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	Speaker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Speaker (politics), in politics, the presiding officer in many legislative assemblies.
		In linguistics, a speaker is who utters a message, and is typically the center of deixis in the message; (s)he refers to himself or herself with the first-person pronoun.
		Also in linguistics, a speaker is a user of a spoken language, as opposed to a signer, a user of a sign language; or anyone who masters and uses a language, while only a native speaker has it as his or her mother tongue.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Speaker (225 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Speaker
		The Speaker presides over the House of Commons and is responsible for keeping order during debates and ensuring that the rules of the House are obeyed.
		The Speaker lives in the Speaker's House in the Palace of Westminster and presides over the House dressed in a ceremonial fl robe.
		The Speaker also represents, or speaks for, the House of Commons in its dealings with the monarch and has the responsibility of maintaining the dignity and privileges of the Commons.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/a-z_of_parliament/r-s/82065.stm (236 words)

	BBC News \| UK POLITICS \| The role of the Speaker
		The Speaker acts as chairman during debates, and sees that the rules laid down by the House for the carrying on of its business are observed.
		In recent years Speakers have tended to have three spells in the chair: 1430 to 1630, 1830 to 1930, and a period near the end of the day.
		The Speaker is preceded in the procession by a Bar Doorkeeper and the Serjeant at Arms with the Mace, and followed by the Chaplain, Secretary and Trainbearer.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/978265.stm (596 words)

	Speaker (politics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In most cases the speaker is elected from among the members of the assembly by the members, and whips are not allowed to be among the selection.
		Ideally, the speaker in a Westminster-derived legislature is politically neutral and is not concerned with substantive issues.
		Often the speaker performs his duties in a non-partisan manner, but in the United States, the Speaker is the most powerful position in the United States House of Representatives and participates in legislating.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Speaker_(politics) (480 words)

	The Hindu : Speaker should be above politics: Balayogi
		Balayogi said the Speaker's isolation and guaranteed aloofness from the mainstream of political life would enhance the dignity of his office and enable members to look to him and respect him as the impartial protector and guarantor of their rights and privileges.
		Apart from a symposium on coalition politics, issues like dual membership of Parliament and/or the State Legislatures, the relationship between the Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary, the office of the Speaker in a multi-party system and the future pattern of the Presiding Officers' conference, will be discussed during the four-day conference.
		The Speaker's office, which was at the core of the legislative functioning, had been subjected to a great degree of strain due to the fast-changing political scenario in the country, he added.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/05/31/stories/0231000l.htm (334 words)

	Texas Politics
		The Texas Politics Speaker Series brings to the UT campus people from across the political spectrum and from all levels of government to discuss compelling political and policy issues.
		Speakers and topics are selected to engage students and the public, while providing insight into how the political process works.
		The Speaker Series is part of the Texas Politics project, an initiative to better educate students and the public about the workings of Texas government and politics and motivate them to become thoughtful and engaged citizens.
	texaspolitics.laits.utexas.edu /html/pr/speaker_series.html (327 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Lords speaker line-up is unveiled
		The House of Lords is to elect a new speaker
		The new Speaker, the first in 600 years, will be elected by fellow peers for a five-year stint.
		The new role of Speaker is being created because of Tony Blair's attempt four years ago to abolish the position of lord chancellor.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/5048594.stm (572 words)

	WRAL.com - Politics - Republican Senator Takes Aim At Speaker Black (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Despite all the negative attention, Democratic political consultant Tim McKay said this year is not one that is conducive to broad brushing candidates and that there are no statewide contests or a presidential race to draw voters.
		Politically, the balance of power in the Democrat-controlled House is on the line.
		The State Board of Election ruled in March that the speaker wrongfully accepted $6,800 in incomplete campaign checks and a federal grand jury is investigating the state's video poker and lottery industries, in which Black has played a large role.
	www.wral.com /politics/9641919/detail.html (662 words)

	Speakers Platform Speakers Bureau: Omar Ali, Speaker On: Government / Politics, Politics, Diversity
		His contribution to the national effort to bring independents together from around the country into a pro-reform political party coalesced in the formation of the Patriot Party in 1994 followed by the national Reform Party one year later.
		Politically, he has served as a co-convener for the national conference “Choosing an Independent President,” aired on C-SPAN.
		The conference, which was attended by over 800 independents, including dozens of student leaders from community colleges, state schools, and Ivy League institutions, was designed to initiate a process through which independents can assert their voice in the presidential selection process.
	www.speaking.com /speakers/omarali.html (634 words)

	Politics
		The Office of the Prime Minister has called on the Namangki Aute political movemnet which is part of the current coalition government led by Ham Lini Vanuaroroa, to feel free to leave the coalition rather than making up unfounded accusations against the government on issues which it is to be blamed for.
		The opposition lodged its fourth motion of no-confidence in Ham Lini's government with the speaker of parliament yesterday.
		While claims of another motion of no-confidence (the 4th since the election of the current coalition government in December 2004) by the opposition loom around town, a signatory of the notice of the motion has decided to withdraw his signature.
	www.news.vu /en/news/politics/index.shtml (1065 words)

