How Nancy Pelosi became the most powerful woman in Congress

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who broke Congress’s glass ceiling as the first woman to hold the post, announced on Nov. 17 that she will not seek reelection as the House Democratic caucus’s top leader, ending one of the most consequential leadership tenures in American political history.