Members of the majority party choose a speaker at the caucus, or closed meeting.
The majority party in the US House of Representatives elects the person who will become the Speaker of the House of Representatives. This is a powerful position in the US Congress.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives is Paul Ryan.
Members of the majority party choose a speaker at the caucus, or closed meeting.
The Speaker has a vote if he/she is a member of the house of representatives BUT ... the speaker of the house does not have to be a member of the house of representatives in order to become speaker so, the speaker has a vote if he/she is a member, but that does not always have to be the case
The members of the House of Representatives vote to select the Speaker.
speaker of the houseThe presiding officer in the House of Representatives is the Speaker of the House. In 2014 the Speaker of the House is John Boehner.The Speaker of the House is the officer that presides over the House of Representatives. The current Speaker is John Boehner (R-OH). [January 2011]The speaker of the house. For a few more months it is Nancy Pelosi, but since the Republicans took the house recently, John Boehner of Ohio will likely become the new speaker of the house.The Speaker of the House presides over the US House of Representatives. John Boehner (R-OH) serves as Speaker of the House from January 2011 until January 2013, unless he is removed from that position by a House vote before that time, or his speakership is extended by a majority vote in 2013.The speaker is the head of the majority party.
No, Sarah Palin is not a member of the US House of Representatives at this time.
The current Speaker of the US House of Representatives is Nancy Pelosi. When the new Congress begins in January 2011, John Boehner will become Speaker.
The Speaker in the Australian House of representatives is The Hon. Anna Burke.
Speaker of the House
The Speaker of the House is the leader of the House of Representatives. As of June 2014, it is Speaker John Boehner.
He or she is called the Speaker of the House.