The speaker is Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif).
Nancy Pelosi
There is no such title as "Speaker of the U.S." There is a "Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States," which in 2009 is Nancy Pelosi. This office is part of the legislative branch.
The members of the US House of Representatives elect the Speaker of the House.
The current (2009) salary of the speaker of the house, Nancy Pelosi, is $223,500.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives is Paul Ryan.
John Boehner
John Boehner (R-OH) is the Speaker of the House.
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 leads the lower house of Congress which is half of the legislature of the US.
Paul Ryan from Wisconsin is the current (2017) Speaker of the House in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Democrat Nancy Pelosi was Speaker of the House in 2009.
The House of Representatives is lead by the Speaker of the House.