国际英语资讯:Democrat Nancy Pelosi becomes House speaker in divided U.S. Congress
<p><span word="WASHINGTON">WASHINGTON</span>, <span word="Jan">Jan</span>. 3-- <span word="Representative">Representative</span> <span word="Nancy">Nancy</span> <span word="Pelosi">Pelosi</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="California">California</span> <span word="Democrat">Democrat</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="elected">elected</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="speaker">speaker</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="House">House</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Representatives">Representatives</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span>, <span word="divided">divided</span> <span word="Congress">Congress</span>.</p><p><span word="Pelosi">Pelosi</span>, 78, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="woman">woman</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="elected">elected</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="return">return</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="post">post</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="House">House</span> <span word="speaker">speaker</span> <span word="from">from</span> 2007 <span word="to">to</span> 2011 <span word="when">when</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="Democratic">Democratic</span> <span word="Party">Party</span> <span word="controlled">controlled</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lower">lower</span> <span word="chamber">chamber</span>.</p><p><span word="For">For</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="speakership">speakership</span>, <span word="Pelosi">Pelosi</span> <span word="defeated">defeated</span> <span word="Republican">Republican</span> <span word="nominee">nominee</span> <span word="Kevin">Kevin</span> <span word="McCarthy">McCarthy</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="roll">roll</span>-<span word="call">call</span> <span word="vote">vote</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span>, <span word="winning">winning</span> 220 <span word="votes">votes</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="of">of</span> 430 <span word="present">present</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cnn">cnn</span>.</p>
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