The speaker of the house gets chosen by a vote of the members of the house. The constitution does NOT require that the speaker be an elected member of congress.
John Boehner is the most likely candidate for House Speaker of the 112th Congress.
The Parliamentarian of the United States Senate
The current Speaker of the House is Paul Ryan and expected to keep his office for the next term. The Speaker of the House for the US House of Representatives is chosen by its members. A new Speaker of the House is chosen from each party's nominees on the first day of every new Congress.
The members of the majority party elect the Speaker of the House by voting.
The speaker picks the leaders of Congress. The Speaker of the House comes from the party that has the most members in Congress.
Yes, the leaders of the House of Representatives are members of Congress. To be a member of the House of Representatives you have to be elected. The leadership of the House, including the Majority and Minority leaders, is selected by the members of the House.
No- not in the US. The speaker of the US house is a leading member of the lower house of Congress and is entirely independent of the President's cabinet.
Yes, however usually the Speaker does not actually preside over debate, but delegates the job to members of their party, who take it in turns to be the Acting Speaker. In the case of Westminster-style democracies where the Speaker has to be party-neutral, the Speaker always presides.
The speaker of the house gets chosen by a vote of the members of the house. The constitution does NOT require that the speaker be an elected member of congress.
John Boehner is the most likely candidate for House Speaker of the 112th Congress.
Speaker of the House
The Parliamentarian of the United States Senate
There is only one at a time. The speaker of the house of representatives is chose from the party with the most members. Currently the republicans have a majority of house seats so they were able to choose the speaker.
There are two parts to the Congress, you have the House of Representatives, which is based on the population of the state and then you have the Senate, in which each state has two members regardless of population.
The Speaker of the House.
The lower house of Congress is the House of Representatives. This half of Congress is made up of 435 members that represent the 50 states.