Editing Nancy Pelosi (section)

==Second tenure as minority leader (2011–2019)==
[[File:Obama meets with Congressional Leadership July 2011.jpg|thumb|President [[Barack Obama]] meets with Congressional Leadership, July 2011.]]

===112th and 113th Congress===
Though Pelosi was reelected by a comfortable margin in the [[2010 United States House of Representatives elections|2010 elections]], the Democrats lost 63 seats and control of the House of Representatives to the Republicans. After this setback, Pelosi sought to continue leading the House Democratic Caucus as minority leader, the office she held before becoming speaker. Intraparty opposition failed to pass a motion to delay the leadership vote,<ref>{{cite news|last=Bowman|first=Quinn|title=Pelosi Staves off Leadership Challenge, Elected Minority Leader, Boehner to Be House Speaker|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/move-to-postpone-house-democrats-leadership-election-fails|work=The Rundown|date=November 17, 2010|publisher=[[PBS NewsHour]]|access-date=May 28, 2011|archive-date=November 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111200259/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/move-to-postpone-house-democrats-leadership-election-fails|url-status=live}}</ref> though she faced a challenge from Representative [[Heath Shuler]]. Shuler lost to Pelosi, 150–43, in the caucus vote on November 17, 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.citizen-times.com/article/2010311180019|title=Heath Shuler challenge to Nancy Pelosi falls short|last=Boyle|first=John|work=[[Asheville Citizen-Times]]|date=November 18, 2010|access-date=November 23, 2010}}</ref> On the opening day of the [[112th United States Congress|112th Congress]], Pelosi was elected minority leader.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/shuler_falls_short_way_short |title=News & Observer: Shuler falls short, way short |website=News Observer |date=January 5, 2011 |access-date=August 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401165407/http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/shuler_falls_short_way_short |archive-date=April 1, 2012 }}</ref>

In November 2011, ''[[60 Minutes]]'' alleged that Pelosi and several other members of Congress had used information they gleaned from closed sessions to make money on the stock market. The program cited her purchases of [[Visa Inc.]] stock while a bill that would limit credit card fees was in the House. Pelosi denied the allegations and called the report "a right-wing smear".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/pelosi-fires-back-at-report-on-insider-trading |title=Pelosi fires back at report on 'insider trading' |author=msnbc.com and NBC News (with contributions by NBC News' [[Luke Russert]] and Frank Thorp) |date=November 14, 2011 |website=MSN Canada—News |publisher=[[MSN]] |access-date=October 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223121014/http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/pelosi-fires-back-at-report-on-insider-trading |archive-date=December 23, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/13/politics/60-minutes-pelosi/index.html |title=Pelosi fires back at '60 Minutes' report on 'soft corruption' |date=November 14, 2011 |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=October 9, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Pelosi-aide-calls-60-Minutes-report-a-smear-2289515.php |title=Pelosi aide calls '60 Minutes' report a 'smear' |last=Lochhead |first=Carolyn |date=November 15, 2011 |website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |access-date=October 9, 2013}}</ref> When the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (or [[STOCK Act]]) was introduced the next year, she voted for it and lauded its passing. Of representatives [[Louise Slaughter]] and [[Tim Walz]], who drafted the bill, Pelosi said they "shined a light on a gaping hole in our ethics laws and helped close it once and for all".<ref>{{cite web|title=Pelosi Statement on Senate Passage of STOCK Act|url=http://pelosi.house.gov/news/press-releases/pelosi-statement-on-senate-passage-of-stock-act|publisher=Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi|access-date=October 9, 2013|date=February 2, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Pelosi Statement on Senate Passage of the STOCK Act|url=http://www.democraticleader.gov/news/press/pelosi-statement-senate-passage-stock-act|publisher=Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi|access-date=October 9, 2013|date=March 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301064619/http://www.democraticleader.gov/news/press/pelosi-statement-senate-passage-stock-act|archive-date=March 1, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On November 14, 2012, Pelosi announced that she intended to remain Democratic leader.<ref name=WaPoDL>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2012/11/14/the-millions-of-reasons-nancy-pelosi-decided-to-stay/ |title=The millions of reasons Nancy Pelosi decided to stay |last=Henneberger |first=Melinda |date=November 14, 2012 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=October 9, 2013 |archive-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212071115/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2012/11/14/the-millions-of-reasons-nancy-pelosi-decided-to-stay/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Pelosi was one of many lawmakers who called for the [[Washington Redskins]] to change their name.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Borovitz |first1=Abby |title=Pelosi chimes in on Redskins controversy |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna53397408 |website=NBC News |date=October 28, 2013 |access-date=28 December 2024}}</ref> She said it was time for the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office|U.S. Patent and Trademark Office]] to step in and tell the [[National Football League]] that it could not keep its registered trademark for the "Redskins", a racial slur for [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bendery |first1=Jennifer |title=Nancy Pelosi: Trademark Office Should Stop Recognizing 'Redskins' As NFL Team Name |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-pelosi-redskins_n_4957792 |website=Huffpost |date=March 13, 2014 |access-date=28 December 2024}}</ref>

