Evaluating the effectiveness of Speakers requires us to take long trips back through history. Back to the late 1700s and the first Congresses and there difficult days of learning to govern our unique country. To Henry Clay and the evolution of the role of Speaker as a chief political leader for both Congress and the […]

In the patriotic summer of 1776, the United States of America was about to reach a crucial turning point. The colonies had declared their independence from Great Britain. War was coming. And in the heat of all these changes, a critical point of tension was about to be resolved: What should the new country’s official […]

The Speaker of the House is second in line for the Presidency but often seems to be overlooked by the general public.  Speakers are selected every 2 years by the majority party in the House of Representatives.  Generally, their role is administrative and their power is derived from their ability to control the flow of […]