Speaker of the House

Cultural  

1. The presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives. The Speaker, a member of the House, is elected by a majority party caucus. In addition to being chief spokesman for the majority party, the Speaker runs the proceedings of House debate and voting, appoints committee members, refers bills to committees for research and development, and has an influential voice in all stages of a bill's consideration. One of the most visible and influential officials of the federal government, the Speaker is second in line, after the vice president, in succession to the presidency.

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Example Sentences

The House of Representatives voted to impeach her for allegedly misusing public funds and making threats against Marcos, his wife and cousin, who at the time was also the speaker of the house.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The speaker of the house, Joe Souki, had the political will to … bring people to the table to try to do something a little bit more thought out.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 12, 2023

"We hope that the implementation of this law will resolve sexual violence cases," speaker of the house Puan Maharani said.

From Reuters • Apr. 12, 2022

After Tadamori Oshima, the speaker of the house, announced the dissolution, the 465 lawmakers in the more powerful lower chamber stood up, shouted “banzai” three times and left.

From Washington Times • Oct. 14, 2021

He was speaker of the house of assembly for a number of years, and was one of the most useful public men of his day.

From History of Prince Edward Island by Campbell, Duncan