House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has announced her list of
nominees to serve as Democratic leaders of Congress for the next two
years. Pelosi herself faces pressure to step aside for new blood, with
the leadership vote just days away.
There will be several
Democratic House leadership jobs up for a vote at the end of this month,
including the top position, long held by Pelosi, who is about to begin
her eighth term as a representative.
With days remaining until the vote, Pelosi announced a “roadmap for going forward.” Congress is set to take office on January 3.
Pleased to announce our House Democratic leadership team for the future. https://t.co/vqjNGpQp1v— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) November 26, 2016
Pelosi
plans to nominate Congressman Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico as Chairman
of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. He became the first
Latino to head the DCCC two years ago.
“Ben Ray has always known how, and more importantly, why we fight for a Democratic Majority,” she wrote to her Democratic colleagues Friday.
A
major change Pelosi has suggested is having three co-chairs instead of
just one for the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, which
is currently chaired by Rep. Steve Israel from New York. As Israel plans
to retire, Pelosi is pushing for three replacements to him: Reps. Cheri
Bustos of Illinois, Hakeem Jeffries of New York, and Matt Cartwright of
Pennsylvania.
“Each of these Members has taken active
leadership roles in the DCCC and they too see the relationship between
politics and policy,” she explained.
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