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The Speaker is elected on the first day of a new session of Congress. The election is presided over by the Clerk of the House of Representatives and each party nominates a candidate. Whoever receives a simple majority of the votes is elected and, after election, is sworn in by the Dean of the House, the chamber's longest-serving member. There is no requirement in the Constitution that the speaker must also be a current member of the House of Representatives to serve as speaker; however, every speaker elected has also been an elected representative. In modern practice, the Speaker is chosen by the majority party in the House; it is usually obvious within two to three weeks of a House election who the new Speaker will be. It is expected that members of the House vote for their party's candidate. If they do not do so, they usually vote for someone else in their party or vote "present." Voting for the other party's candidate is dealt with very severely. For example, when Democrat Jim Traficant voted for Republican Dennis Hastert in the 2001 election for Speaker, the Democrats stripped him of his seniority. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives
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What is the leading position in the House of Representative?
The Speaker of the House. When the democrats were in the majority, Nancy Pelosi was Speaker. The House is currently under republican control and John Boehner occupies the Speakers chair.
Who become president after vice president?
speaker of house.
Who is the most influential person in the house of representatives?
Speaker of the House
The leader of the lower house in a state's legislative branch is called the?
Speaker of the House --Tony Nichols--
The presiding officer of the House is the?
The speaker of the house
Who picks the floor leaders of Congress?
The speaker picks the leaders of Congress. The Speaker of the House comes from the party that has the most members in Congress.
What is the title for the person who is the leader for the house of representatives?
They are called the "Speaker of the House".
The presiding officer of the house of Representatives is the?
He or she is called the Speaker of the House.
What is the leading position in the House of Representative?
The Speaker of the House. When the democrats were in the majority, Nancy Pelosi was Speaker. The House is currently under republican control and John Boehner occupies the Speakers chair.
Who become president after vice president?
speaker of house.
Who is the most influential person in the house of representatives?
Speaker of the House
What is the officer called who presides over the House of Representatives?
Speaker of the House
Who picks the vice pres if the current one becomes pres?
The speaker of the house becomes acting vice president, no one actually takes the vice presidents place. He still carries out his role as speaker of the house but only comes into action as president if the current president died and there is no vice president
The leader of the lower house in a state's legislative branch is called the?
Speaker of the House --Tony Nichols--
The presiding officer of the House is the?
The speaker of the house
Who is the most important leader in both houseds of congress?
The Speaker of the House.
The presiding officer of the house of representatives is?
speaker of the house
