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Originally Posted by james0246
The Speaker for the House controls what legislation reaches the floor, as well as the legislative agenda and which legislation is assigned to which committee (committees are also created and housed by the Speaker). The Speaker of the House is the second most powerful person in the Government (technically, the Vice President is, but they seldom do anything but wait for the President to die or to run for the office once the President retires...I'm only partially joking here).
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Wow, that's a pretty strong power there held by one person. Is the speaker chosen by election or chosen by the house member?