This week the House of Representatives returned to Washington for the first time since the election.<br />According to CNN, another election was at the top of their agenda: Speaker of the House.<br />House Democratic leadership elections will be Wednesday and Thursday.<br />They are likely to see the 117th Congress run by the same players.<br />House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to hold on to her speakership. She is running unopposed.<br />House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and House Majority Whip James Clyburn also do not face challenges.<br />Chairman of the Democratic Caucus Hakeem Jeffries is also running unopposed.<br />Progressives, like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, are disappointed that attempts at a insurgency against current Democratic never materialized.
