | ||
When Republican leader John Boehner succeeded Pelosi as speaker in 2011, Pelosi remained the leader of the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives and served as House minority leader for eight years before she led her party to victory in the 2018 elections. Following the [[2018 midterm elections]] which saw the election of a Democratic Party majority in the House, [[Nancy Pelosi]] was again elected speaker when the [[116th Congress]] convened on January 3, 2019. In addition to being the first woman to hold the office, Pelosi became the first speaker to return to power since Sam Rayburn in the 1950s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2019/01/03/nancy-pelosi-speaker-of-the-house/|title=Nancy Pelosi regains the House speaker's gavel as Democrats confront Trump over partial shutdown|last=Wire|first=Sarah D.|date=January 3, 2019|work=[[The Denver Post]]|access-date=September 28, 2019|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194822/https://www.denverpost.com/2019/01/03/nancy-pelosi-speaker-of-the-house/|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the [[2022 midterm elections]] which saw the election of a narrow Republican Party majority in the House, Pelosi did not seek a Democratic leadership post in the next Congress. The Democratic Caucus named her "Speaker Emerita".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Diaz |first=Daniella |date=December 2, 2022 |title=House Democrats pick Hakeem Jeffries to succeed Nancy Pelosi, the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress| url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/30/politics/house-democratic-leadership-vote/index.html| work=CNN| access-date=January 7, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| last=Schnell| first=Mychael| date=December 1, 2022| title=House panel votes to designate Pelosi 'Speaker Emerita'| url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3757247-house-panel-votes-to-designate-pelosi-speaker-emerita/| access-date=January 7, 2023| work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref> | When Republican leader John Boehner succeeded Pelosi as speaker in 2011, Pelosi remained the leader of the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives and served as House minority leader for eight years before she led her party to victory in the 2018 elections. Following the [[2018 midterm elections]] which saw the election of a Democratic Party majority in the House, [[Nancy Pelosi]] was again elected speaker when the [[116th Congress]] convened on January 3, 2019. In addition to being the first woman to hold the office, Pelosi became the first speaker to return to power since Sam Rayburn in the 1950s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2019/01/03/nancy-pelosi-speaker-of-the-house/|title=Nancy Pelosi regains the House speaker's gavel as Democrats confront Trump over partial shutdown|last=Wire|first=Sarah D.|date=January 3, 2019|work=[[The Denver Post]]|access-date=September 28, 2019|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194822/https://www.denverpost.com/2019/01/03/nancy-pelosi-speaker-of-the-house/|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the [[2022 midterm elections]] which saw the election of a narrow Republican Party majority in the House, Pelosi did not seek a Democratic leadership post in the next Congress. The Democratic Caucus named her "Speaker Emerita".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Diaz |first=Daniella |date=December 2, 2022 |title=House Democrats pick Hakeem Jeffries to succeed Nancy Pelosi, the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress| url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/30/politics/house-democratic-leadership-vote/index.html| work=CNN| access-date=January 7, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| last=Schnell| first=Mychael| date=December 1, 2022| title=House panel votes to designate Pelosi 'Speaker Emerita'| url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3757247-house-panel-votes-to-designate-pelosi-speaker-emerita/| access-date=January 7, 2023| work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref> | ||