But, you know, it's uncertain whether or not he'll actually have the votes to hold on to the speaker's gavel or whether or not he'll be out and we'll have a new speaker of the House in short order.
Upon handing over the gavel, former speaker of the US House Pelosi marveled at how many more women are serving in the chamber than when she joined 35 years ago.
Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio was potentially going to be named speaker this past week, but after two rounds of voting Jordan failed to secure the necessary number of votes in the House to win the gavel.
When the divorce court drops the gavel and the judge says, sir, your house is going to be sold now, voluntarily or at auction as an order of the court, then he will sell the house.