- Nancy Pelosi
- (Nancy) Pelosi
The current speaker of the House of Representatives is Nancy Pelosi. For 31 years, Speaker Pelosi has represented San Francisco, California’s 12th District, in Congress. As speaker, she presides over the House of Representatives and leads the majority political party in the House, the Democratic Party. The speaker is second in line to the succession of the presidency after the vice president.
** As you prepare for U.S. citizenship, Learn About the United States: Quick Civics Lessons will help you study for the civics and English portions of the naturalization interview. There are 100 civics (history and government) questions on the naturalization test. During your naturalization interview, you will be asked up to 10 questions from the list of 100 questions. You must answer correctly six (6) of the 10 questions to pass the civics test.