Nancy Pelosi to Retire From Congress After Nearly 40 Years

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00:00Now, Nancy Pelosi is ending her nearly 40-year career in Congress, the 85-year-old Californian

00:08Democrat and the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House says she won't seek re-election

00:13next year. Let's get more now from Bloomberg's Megan Scully, who covers Congress, and there's

00:19no shortage, I guess, of octogenarians there. She's also still sticking around until she's

00:24like 87, right? Yes, so it appears that she will be serving out this term, which ends in

00:31January of 2027, so another year and a half almost that she will be in Congress. But certainly

00:39this is the beginning of the end of a truly remarkable career, the first woman Speaker of

00:45the House. I remember being actually in the House chamber the day that she was sworn in

00:50as Speaker. And she brought children up to the lectern to really mark the occasion. And

00:57she has been at the forefront of Democrats' battles from Obamacare to Biden's big spending

01:05bill with the climate incentives and other priorities that was passed during the first

01:11two years of his term.