	Speaker (politics) information information - Search.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is fairly rare for an upper house to have a speaker and not instead to have a similar office by another style.
		The most common example of upper house leaders being styled "Speaker" is the practice adopted by several U.S. state legislatures, but the presiding officer of the Canadian Senate is also styled "Speaker".
		Speaker of the Riksdag (Speaker of the Swedish parliament)
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com.cob-web.org:8888 /reference/Speaker_(politics) (462 words)

	Sound Politics: Follow Up On "Speaker" Pelosi
		Speaker Hastert has his faults (as all of us do), but he is far more impressive than Minority Leader Pelosi.
		pelosi is fit to be speaker because the biggest state in the country elected her.
		The funds, which were laundered through the RNC in Washington via TRMPAC (Texans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee), helped facilitate the GOP takeover of the Texas statehouse, which in turn allowed a redistricting effort that led to the election of five new Republicans to the House of Representatives in the 2004 elections.
	www.soundpolitics.com /archives/006264.html (3237 words)

	Texas Politics - Speaker of the House: Fred H. Minor
		Fred H. Minor (1888-1976), lawyer and Texas legislator, was born on a farm near Lewisville, Denton County, Texas, on December 11, 1888, to John Rufus and Elizabeth Matilda (Boyd) Minor, who moved to Texas from Alabama and Tennessee with their families in the mid-1850s.
		During his second term the illness of W. Barron allowed Minor to act as speaker of the House, a position to which he was elected in 1931.
		He believed his most important accomplishment as speaker was the passage in 1931 of oil-proration legislation to help conserve the East Texas oilfield.
	texaspolitics.laits.utexas.edu /html/leg/speakers/30.html (468 words)

	Politics - Election Guide & Results - The New York Times
		The political world has changed for Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania since he rode an anti-establishment wave into the Senate in 1994.
		Before becoming embroiled in the Mark Foley scandal, Speaker J. Dennis Hastert had planned to be on the road in October, campaigning for Republican House members.
		Residents express their views on politics ahead of the midterm elections.
	www.nytimes.com /pages/politics/index.html (766 words)

	Speakers Platform Speakers Bureau: Lisa Myers, Speaker On: Government / Politics, Media / Broadcast / Print
		As Chief Congressional Correspondent for NBC News, as well as a senior member of NBC's award-winning political team, Lisa Myers reports on the policy and politics of the biggest issues facing the country for all NBC News broadcasts, often giving viewers an inside look at their government at work.
		She has been the chief correspondent on the Enron story, explaining and unraveling the biggest bankruptcy in history and its implications for investors, and obtaining an exclusive interview with Linda Lay, wife of Enron CEO Ken Lay.
		Myers received her Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in 1973, and she attended the Institute on Comparative Political and Economic Systems at Georgetown University.
	www.speaking.com /speakers/lisamyers.html (618 words)

	Speakers Platform Speakers Bureau: Eleanor Clift, Speaker On: Government / Politics, Liberal Politics, Spouse Programs, ...
		She was a key member of the magazine's 1992 election team and followed Bill Clinton's campaign from the start.
		Clift is one of the most accurate predictors among the pundits on the political talk shows.
		Now a political analyst for the Fox News Network, Clift is even more visible, emerging from behind the writer's notepad to the television screen, where she appears on the nationally syndicated show, The McLaughlin Group.
	www.speaking.com /speakers/eleanorclift.html (417 words)

	Talking Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		As a small band of liberal state representatives prepared to mount their first organized challenge to House Speaker Tom Finneran (D-Mattapan) this week, the State House was buzzing with talk of rebellions and crackdowns.
		"Speakers get as much power as the members cede to them," says state representative Daniel Boseley (D-North Adams), who is not among Finneran's challengers.
		His political base consists of a few thousand Mattapan constituents and an odd coalition of Republicans and conservative Democrats.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/features/99/01/28/TALKING_POLITICS.html (1465 words)

	ABC News: Speaker Hastert Protests to Bush Over Raid
		President Bush, right, shakes hands with Speaker of the House Rep. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., before delivering his speech on the War in Iraq at the Arie Crown Theatre in McCormick Place, Monday, May 22, 2006 in Chicago.
		WASHINGTON May 24, 2006 (AP)— The FBI's raid on a congressman's office is rippling through Capitol Hill, with majority Republicans in the House complaining to President Bush and predicting a constitutional showdown in the Supreme Court.
		House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., was so angry that he complained to Bush about the FBI's conduct.
	abcnews.go.com /Politics/wireStory?id=1997872 (402 words)

	TurnTo10.com - Politics - Finneran Resigns; Vote Pending For New Speaker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Finneran sent a letter of resignation to the House Clerk Monday morning and a short time later was formally introduced as the new president of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council.
		Finneran said serving as speaker was an "extraordinary opportunity" and he enjoyed every moment of it.
		He was first elected to the House in 1979, and became speaker in 1996 after serving as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.
	www.turnto10.com /politics/3763154/detail.html (227 words)

