Lissandra Villa
Lissandra Villa is a politics reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in Washington, DC.
Contact this reporter at lissandra.villahuerta@buzzfeed.com
Nancy Pelosi Has Agreed To Step Down By 2022 To Secure The Votes To Be Speaker Of The House
The California Democrat ensured she will have the votes to be the next speaker of the House, after securing the support of a small group of party holdouts.
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• 23 hours ago
Congress Just Made Major Changes To How It Handles Sexual Harassment
The overhaul will ease the process of reporting harassment claims on Capitol Hill, which came under scrutiny when the #MeToo movement reached Congress more than a year ago.
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• One day ago
Trump, Pelosi, And Schumer Got Into A Big Fight About The Wall On Live TV
“I am proud to shut down the government for border security, Chuck.”
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• 2 days ago
House Democrats Could Take Action On The North Carolina Election Scandal
“The House still retains the right to decide who is seated,” Nancy Pelosi warned Thursday.
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• 7 days ago
Stormy Daniels’ Book Tour Event Was The Perfect Encapsulation Of Washington In 2018
“I’ve watched Stormy’s porn. It’s very good,” said legendary Washington Post writer Sally Quinn.
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• 9 days ago
House Democrats Who Pushed For Impeachment Are Holding Back For Now
“Those articles were important at the time, but this is a new day, we’re in the majority,” said Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
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• 13 days ago
Nancy Pelosi Is One Step Closer To Becoming The Next Speaker Of The House
A final vote will take place on the House floor in January.
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• 15 days ago
The Only Democrat Publicly Considering Challenging Nancy Pelosi Will Not Run For Speaker Of The House
The announcement also comes after news broke that Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge wrote a 2015 letter in support of a former judge accused of domestic abuse, who is now reportedly a suspect in his wife's death.
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• 23 days ago
Enough Democrats Say They Oppose Pelosi To Make Her Race Close, But It’s Not Clear If They Can Beat Her
Sixteen Democrats signed a letter saying they will oppose Pelosi for speaker, but one of them is currently losing his House race.
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• 24 days ago
The House Freedom Caucus Chair Has Been Reprimanded By The House Ethics Committee
The committee investigated Meadows’s handling of sexual harassment allegations against his former chief of staff, Kenny West.
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• 27 days ago
Rep. Ruben Kihuen Has Been Reprimanded By The House Ethics Committee After He Was Accused Of Sexual Harassment By Multiple Women
The committee decided not to take more serious disciplinary actions against Kihuen after a monthslong investigation. He is retiring at the end of the year.
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• 27 days ago
House Republicans Have Elected Kevin McCarthy To Take Over For Paul Ryan
McCarthy defeated Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, a conservative, and will take over in January. He’ll be joined by Whip Steve Scalise and Liz Cheney, who will take over as conference chair.
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• 29 days ago
Current House Democrats Are Strategizing On How To Support New Anti-Pelosi Members
“Certainly as a new member you’re thinking, ‘God, am I going to be out there by myself on this?’”
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• One month ago
Nancy Pelosi Is Likely Going To Be House Speaker Again, Despite All That Talk Of A Revolution
“She’s the default speaker.”
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• One month ago
Washington Rep. Suzan DelBene Will Run For Democratic Leadership
DelBene is the first Democrat to announce a bid to run House Democrats’ campaign arm for the next two years.
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• One month ago
Rep. Keith Ellison Has Won His Bid To Become Minnesota Attorney General Despite Abuse Allegations
Ellison, the deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee, has consistently denied accusations made by his ex-girlfriend Karen Monahan.
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• One month ago
One Of The Top Candidates For Democratic Leadership Has A Plan To Work With Republicans
Rep. Cheri Bustos, a moderate, is prepping to get things done in an increasingly likely reality: Democrats win the House, while Republicans hold onto the Senate.
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• One month ago
This Former Minor League Baseball Player Thinks He Can Beat Congress's Most Notorious Racist
“What we used to hear was, ‘Oh, that’s just Steve being Steve,’ like that weird uncle,” J.D. Scholten said this week. “You don’t hear that anymore. You hear enough’s enough.”
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• One month ago