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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., a Catholic, raises the gavel Jan. 3 after being elected House Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives at the start of the 116th Congress inside the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. (CNS/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)