===114th and 115th Congress===

In August 2016, Pelosi said that her personal contact information had been posted online following a cyberattack against top Democratic campaign committees and she had received "obscene and sick calls, voice mails and text messages". She warned members of Congress to avoid letting children or family members answer phone calls or read text messages.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/08/13/pelosi-bombarded-obscene-and-sick-calls-texts-after-cyber-attack/88684466/|title=Pelosi bombarded with 'obscene and sick' calls, texts after cyber attack |first=Erin |last=Kelly |date=August 13, 2018|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|access-date=August 22, 2018|archive-date=November 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113215302/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/08/13/pelosi-bombarded-obscene-and-sick-calls-texts-after-cyber-attack/88684466/|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Nancy Pelosi (16526886414).jpg|thumb|Pelosi speaking at the [[United States Department of Labor]] on [[Equal Pay Day]]]]
[[File:Pelosi greets DREAMers fasting outside the Capitol.jpg|thumb|Pelosi greets [[DREAMers]] fasting outside the Capitol, September 2017.]]

At times, centrists, [[Left liberal|progressive]] candidates and incumbent Democrats all expressed opposition to Pelosi's continued tenure as the party's House leader.<ref>{{Cite news|title=List of Democrats opposing Pelosi|publisher=[[NBC News]]|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrats-opposing-pelosi-n899536|url-status=live|access-date=August 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030094712/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrats-opposing-pelosi-n899536|archive-date=October 30, 2019}}</ref>

