WASHINGTON – Speaker Nancy Pelosi seemed on track Sunday to renew her hold on the House's top job, but ahead of her is the challenge of producing legislation to tackle the pandemic and revive the economy while leading the chamber's narrowest majority in two decades.
The new Congress convened Sunday, just two days after lawmakers wrapped up their contentious previous session and with COVID-19 guidelines requiring testing and masks for House members.
There was widespread mask-wearing and far fewer lawmakers and guests in the chamber than usual. It was a scene unimaginable two years ago when the last Congress commenced, before the pandemic struck.