Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House in four administrations, is stepping down from her leadership role in the House Democratic Caucus.
Pelosi shattered the marble ceiling and leaves a historic leadership legacy
Hers has been a career of firsts — the first woman to be elected speaker of the House — and she occupied a particularly high-profile position during some of the most pivotal and, often volatile, moments in recent American political history.
Her tenure has spanned the Iraq War, a financial crisis "from the depths of hell" as Pelosi later described it, sweeping legislation to regulate Wall Street, expanding health insurance coverage to millions of Americans, a nuclear arms treaty with Russia and a repeal of the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays serving in the armed forces.
Nancy Pelosi may be stepping down from leadership but she isn’t going anywhere. She’ll still be a House member representing her district in California. She’ll be able to personally smooth out the transition to the next Democratic leader – probably Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) who will be a groundbreaker in his own right. And because her district covers San Francisco with its tech companies (including Twitter) she will continue to speak out on matters which affect the industry.
