With Nancy Pelosi's pending retirement, Bay Area will miss 'her counseling, her fire and her voice'

"In announcing Thursday she won't seek another term after nearly 40 years in Congress, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the powerful former two-time House Speaker who led passage of major Democratic legislation and proved a formidable adversary to President Donald Trump, said San Francisco must remain "a beacon of hope, justice and peace.""

"During the two stints as Speaker, Pelosi shepherded passage of the Affordable Care Act, the pandemic-era American Rescue Plan and Biden-era infrastructure and climate bills, driven by what supporters call a singular ability to whip up votes and outwit her opponents. Pelosi raised more than $1 billion for the Democratic Party during her political career, known by party faithful for her relentless - and dramatic - fundraising emails."

""Her record is unmatched, and her impact runs deeper," said East Bay Rep. Lateefah Simon, a first-term Democrat whom Pelosi has mentored in Washington D.C. "It lives and will continue to live in the movements that she's inspired, in the women that she's lifted up.""

Nancy Pelosi announced she will not seek another term after nearly 40 years in Congress and emphasized that San Francisco must remain "a beacon of hope, justice and peace." Bay Area Democrats responded with gratitude, calling her a giant, a "political creature" and an "unmatched" leader. Representative Lateefah Simon credited Pelosi with an unmatched record and enduring impact on movements and the women she has uplifted. Pelosi led passage of the Affordable Care Act, the American Rescue Plan, and major Biden-era infrastructure and climate bills, raised over $1 billion for the Democratic Party, and cultivated a reputation as an effective vote-whipper and prominent antagonist of Donald Trump. She will remain in office for another year.

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