Tag: Speaker of the House
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The Fight to be Speaker of the House
Since the midterm elections, both parties in the U.S. Senate have chosen their leaders and Republicans in the House of Representatives have chosen theirs. House Democrats have not yet chosen their leaders, which will include the next Speaker of the House. The current leader, Nancy Pelosi, has come under fire from a small but vocal […]
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The Speaker Opts to Leave the House
Speaker Paul Ryan announced last week that he will not run for reelection this year and will leave Congress at the end of his term. Instructors, click the link below to download this week’s lecture for use in your classroom. The deck contains a writing prompt, a debate question, as well as other assessment questions. […]