Nancy Pelosi Will Be Speaker. That Doesn’t Mean Her Antagonists Lost.
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Nancy Pelosi has at last put down the rebellion against her and will now have the votes she needs to return to the speakership after eight years in the House minority. She did it, though, by negotiating on the one issue that she had refused to even consider when the rebellion began.
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