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

Mr. Johnson is speaker of the House.

From The Wall Street Journal

And apparently a speaker of the House is a delicacy.

From Salon

And apparently a speaker of the House is a delicacy.

From Salon

And from politics: Rice, the former secretary of state; Robert Gates, the former secretary of defense; and Paul Ryan, the former speaker of the House of Representatives.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ex-ballet dancer Baroness Deborah Bull and former Conservative minister Lord Michael Forsyth of Drumlean will compete to be the next Speaker of the House of Lords.

From BBC