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 five-term Louisiana congressman earned a law degree and maneuvered his way to become speaker of the House.

From Los Angeles Times

Mike Johnson, who is now the speaker of the House but was at that point a back-bencher, organized 126 Republican members of Congress to sign onto that brief as an amicus.

From Slate

A former Tennessee governor and speaker of the House, Polk won the presidency in 1844 by promising to expand the United States by any means necessary.

From Los Angeles Times

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said the deal wasn't in the interests of the UK or the US and said she had spoken to the US ambassador Warren Stephens and the speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson.

From BBC

Speaker of the House to address Parliament.

From The Wall Street Journal