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Speaker and felt
Most Conservatives felt strongly that the recent alternation between the main parties ought to be maintained and a Conservative Speaker chosen.
Peter reconciles with Ender via ansible, giving the " Speaker for the Dead " all he needs to write The Hegemon, a deeply felt and truthful biography of his brother.
The fact that he was serving as the Solicitor General when he was named as the Speaker of the House of Commons in 1959 was a source of some controversy, which was confounded by the fact that the Labour party felt they had been insufficiently consulted about the nomination.
In 1987 and 1988, President Reagan was furious at what he felt to be House Speaker Jim Wright's " intrusion " into the negotiations between Nicaragua's Sandinista government and the Contras for a cease-fire in the long civil war.

Speaker and bad
Kerr wrote that " nothing else of relevance " took place between the two men, but by Scholes's account, he accused Kerr of bad faith for making an appointment to receive the Speaker, and then not waiting to hear from him before dissolving Parliament.
A successful discharge petition embarrasses the leadership ; as such, members of the majority party are hesitant to support something that would make the Speaker and their own leaders look bad.
Accusations of bad faith were exchanged between the governor and the Senate, after which Garrard nominated John Adair, the popular Speaker of the House.

Speaker and about
Among the many stories about the late Speaker Rayburn is one from Rep. Dwyer, R-6th Dist..
) But Speaker Sam Rayburn, after huddling in Palm Beach with President-elect Kennedy, decided that this year something had to be done about the Rules Committee -- and that he was the only man who could do anything effective.
As the Speaker was about to rise to put the question, Cromwell whispered to Harrison, " Now is the time ; I must do it.
In 2004 Aníbal Acevedo Vilá ( PDP ) was declared the winner by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico as governor, by about 3, 000 votes, but his party lost control of the Senate, which elected NPP Senator Kenneth McClintock as its president, and the House of Representatives, which chose the NPP's José Aponte as Speaker, and Puerto Rico's seat in Congress, due to the election of Luis Fortuño.
However, due to relativistic space travel Ender himself ( who now goes by his real name Andrew Wiggin or by his title " Speaker for the Dead ") is only about 35 years old.
* C-SPAN Q & A interview with James Grant about Mr. Speaker!
During this time, he wrote a number of screenplays, including The English Speaker, about Josef Breuer's analysis of Anna O .; adaptations of Walker Percy's The Moviegoer and Larry McMurtry's The Desert Rose ; a script about Jerry Lee Lewis ; and a stage adaptation of Sansho the Bailiff that was to be directed by Andrzej Wajda, in addition to continuing work on the Q script.
* Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Jim Wright grew up in Weatherford and wrote a book about his youth, Weatherford Days … a Time of Learning.
After the World Series victory, Speaker had a falling-out with Red Sox president J. J. Lannin, who wanted Speaker to take a pay cut from about $ 15, 000 to about $ 9, 000 after his average had fallen to. 322 ; Speaker refused and offered $ 12, 000.
According to Edmond Ludlow on May 7th, about twelve o-clock we went to take our places in the House, Mr. Lenthal our Speaker leading the way, and the officers of the army lining the rooms for us, as we passed through the Painted Chamber, the Court of Requests, and the lobby itself, the principal officers having placed themselves nearest to the door of the Parliament-House, every one seeming to rejoice at our restitution, and promising to live and die with us.
The President consults the Speaker of Parliament and with representatives of the parliamentary groups about the formation of a new Council of State ( Government ).
" In criticizing Newt Gingrich for secretly having an affair with a staffer while Gingrich, as House Speaker, was simultaneously impeaching President Bill Clinton for lying under oath about his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, DeLay said, " I don ’ t think that Newt could set a high moral standard, a high moral tone, during that moment .... You can ’ t do that if you ’ re keeping secrets about your own adulterous affairs.
The first codification of formal rules to govern Question Period occurred in April 1964, and subsequent rule changes have been adopted ; however, the opinion of the Speaker carries the most weight, as the actions of the Speaker set precedents when a new Point of Order or questions arises about practices during Question Period.
In June 1979, he publicly rebuked Virolainen, who was then Speaker of Parliament, for " bearing a false testimony " about Finland's foreign policy, and for harming Finland's international relations.
" hen Clay had set about making the speakership a position of true power upon his first election to that post in 1811, he had unceremoniously ordered Randolph to remove his dog from the House floor — something no previous Speaker had dared to do.
In the March 8, 2005 general election, Hahn placed second to Antonio Villaraigosa ; placing ahead of former Speaker of the Assembly Bob Hertzberg, Councilman Bernard Parks, State Senator Richard Alarcon, and about seven lesser known challengers.

