{"id":1742950,"date":"2022-11-17T16:55:45","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T21:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1742950"},"modified":"2022-11-17T17:03:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T22:03:22","slug":"top-house-democrats-join-pelosi-in-leaving-leadership-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-house-democrats-join-pelosi-in-leaving-leadership-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"Top House Democrats Join Pelosi in Leaving Leadership Roles"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-house-democrats-join-pelosi-in-leaving-leadership-roles%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1742950&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The number 2 Democrat in the House of Representatives on Nov. 17 announced he will be leaving the leadership shortly after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/pelosi-announces-political-future-after-democrats-lose-house_4869395.html\">said she would not seek another term<\/a> as a Democrat leader, while the number 3 Democrat also indicated he will step down.<\/p>\n<p>House Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-steny-hoyer\">Steny Hoyer<\/a> (D-Md.) said in a letter to colleagues that he will not seek a leadership position in the next Congress after Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/republicans-take-control-of-house-of-representatives_4847075.html\">flipped the lower chamber<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike my dear friend, John Lewis, I believe God\u2019s work for us is to create that \u2018beloved community\u2019 for which John worked so consistently and courageously. I believe there is much for me still to do in pursuit of that endeavor,\u201d Hoyer said, referring to late Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.). \u201cI believe that it is time for me, however, to continue my service in a different role. Therefore, I have decided not to seek elected leadership in the 118th Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi, 82, and Hoyer, 82, have been in power together for nearly two decades.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi started as the number 2 Democrat in 2002, and Hoyer became her top deputy the following year when she assumed the highest post in the caucus.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), 82, has been with them since 2007.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4870323\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/james-clyburn-walking-1200x800-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4870323\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-large wp-image-4870323\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/james-clyburn-walking-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4870323\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/james-clyburn-walking-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.), second from right, walks with Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) in Washington on Nov. 17, 2022. (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3213331\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hakeem-jeffries-1200x675-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3213331\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-large wp-image-3213331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hakeem-jeffries-1200x675-1.jpg\" alt=\"Trump Impeachment\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3213331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hakeem-jeffries-1200x675-1.jpg\" alt=\"Trump Impeachment\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> In this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-hakeem-jeffries\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a>, (D-N.Y.), speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 22, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)<\/figure>\n<p>Clyburn in a statement indicated that he will also not seek another term in leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeaker Pelosi has left an indelible mark on Congress and the country, and I look forward to her continued service and doing whatever I can to assist our new generation of Democratic Leaders which I hope to be Hakeem Jeffries, Katherine Clark, and Pete Aguilar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hoyer said he was strongly endorsing Jeffries for the top Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries (D-N.Y.), 52, has long been rumored to be angling to succeed Pelosi as the top Democrat in the House. Jeffries is currently the Democratic Caucus chairman.<\/p>\n<p>His office did not respond to a request for comment on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Clark (D-Mass.), 59, is the assistant speaker. Aguilar (D-Calif.), 43, is the Democratic Caucus vice chair.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries, Clark, and Aguilar in statements Thursday praised Pelosi and did not comment on the upcoming Democrat leadership vote, which is set for Nov. 30.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-zachary-stieber\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WEB_ZacharyStieber-1.jpg\" alt=\"Zachary Stieber\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Zachary Stieber covers U.S. and world news for The Epoch Times. He is based in Maryland.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number 2 Democrat in the House of Representatives on Nov. 17 announced he will be leaving the leadership shortly after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she would not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1742826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1742950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1742950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1742826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1742950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1742950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1742950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}