Prompted by colleagues after the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]], [[Tim Ryan (Ohio politician)|Tim Ryan]] of Ohio initiated a bid to replace Pelosi as House minority leader on November 17, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/17/politics/nancy-pelosi-leadership-fight-democrats-congress/|title=Rep. Tim Ryan announces challenge to Pelosi |first1=Manu |last1=Raju |first2=Deirdre |last2=Walsh |publisher=[[CNN]]|date=November 17, 2016|access-date=November 30, 2016|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194828/https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/17/politics/nancy-pelosi-leadership-fight-democrats-congress/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After Pelosi agreed to give more leadership opportunities to junior members,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2016-11-22/pelosi-promises-greater-role-for-junior-democrats|title=Pelosi promises more influence for junior Democrats |first=Andrew |last=Taylor |agency=[[Associated Press]]|work=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|date=November 22, 2016|access-date=November 30, 2016|archive-date=April 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404073050/https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2016-11-22/pelosi-promises-greater-role-for-junior-democrats|url-status=live}}</ref> she defeated Ryan by a vote of 134–63 on November 30.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/11/30/nancy-pelosis-biggest-leadership-challenge-might-be-beating-expectations/|title=Nancy Pelosi chosen again as House Democratic leader – but tally suggests deep division|first1=Paul|last1=Kane|first2=Ed|last2=O'Keefe|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 30, 2016|access-date=November 30, 2016|archive-date=November 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130145645/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/11/30/nancy-pelosis-biggest-leadership-challenge-might-be-beating-expectations/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2017, after Democrats lost four consecutive special elections in the House of Representatives, Pelosi's leadership was again called into question. In June 2017, Representative [[Kathleen Rice]] of New York and a small group of other House Democrats, including [[Congressional Black Caucus]] chairman [[Cedric Richmond]], held a closed-door meeting to discuss potential new Democratic leadership.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/22/politics/democrats-consider-ousting-nancy-pelosi/index.html|title=Democrats meet privately to mull ousting Pelosi|author=Walsh, Deirdre|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=June 23, 2017|access-date=June 23, 2017|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194723/https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/22/politics/democrats-consider-ousting-nancy-pelosi/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Other House Democrats, including Ryan, [[Seth Moulton]], and [[Filemon Vela Jr.|Filemon Vela]], publicly called for new House leadership.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/22/politics/nancy-pelosi-kathleen-rice-democrats/index.html|title=Dem rep on Pelosi: 'It's time for people to know when to go'|first=Eugene|last=Scott|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=June 22, 2017|access-date=June 23, 2017|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194638/https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/22/politics/nancy-pelosi-kathleen-rice-democrats/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In an interview, Rice said, "If you were talking about a company that was posting losing numbers, if you were talking about any sports team that was losing time and time again, changes would be made, right? The CEO out. The coach would be out and there would be a new strategy put in place."<ref name=":0" /> In a press conference, Pelosi defended her leadership, saying, "I respect any opinion that my members have but my decision about how long I stay is not up to them."<ref name=":0" /> When asked specifically why she should stay on as House minority leader after numerous Democratic seats were lost, she responded, "Well, I'm a master legislator. I am a strategic, politically astute leader. My leadership is recognized by many around the country, and that is why I'm able to attract the support that I do."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/pelosi-so-you-want-me-to-sing-my-praises/2017/06/22/155ef3fe-5768-11e7-840b-512026319da7_video.html|title=Pelosi: 'So you want me to sing my praises?'|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=June 24, 2017|archive-date=April 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406213151/https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/pelosi-so-you-want-me-to-sing-my-praises/2017/06/22/155ef3fe-5768-11e7-840b-512026319da7_video.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2017, after Pelosi called for [[John Conyers]]'s resignation over allegations of harassment, she convened the first in a series of planned meetings on strategies to address reforming workplace policies in the wake of national attention to sexual harassment. She said Congress had "a moral duty to the brave women and men coming forward to seize this moment and demonstrate real, effective leadership to foster a climate of respect and dignity in the workplace".