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Here's a look at the life of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is a California lawmaker.
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Personal data of Nancy Pelosi
Date of birth: March 26, 1940 (82 years old)
Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland
Birth name: Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro
Father: Thomas D'Alesandro, Mayor of Baltimore and US Congressman
Mother: Annunciata (Lombardi) D'Alesandro
Marriage: Paul F. Pelosi (since 1963)
Children: Nancy, Christine, Jacqueline, Paul and Alexandra
Education: Trinity College, Washington (now Trinity Washington University), BA Political Science, 1962
Religion: Roman Catholic
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First woman to lead a major congressional party
First female Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
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1977-1981 -
President of the Northern California Democratic Party.
1981-1983 -
President of the California State Democratic Party.
1984 -
Chair of the San Francisco Democratic National Convention Host Committee.
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1985-1986 -
Finance Chair of the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee.
June 2, 1987 -
Wins a special election in California's 5th Congressional District, taking the seat of Representative Sala Burton.
1987-1993 -
Represents California's 5th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.
January 12, 1991 -
Votes against the authorization of the use of force in Iraq (Resolution 77 of the House).
1993-2013 -
Represents California's 8th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.
2001 -
Becomes the first woman to be elected Assistant Minority Leader in the House of Representatives.
October 2002 -
Votes against authorizing the use of military force in Iraq.
November 14, 2002 -
She is elected House Minority Leader by her fellow Democrats and becomes the highest-ranking woman in Congressional history.
November 7, 2006 -
Democrats win a majority in the House.
Pelosi becomes Speaker of the House when the new Congress begins in January 2007. She is the first female Speaker of the House and the first woman so high in the line of succession to the presidency (second only to Vice President ).
January 4, 2007-January 3, 2011 -
President of the Chamber.
April 1-6, 2007 -
Pelosi leads a bipartisan House delegation on a trip to the Middle East.
The group travels to Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Saudi Arabia, meeting with heads of state.
November 4, 2008 -
She is reelected with more than 70% of the votes.
February 18, 2009 -
Meets with Pope Benedict XVI.
February 2009 -
Leads a congressional delegation to Afghanistan and meets with President Hamid Karzai.
March 21, 2010 -
Pelosi leads the House of Representatives to pass President Barack Obama's proposed health care reform bill.
November 17, 2010 -
In a vote of 150-43, Pelosi is elected Minority Leader in the 112th Congress.
2013-present -
Represents California's 12th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.
January 3, 2013 -
Pelosi challenges John Boehner for Speaker of the House, but loses 220-192.
Instead, she is re-elected as House Minority Leader.
November 4, 2014 -
She is re-elected with more than 82% of the votes.
November 30, 2016 -
She is re-elected Democratic leader of the House.
January 3, 2017 -
She is re-elected as the minority leader of the House of Representatives.
January 18, 2018 -
VH1 announces that Pelosi will be a guest judge on the third season of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars."
February 7, 2018 -
Pelosi sets the record for the longest House speech, according to records from the House Historian.
He speaks non-stop for just over eight hours to oppose the budget deal to lift spending caps and prevent a government shutdown, because the plan doesn't address immigration issues.
March 7, 2018 -
Donates her speaking gavel, among other items, to the Smithsonian in honor of Women's History Month.
January 3, 2019 -
She is officially elected as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives in a majority vote on the first day of the 116th Congress.
January 23, 2019 -
President Donald Trump declares his annual State of the Union address "cancelled" after Pelosi sent word that she will bar him from delivering the speech in the House of Representatives while parts of the government remain closed.
September 24, 2019 -
Pelosi announces the start of a formal impeachment inquiry against Trump.
February 4, 2020 -
After Trump appears to ignore Pelosi's attempt at a handshake before his State of the Union address, she can be seen on camera stoically tearing up her copy of the speech once he has concluded .
January 1, 2021 -
Pelosi's home is vandalized, according to police.
The damage comes after the Senate stalled on increasing stimulus checks to $2,000.
The home of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the other ranking member of Congress, is vandalized the next day.
January 3, 2021 -
She is re-elected Speaker of the House of Representatives.
January 25, 2022 -
Announces that he plans to run for re-election.
April 7, 2022 -
Pelosi tests positive for covid-19.
April 30-May 2, 2022 -
Pelosi leads a congressional delegation to Ukraine and Poland and meets with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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