At 83, Pelosi is older than Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , who is dealing in very public terms with the lingering effects of a fall he suffered earlier this year. The age of President Joe Biden is at the center of conservative mockery, and quiet Democratic concern, as he vies for a second term he would begin at 82.Pelosi is not immune from that scrutiny.
Pelosi is an informal adviser to Jeffries and, tapping into the deep pockets of the California donor class, has helped him raise tens of millions in his first months on the job. Pelosi had a brush with her own mortality last year when a hammer-wielding man broke into her San Francisco home searching for her. He instead found her husband, who continues to recover from a skull fracture and injuries to his hands and right arm.
Pelosi nevertheless won reelection as speaker in 2016, but she agreed to a number of concessions, among them allowing members, not leadership, to select who will lead the House Democrats' campaign arm. She again won in 2018 but, facing public opposition from more than a dozen House Democrats, committed to step down in four years' time.
She declined to take any committee assignments in the new Congress yet remains a fundraising powerhouse for Democratic candidates and causes. In May, Biden tapped her to lead his reelection campaign's national advisory board.
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