Speaker
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About Speaker
The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England.
House speakership up in air as resistance to Jim Jordan hardens
...By Bernd Debusmann Jr & Brandon DrenonBBC News, Capitol HillRepublican Jim Jordan has lost the first vote in his bid to become US House of Representatives Speaker after stiffer-than-expected opposition from members of his own party...
Steve Scalise drops out of US Speaker race
...By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington Republican Congressman Steve Scalise has dropped out of the race to become Speaker of the House just a day after his party nominated him...
Interim House Speaker 'evicts' two senior Democrats from Capitol
...By Alex Therrien and Sam CabralBBC NewsNancy Pelosi and her long-time deputy Steny Hoyer have been ordered to leave their workspaces in the US Capitol by acting House Speaker Patrick McHenry...
US Congress inches closer to deal before holiday weekend
... During a White House event on Thursday, the president said his staff remained in conversation with the team of Mr McCarthy, the House Speaker - and that the two sides were " making progress"...
Obituary: Betty Boothroyd
... The former Commons Speaker fiercely defended the traditions of Parliament and was visibly impatient with backbenchers who failed to behave in a proper manner, or with any minister whom she felt was attempting to bypass the House...
Kevin McCarthy's Speaker bid threatened by Republican rebels
...By Alys DaviesBBC NewsRepublican Kevin McCarthy is struggling to secure enough support to ensure he wins a vote to become the new Speaker of the House of Representatives...
Stormont stalemate: Northern Ireland fails to restore power-sharing
... The attempt to elect a Speaker was blocked by the Democratic Unionist Party as part of its ongoing protest against Brexit trading arrangements...
Nancy Pelosi: We are traumatised by hammer attack
... The US House of Representatives Speaker said her family was " grateful for the quick response of law enforcement" and for his medical care...
