Michel gave his thoughts earlier on developing rankings of some ways we may use to evaluate which Speakers wielded the most power.  For me, it’s not just about having and using power, it’s just as important to use the power effectively.  Speakers that merely attempt to control the actions of the other Representatives in the […]

We’re proposing to measure and rank the relative influence of each Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, to develop so-called “Power Rankings” for this critical position near the top of the United States government’s power structure. As I started collecting data, I hit one of the key questions that we need to answer if […]