The Speaker is the most powerful position in the House. The Speaker has the power of the gavel and the podium. Strong Speakers have rules the House with an iron fist in the past. Sam Rayburn, Joseph Cannon, Henry Clay were all powerful leaders of the House.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives Cannon and Rayburn have Congressional buildings named after them. On 11/16/06, Casey wrote: > > On 11/16/06, Jerry wrote: > > > > http://speaker.house.gov/features/role.asp > > > > On 11/16/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > What's the role of the Speaker of the House, then? > > > Great, a useless position! > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:220878 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
