Nancy Pelosi, 82, will announce decision on her future TODAY: Anti-Squad Hakeem Jeffries tipped to take Dem House leadership - amid rumors she will step down from Congress and hand seat to daughter
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11437749/Nancy-Pelosi-make-decision-future-TODAY-losing-job-speaker.html
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Pelosi, 82, announced she'll 'address her future plans' with speculation already having begun as to whether she'll remain the leader of the Democrats
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She has served in Congress since 1987 and on two occasions as speaker, is currently helping her husband recover from a home invasion and attack
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President Joe Biden has asked Pelosi, a fellow Democrat, to remain in Congress and to continue holding a Democratic leadership role
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The speaker has long been under pressure from some pockets of her rank-and-file to step down and make way for a new generation of Democratic leadership
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If she were to resign, many think New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the chair of the House Democratic caucus would be in line to take up Democrat leadership
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While a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Jeffries has often clashed with the so-called 'Squad' leftists and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez