The Speaker chairs debates in the House of Commons, where MPs consider and propose new laws as well as scrutinising government policies. He or she is a Member of Parliament (MP) and is elected by ...
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote for a speaker on Jan. 3 as current Speaker Mike Johnson aims to retain his ...
The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers.... A “Speaker of the House” has been an organic part of the Anglo-American legislative process for centuries—at ...
The speaker’s election happens even before newly elected representatives are sworn in, and must be resolved before anything else can be addressed.