# If Nancy Pelosi was still the Speaker...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-nancy-pelosi-was-still-the-speaker/577810>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [April 9, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-nancy-pelosi-was-still-the-speaker/577810 "2011-04-09T23:25:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-nancy-pelosi-was-still-the-speaker/577810/1 "2011-04-09T23:25:59Z")

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…would any budget cuts have been enacted? Would President Obama’s 2011 budget been accepted/approved by the House?

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-nancy-pelosi-was-still-the-speaker/577810/2 "2011-04-11T16:19:53Z")

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For Pelosi to be speaker, the Democrats would have had to retain their majority, so presumably yes.

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**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-nancy-pelosi-was-still-the-speaker/577810/3 "2011-04-11T17:32:38Z")

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However, the Senate would still have \> 39 Republican members, so only that legislation which is ultra-right wing would have any prayer of passing.

Democrats run the government when they have a healthy majority in the House, at least 65 seats in the Senate, and the White House. For any other combination, the Republicans are in control.