Tony Bennett serenaded Nancy Pelosi on the night before she takes the Speaker's gavel at Washington dinner attended by the Clintons

The iconic singer performed at the Italian embassy

Both are Italian-Americans

Pelosi had to postpone a 'Dessert reception' from National Bldg Museum amid shutdown

Bennett has performed for Pelosi in the past

She brought him to Barack Obama's State of the Union speech in 2013

The night before she was to take the Speaker's gavel for the second time in her career, Rep. Nancy Pelosi was serenaded by crooner Tony Bennet at a dinner hosted by Italy's ambassador to the U.S.

Bennet helped give Pelosi a send-off at the elegant embassy Wednesday as she was to become the first lawmaker since the powerful Sam Rayburn to take on the speakership for a second time.

Her party featured several notables, including former President Bill Clinton and former first lady and New York Senator Hillary Clinton, who live nearby the embassy.

Pelosi has said she might have retired rather than seek to reclaim the speakership had Clinton won rather than Donald Trump.

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