Democrats Take Control of US House

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is applauded by U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and other members as she is nominated for House Speaker as the U.S. House of Representatives meets for the start of the 116th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington,

Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) takes a selfie photo with U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) as the U.S. House of Representatives meets for the start of the 116th Congress inside the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan.

Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., talks on the House floor before being sworn in at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 3, 2019.

U.S. Representative-elect Ilhan Omar (D-MI) arrives inside the House Chamber as the U.S. House of Representatives meets for the start of the 116th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 3, 2019.

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), the first Palestinian-American elected to the House, poses with supporters outside her office at the Longworth House Office Building (LHOB), in Washington, D.C., Jan. 3, 2019.

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney speaks with outgoing House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as the U.S. House of Representatives meets for the start of the 116th Congress inside the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 3,

U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) holds his daughter Kathryn as the U.S. House of Representatives meets for the start of the 116th Congress inside the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 3, 2019.

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is embraced by U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) inside the House Chamber as the U.S. House of Representatives meets for the start of the 116th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 3, 2019.

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, who is expected to lead the 116th Congress as speaker of the House, and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., are applauded at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 3, 2019.

House Democratic leader and House Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds the hand of her grand daughter as the U.S. House of Representatives meets for the start of the 116th Congress inside the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 3, 201