On Thursday, Democrat Nancy Pelosi was re-elected as Speaker of the House on the first day of the 116th Congress. She beat her competitor, Kevin McCarthy, by 220 votes. As Speaker of the House, it’s Pelosi’s job to continuously discuss issues with the President, leaving Democrats excited to see how things will turn out.

Her re-election makes history for being the only female Speaker of the House to this day. Her current debate with President Trump remains to be the issue of the border that resulted in a government shutdown .