Speaker and incident
Fuller, a noted drunk, on 27 February 1810 was involved in an incident with the Speaker in Parliament, which led to him being seized by the Serjeant-at-Arms and to public disgrace.
In 1973, Uhle remembered the incident, but could not be sure whether Speaker was making the changes because he was new to the team at the time.
The incident resulted in the Speaker being named in a noted United States Supreme Court case, Powell v. McCormack, with Powell prevailing.
In January 1757, an incident over rum rations, during which Middleton lost his temper and physically attacked a sailor ended with the sailor being court martialled and Middleton being transferred and promoted to command of the sloop HMS Speaker.

Speaker and because
I did so because I agree with so many here today, that he is the beloved Speaker of all the people of the United States.
I pay my personal tribute to Sam Rayburn, stalwart Texan and great American, not only because today he establishes a record of having served as Speaker of the House of Representatives more than twice as long as Henry Clay, but because of the contributions he has made to the welfare of the people of the Nation during his almost half century of service as a Member of Congress.
" Speaker Martin concluded that Eisenhower worked too much through subordinates in dealing with Congress, with results, " often the reverse of what he has desired " because Members of Congress ," resent having some young fellow who was picked up by the White House without ever having been elected to office himself coming around and telling them ' The Chief wants this '.
The Speaker explains how Novinha blames herself for Pipo's death, and underwent a life of suffering and deception — marrying Marcão so that to prevent Libo from accessing the information which killed Pipo, but secretly trysting with Libo — because their love for each other never truly died.
Clay had endorsed Adams for the Presidency ; the endorsement carried additional weight because Clay was the Speaker of the House.
Rayburn's successor, Democrat John William McCormack ( served 1962 – 1971 ), was a somewhat less influential Speaker, particularly because of dissent from younger members of the Democratic Party.
Albert's successor, Democrat Tip O ' Neill, was a prominent Speaker because of his public opposition to the policies of President Ronald Reagan.
The Republicans had a plurality in the House but James " Champ " Clark remained Speaker of the House because of the support of the Progressive Party members.
Many at the time believed that President Richard Nixon would resign because of the Watergate scandal, allowing Speaker Carl Albert to succeed.
The first five bills, proposed in the years 1901, 1902, and 1908, met with defeat because of opposition from Speaker Joe Cannon.
The Act is also controversial because it provides that if a cabinet officer becomes Acting President, he serves only until a new Speaker of the House or a new President Pro Tempore of the Senate is chosen, who would then replace him as Acting President.
However he was elected Speaker of the Parliament in 1907, largely because the majority Social Democrats considered him " the best-known opponent of illegality ".
An example of this is the JAMBOX, which is marketed as a " Smart Speaker " because it can also function as a speakerphone for voice calls in addition to being an audio playback device.
In 1811, he was elected Speaker on January 29, but could not attend the session after February 10 because of ill health.
However, the name " Speaker " is a misnomer, because, being telepaths, the use of actual speech is quite unnecessary.
Bond was asked by the Governor if he could form a government and said that he could not because he would have to elect a government member as Speaker.
* On 20 April 2006, accusing Deputy Speaker Sir Alan Haselhurst of leniency towards remarks made by opposition frontbencher Theresa May " because she's a Tory ".
Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert favored Dreier for the position, presumably because Dreier has consistently adhered to the views of the Republican leadership and would have been willing to relinquish the title immediately should DeLay be able to return to the Majority Leader position.
Thomas Abernethy of Mississippi said that Rayburn was the most influential Speaker in history because he could " work with liberals and conservatives, ran the House with a firm hand but was generous.
After Newt Gingrich resigned as Speaker in part because of Republican losses in the 1998 elections, majority leader Dick Armey and majority whip Tom DeLay had opted not to contest the Speaker's chair.
Bercow's election as Speaker was controversial because he is believed to have had the support of very few MPs from his own Party.
He was the first Speaker to resign because of a scandal.

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