Speaker of the House

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/11/20
  

  Trump says Pelosi is worst House speaker in history. Twitter remembers Dennis Hastert.

  Disgraced former House speaker Dennis Hastert’s name was trending on Twitter Saturday morning after President Trump suggested “Nancy Pelosi will go down as the absolute worst Speaker of the House in U.S. History!”

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• SOURCE: Politico
  10-25-15
  

  Paul Ryan’s Haunted House

  by Josh Zeitz

  What can he learn from the ghosts of speakers past?

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• SOURCE: NPR
  10-16-15
  

  Czars And Firebrands: A Brief History Of Power In The House

  by Ron Elving

  The speaker has far more power in the House than any one senator has in the Senate. And at times in our history, the speaker's power has rivaled that of the president himself.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  10-13-15
  

  What the Fight for the Speakership Is Actually About

  by John Lawrence

  Republicans are split on how to balance broad participation against the efficient functioning of the institution.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  10-19-13
  

  Thomas Foley, former House Speaker, dies at 84

  Foley presided over the House from 1989 to 1994.