After winning the support of her colleagues behind closed doors, Clark, who is currently assistant speaker, will join Congressman Hakeem Jeffries of New York and Congressman Peter Aguilar of California in the House's leadership ranks.
"You know, we really came together as a partnership that has worked over the years," she said."Hakeem Jeffries and I started working together in 2018. He was working on messaging. I was working on recruiting candidates."
Rep. Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that after more than two decades as the Democratic Party’s leader in the House of Representatives, she will not seek re-election to serve as the party’s congressional head. Pelosi will continue to serve as the representative her district in San Francisco.Her national profile has been growing in recent years while she served as assistant speaker, a top deputy to Pelosi. As whip, Clark will now hold the second-highest post among House Democrats.
"Our caucus is better, our country is better, the world is better because of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's incredible leadership," he said. "If we play games on the floor, the Democrats can end up picking who the speaker is," McCarthy said on Newsmax on Monday,"I think at the end of the day, calmer heads will prevail," McCarthy added, per Axios."We'll work together to find the best path forward."
Clark pointed to work the House completed this term with a Democratic majority under President Joe Biden, including passage of a major climate bill and gun reform legislation.
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