it's a pretty white male group aside from kathy mcmorris rodgers.they are overwhelmingly white and overwhelmingly male. only a quarter of all the women in houston republican. the house freedom caucus, a group of about 40 conservative republicans who differ a little bit on ideology and greatly when it comes to strategy is an all white and all-male group. when it comes to house democrats, nancy pelosi was reelected for her eighth term as democratic leader. she survived a challenge by tim ryan from ohio with the caucus vote of 134 - 63. this is not quite a record, but almost a record in terms of her longevity. she has done this by being a fears partisan, by bringing democrats together and raising records amount of money. she is an interesting example of gender and partisan dynamic inside the house of representatives. on one hand she goes against conventional wisdom that women perhaps do a better job of reaching across the aisle. there's really no reaching across the aisle when it comes to minority leader nancy pelosi. on the other's hand, research has