Thursday,
November 16, 2006
The
ANNOTICO Report
Today,
The House "Officially" and unanimously
voted Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House.
She
However does Not take Office until January 2007.
Pelosi got
off to a "rocky" start, however because "her" choice
for "Majority Leader" John Murtha,
of
prominence last year when he called an end to
to long time Pelosi adversary, Steny
Hoyer, a Marylander and 25-year veteran of Congress,
by a vote of 149-86.
"I
was proud to support (Murtha) for majority leader, because I thought that would
be the best way to
bring an end to the war in
Pelosi and Hoyer, 67, have long had a difficult relationship. The two ran against
each other in a
leadership race several years ago. Pelosi won, but Hoyer
rebounded more than a year later
when he was elected the party's whip.
This
wasn't really about politics or policy. It was personal, about power and
loyalty. Hoyer was
the longtime No. 2, with strong support and widely expected to
move up. But Pelosi doesn't like
him.
Hoyer's margin of victory reflected support from moderates, veteran lawmakers
in line to become
committee chairmen and more than half of the incoming freshman
class the majority-makers
whose victories on Election Day gave the party control of the
House. "Steny was more where the
mainstream of where the party is"
Pelosi publicly
campaigned for Murtha, a leading voice against the
more loyal to her over the years. But other Democrats considered
him less loyal to the party,
and more willing to side with Republicans when he could get
something for his district.
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Election on October 22, 2006
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