Mike Johnson re-elected as House speaker after brief Republican revolt – as it happened
by Léonie Chao-Fong (now) and Joan E Greve (earlier) from on (#6TADT)
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Nancy Pelosi, the former Democratic House speaker, is back in the chamber today after undergoing hip replacement surgery last month.
Pelosi sufferd a fall last month while on a trip to Luxembourg with fellow members of Congress. Her Democratic colleagues greeted her with robust applause as she entered the House chamber today.
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