The Democratic leader in the US House of Representatives – and the most senior elected woman ever in American politics – on desertion in Congress and doughnuts for breakfast
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Nancy Pelosi
The Democratic leader in the US House of Representatives – and the most senior elected woman ever in American politics – on desertion in Congress and doughnuts for breakfast