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“Many of our colleagues have called with their recommendations on how to continue our fight for the middle class, and have encouraged me to run for House Democratic Leader. Based on those discussions, and driven by the urgency of protecting health care reform, Wall Street reform, and Social Security and Medicare, I have decided to run.”
— NANCY PELOSI, outgoing Speaker of the House, on her decision to run for House Minority Leader in the next session of Congress (Via ABC News)