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.
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