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Speaker of the House
- 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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Chakrabarti is currently running in California’s 11th District, which has been represented by Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the former speaker of the House, for the past 37 years.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and several congressional members of the GOP were present Wednesday in the Rose Garden.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., once famously said that, to understand his "worldview," all one needs to do is "pick up a Bible off your shelf and read it."
Finally, not to be outdone with his members’ attacks on individual jurists, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson raised the possibility of defunding or eliminating U.S. federal district courts altogether, telling assembled reporters on Tuesday: “We do have authority over the federal courts, as you know. We can—we can eliminate an entire district court. We have power of funding over the courts, and all these other things. But, um, desperate times call for desperate measures, and Congress is going to act.â€
Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson appeared to downplay such a possibility as he told reporters that the White House had admitted its error.
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