Pelosi urges bipartisanship as Democrats win US House


By Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A victorious Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday said Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives will use their newly won majority to pursue a bipartisan agenda for a country that she said has had “enough of division.”

U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi reacts to the results of the U.S. midterm elections at a Democratic election night rally and party in Washington, U.S. November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/ MANILA BULLETIN U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi reacts to the results of the U.S. midterm elections at a Democratic election night rally and party in Washington, U.S. November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/ MANILA BULLETIN

Democrats have been projected to win enough seats to take control of the House after eight years of Republican rule. Pelosi is expected to seek the top job of House speaker, a post she held for four years beginning in 2007. She was the nation’s first female speaker.