According to NPR [1], House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revoked the office space reserved for Vice President Mike Pence on the House side of the United States Capitol Building.
According to a senior Democratic aide, Pence’s office was moved after a review of office assignments at the start of the 116th Congress this January.
The aide also noted that the White House legislative affairs team “was given new House-side space this year that they did not previously have.”
During the 115th Congress after Donald Trump and Pence were inaugurated, former House Speaker Paul Ryan gave the vice president a ceremonial office space on the House side.
Before becoming both vice president and the governor of Indiana, Pence had served in the House alongside Ryan. The extra office was a purely ceremonial gesture.
The speaker giveth, and the speaker taketh away. https://t.co/lqUxHTykWB [2]
— Susan Davis (@DaviSusan) March 12, 2019 [3]
As vice president, Pence is the president of the Senate. Vice presidents typically have office space on that side of Congress, but he also had the space in the House.
The allocation of office space falls under the discretion of the Speaker, meaning it now falls under the discretion of Pelosi.
The Democratic aide noted that no other vice president had dedicated House-side office space for the last 25 years prior to Pence, and that the White House legislative affairs team was provided with House office space that they did previously have.
Twitter was quick to commend the Speaker:
She is savage!❤
— Sondra (@TherealSondraVa) March 12, 2019 [4]
Speaker Pelosi stacked all Mike's Jesus paintings out in the hallway.
— Sylvia Donoghue (@SylviaDonoghue3) March 12, 2019 [5]
She is my hero! I would not sell her short. Just watch what she does in the coming months.
— Katielyn ☕???? (@katielyn4) March 12, 2019 [6]
How much space does a cardboard cut out need?
— AmericanCitizen (@PJB956) March 12, 2019 [7]
there's some cheap real estate in hell for him
— NBA game appreciator ???? (@CeeBee) March 12, 2019 [8]