The 85-year-old California Democrat's departure will mark the end of an era in Congress. In 2007, Pelosi became the first woman elected to serve as U.S. House speaker.
A new bill moving through the city council is trying to clean up the language in the city’s traffic code, which says that bikes are not allowed on sidewalks in business districts.
Democrats won big in key elections this week. But rather than provide clarity, those victories have sent competing signals to lawmakers in the Senate about how to end the ongoing government shutdown.