Nancy Pelosi Wouldn't Cut a Deal That Would Have Ensured Her Speakership
Ahead of House Democrats’ leadership elections, the Californian was approached about giving her tenure an expiration date. She wouldn’t budge.
Around lunchtime on Wednesday, Nancy Pelosi gathered in her Capitol office with three of her harshest critics.
Representatives Seth Moulton, Kathleen Rice, and Tim Ryan are the de facto leaders of a coterie of House Democrats trying to prevent Pelosi from becoming speaker in the next Congress. For two months, the group has broadcast its desire for new leadership, with many of its members adamant that under no circumstances would they support the California Democrat in an internal caucus vote or on the House floor.
But on Wednesday, they came ready to make
