Can the anti-Pelosi faction change the U.S. House? Nov 20, 2018 10:45 am by news@illinois.eduIllinois in the News Share on Facebook Tweet Email Nancy Pelosi. Images Brian J. Gaines and Gisela Sin, professors of political science at Illinois, write about how the 1923 House speaker election illustrated the power of a majority party faction to bargain for reform and drive a speaker from power. Share on Facebook Tweet Email