Ok, i seem to have a gap in my knowledge of US Government here.....I'd always thought the Speaker of the House was the same as the "House Majority Leader"...didn't know they were two different people.
What's the role of the Speaker of the House, then? On 11/16/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > WASHINGTON - House Democrats on Thursday chose Maryland Rep. Steny > Hoyer (news, bio, voting record) to be House majority leader over Rep. > John Murtha (news, bio, voting record), the choice of Rep. Nancy > Pelosi (news, bio, voting record), in line to become speaker. > > Hoyer was elected on a vote of 149-86. > > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061116/ap_on_go_co/congress_leaders > > wasn't even close! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:220810 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
