To bring up the topic that they will be discussing in the House of Commons. e.g. a bill, law etc... but they must be totally clean of their party decision. They don't want the speaker to love the Conservatives or Liberals. Only because the speaker will take their side of the discussion, which may lead to other things.
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To bring up the topic that they will be discussing in the House of Commons. e.g. a bill, law etc... but they must be totally clean of their party decision. They don't want the speaker to love the Conservatives or Liberals. Only because the speaker will take their side of the discussion, which may lead to other things.
The speaker of the house is the leader of the majority party in the house and so has a huge input concerning what legislation is proposed and passed by the House. The speaker is also the contact person with the President.
The responsibilities of the Speaker of the House are that he presides over debates, makes sure that the rules of the House are obeyed, maintains the running order and looks after the administration of the House. The Speaker is independent of any political party.
The Speaker is expected to preside in a fair and judicious manner, he is also expected to aid the fortunes of his party and its legislative goals.
Frederick Muhlenberg became the first Speaker of the US House of Representatives in 1789.
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There is a presidential line of succession specified by the United States Constitution and the Presidential Succession Act of 1947. If the president and vice president were to both die, the Speaker of the House of Representatives would inherit the position.
The House of Representatives has the sole power to impeach federal officials in the US.
Alaska has two members in the Senate and one member in the House of Representatives.