	Mark Austin Thomas: Speaker: Broadcasting/Media Relations, Race Relations, Spiritual Politics
		In the aftermath of the 2004 Presidential election, it's been said that voters wanted a leader who spoke to their âvalues.â But the desire for âvaluesâ in politics is not the exclusive concern of conservatives or liberals, red states or blue states.
		This talk explores the values at the core of who we are as a nation and the hot issue of whether separation of church and state means separation from heart and soul.
		You'll learn about âSpiritual Politicsâ as a path of transformation, both in your personal life and for the soul of the nation, and how the choices you make in your daily life are reflected in the political life of our country.
	www.speakerservices.com /speakers/detail/146 (626 words)

	ABC News: Hastert Is Longest-Serving GOP Speaker
		A low-key conservative with ties to then-Republican leader Bob Michel, also from Illinois, he was appointed chief deputy whip in 1995 after the Republicans gained the majority in the House for the first time in four decades.
		Gingrich abruptly resigned as Speaker in 1998 after Republicans fared poorly in the mid-term elections.
		The longest-serving Speaker is Democrat Sam Rayburn of Texas, who served more than 17 years, with two breaks when Republicans were in power, from 1940 through the early 1960s.
	www.abcnews.go.com /Politics/wireStory?id=2028352 (323 words)

	News 14 Carolina \| 24 Hour Local News \| POLITICS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		House Speaker Jim Black is now taking money from his fellow House members instead of doling it out after spending nearly $1 million in the past year on legal bills and his re-election campaign.
		Political campaigns are heating up with only a few weeks left until Election Day, and in few places is this more evident than along local roads where many signs are illegally displayed.
		State House Speaker Jim Black's campaign paid $10,000 to the Winston-Salem law firm that represented a political ally who pleaded guilty this month to campaign finance violations.
	www.news14charlotte.com /content/politics (857 words)

	Politics News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Acting Speaker Akhter Hamid Siddqui yesterday expunged all the ‘unparliamentary’ words from the House proceedings uttered by the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Sheikh Hasina and the ruling BNP lawmaker Moshiur Rahman on Monday.
		As the Acting Speaker refused to accept the demand, the angry AL lawmakers led its leader Sheikh Hasina walked out from Parliament Monday followed a 20-minute agitation in front of the Speaker’s podium.
		Coming down hard on Acting Speaker for giving floor to the backbenchers of ruling BNP lawmakers instead of State Minister for Home Affairs or LGRD and Cooperatives Minister to give reply to the opposition lawmaker, he said, "Speaker himself did it intentionally...
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/jun/14/14062006pl.htm (659 words)

	WRAL.com - Politics - Blue's Startling Return Could Shake Up Speaker's Race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Blue, North Carolina's first fl speaker and a U.S. Senate candidate in 2002, is heading back to the General Assembly after a four-year absence.
		His political history also raises the question of whether he'll run again for speaker -- even if current Speaker Jim Black, D-Mecklenburg, wins re-election to the House and mounts a bid for an unprecedented fifth term as chamber leader.
		Black won his first term as speaker in 1999 over Blue by a vote of 60-59 after Blue had assembled a coalition of 51 Republicans and eight Democrats.
	www.wral.com /politics/10185239/detail.html (918 words)

	Politics- GOP Rank and File Defend House Speaker - AOL News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		But a House GOP leader under fire for his handling of the scandal involving former Rep. Mark Foley canceled a national broadcast appearance and one Republican lawmaker said those who participated in a cover-up would have to resign.
		The scandal has ignited what has become a political firestorm before the Nov. 7 elections, with the Republican majority in the House and Senate in jeopardy.
		Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., said Democrats should be investigated to see whether they leaked the explicit e-mails to gain a political advantage before the elections, although the lawmaker acknowledged he had no evidence indicating that was the case.
	news.aol.com /politics/story/_a/gop-rank-and-file-defend-house-speaker/n20061008222209990001 (1051 words)

	Speaker Largely Silent Amid Scandal
		With his affable demeanor and his open-door policy, House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert remains unchallenged in the most powerful post in Congress, even as a growing corruption scandal roils the Republican leadership and more Congress-watchers say the speaker bears some responsibility for the troubles that have developed on his watch.
		That was when Rep. Henry Bonilla (R-Tex.) approached Hastert aides with a proposal pregnant with possible political consequences: A Democratic prosecutor in Texas, Ronnie Earle, was closing in on DeLay, and the majority leader wanted to change Republican rules to allow a leader indicted by a state grand jury to retain his post.
		A week later, the speaker signed a letter to Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton, urging her to reject a request from a rival tribe for a new casino.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/16/AR2006011600997.html?nav=rss_politics (1451 words)

	POLITICS NEWS POLITICAL NEWS SOURCES WORLD POLITICS GLOBAL POLITICS US POLITICAL NEWS \| HavenWorks.com/politics news ...
		The speaker said he does not remember the conversation, but does not dispute that it occurred."...
		Where, in a way, politics was the fourth part of the trinity.
		"The Justice Department is investigating whether Republican Rep. Curt Weldon of Pennsylvania traded his political influence for lucrative lobbying and consulting contracts for his daughter, according to sources with direct knowledge of the inquiry."...
	havenworks.com /politics (4087 words)

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