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/30/nancy-pelosi-sexual-harassment-reform-meeting-274245|title=Pelosi convenes sexual harassment reform meeting|date=November 30, 2017 |first1=Elana |last1=Schor |first2=Rachel |last2=Bade |work=[[Politico]]|access-date=August 22, 2018|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194642/https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/30/nancy-pelosi-sexual-harassment-reform-meeting-274245|url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2018, Pelosi sent a letter to Speaker [[Paul Ryan]] about the proposed public release of a memo prepared by Republican staff at the direction of House Intelligence Committee Chairman [[Devin Nunes]]. The memo attacked the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] for its investigation of [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections]]. Pelosi said the FBI and the Department of Justice had warned Nunes and Ryan that the memo was inaccurate and that its release could threaten national security by disclosing federal surveillance methods. She added that Republicans were engaged in a "cover-up campaign" to protect Trump: "House Republicans' pattern of obstruction and cover-up to hide the truth about the Trump-Russia scandal represents a threat to our intelligence and our national security. The GOP has led a partisan effort to distort intelligence and discredit the U.S. law enforcement and intelligence communities."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/01/schumer-pelosi-ask-ryan-to-demote-nunes-over-memo-382313|title=Schumer, Pelosi ask Ryan to demote Nunes over memo |first1=Elana |last1=Schor |first2=Kyle |last2=Cheney |date=February 1, 2018|work=[[Politico]]|access-date=August 22, 2018|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194707/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/01/schumer-pelosi-ask-ryan-to-demote-nunes-over-memo-382313|url-status=live}}</ref> She charged Nunes with "deliberately dishonest actions" and called for his immediate removal from his position.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/371825-pelosi-calls-on-ryan-to-oust-nunes-over-bogus-memo/|title=Pelosi calls on Ryan to oust Nunes over 'bogus' memo|date=February 1, 2018|first=Mike|last=Lillis|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=November 12, 2018|archive-date=September 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910174349/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/371825-pelosi-calls-on-ryan-to-oust-nunes-over-bogus-memo|url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2018, Pelosi broke the record for longest House speech using the "[[magic minute]]" custom when she spent more than eight hours recounting stories from [[DREAMers]]—people brought to the United States as minors by undocumented immigrants—to object to a budget deal that would raise spending caps without addressing the future of [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals|DACA recipients]], who were at risk of deportation by the Trump administration.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/07/politics/nancy-pelosi-house-democrats-spending-deal-congress-shutdown/index.html|title=Pelosi marathon speech on DACA sets record|author1=Daniella Diaz |author2=Deirdre Walsh|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=February 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/02/07/nancy-pelosi-spends-three-hours-reading-dreamer-stories-house-floor/315717002/|title=Nancy Pelosi told DREAMer stories for more than eight hours on the House floor |first=Nicole |last=Gaudiano |work=[[USA Today]] |access-date=February 8, 2018|archive-date=October 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022211115/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/02/07/nancy-pelosi-spends-three-hours-reading-dreamer-stories-house-floor/315717002/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/07/us/politics/pelosi-dreamers-budget-deal.html|title=Pelosi Held House Floor in Advocacy of 'Dreamers' for More Than Eight Hours|author=Sheryl Gay Stolberg|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 7, 2018|access-date=February 8, 2018|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194707/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/07/us/politics/pelosi-dreamers-budget-deal.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2018, after the White House invited two Republicans and no Democrats to a Department of Justice briefing on an FBI informant who had made contact with the Trump campaign,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/22/white-house-bars-dems-nunes-meeting-probe/35232443/|title=White House bars Dems from Nunes meeting on probe|first=Justin|last=Sink|website=Detroit News |date=May 22, 2018|access-date=August 25, 2018|archive-date=May 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513081024/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/22/white-house-bars-dems-nunes-meeting-probe/35232443/|url-status=live}}</ref> Pelosi and Schumer sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General [[Rod Rosenstein]] and FBI director Wray calling for "a bipartisan Gang of Eight briefing that involves congressional leadership from both chambers".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/23/schumer-pelops-doj-informant-meeting-604130|title=Schumer, Pelosi: Include us in FBI informant briefing|first=Cristiano|last=Lima|date=May 23, 2018|work=[[Politico]]|access-date=August 25, 2018|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194755/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/23/schumer-pelops-doj-informant-meeting-604130|url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2018, Pelosi called for [[Duncan D. Hunter]]'s resignation after his indictment on charges of misusing at least $250,000 in campaign funds, saying the charges were "evidence of the rampant culture of corruption among Republicans in Washington today".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/402948-pelosi-calls-for-duncan-hunter-to-resign/|title=Pelosi calls for Hunter to resign |first=Michael |last=Burke |date=August 21, 2018|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>

In April 2018, [[Peter Beinart]] wrote in ''[[The Atlantic]]'' that Pelosi had been "the most effective congressional leader of modern times—and, not coincidentally, the most vilified."<ref name="Beinart1">{{cite web |last1=Beinart |first1=Peter |title=The Nancy Pelosi Problem |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/the-nancy-pelosi-problem/554048/ |website=The Atlantic |access-date=October 31, 2023|date=March 16, 2018}}</ref>