He is the highestranking officer of the opposite party and therefore the spokesman for the other party, visavis the president. The speakers also have at various times had great power to bring legislation to the floor. That is handled by other committees, but with the speakers sayso. They control the agenda. The Majority Party controls the agenda and the speaker has the final authority. What qualities do you think make for a successful speaker . The best speakers through history have been those who have tried to find a way to be problem solvers, to be compromisers, to work with president s of their own party and opposite party. Those who understand the relationship with the chairman of the committees of the house. That is a tough job, to balance all those forces. Speakers do not always have complete control of their own caucus. There are divisions in the system. The house runs by the numbers for the most part. If you have the majority, you can push the legislation of the Majority Party.
It may be at the point where it may be right to do that. Dan . The answer in my mind, i guess there is a distinction with triangulation. I guess the president is throwing his party overboard to work with republicans that rarely works. I would suggest to some degree it is not that complicated a question. If you have a divided government and want to get something done, you have got to work with the other party. I draw the contrast to that. I was stills immediate predecessor. President bush left and president obama came in. I can remember being interviewed between the election and inauguration by somebody asking how his job would be different from mine. For me it was fairly straightforward. We didnt get anything done if it didnt get past by the democratic congress. He was going to have a Majority Party of the same party. My comment at the time was it is going to be quite a bit different because he is going to rely on democrats, that he will be criticized. Yet he will be criticized. You go
The numbers are on the screen. A very good morning on a snowy tuesday morning. Headlines about the congress in papers here in washington and around the country. Here in the Washington Times mcconnell letting to take the helm of the senate is the headline there. The starledger, what to expect from a new congress, including health care, invigoration immigration and border. And another headline the crop of young outsiders remakes the face of congress. In the u. S. House, 246 republicans, 188 democrats and one vacancy. That one vacancy, of course, republican my Republican Congressman Michael Grimm of new york who submitted his resignation after a guilty plea in a tax evasion case. Still, republicans start the year with 240 six republicans, the largest gop House Majority 246 republicans, the largest gop House Majority since 1946. The senate makes up 36 states having both from the same party 21 with two republicans and 15 with two democrats. There are also 53 former house members as members
The week ahead will task you with thinking about many of these challenges and considerations that Face Congress and the president every day. With your faculty director, you will explore these issues and attempt to find some Bipartisan Solutions. This seminar is a unique spacebased experiential learning opportunity that very few College Students will ever have. Being here in d. C. Together as a group and engaged in the seminar will allow us to do a deep dive into and to remain focused on the issues at hand. With the help of your faculty director, you are able to tie the remarks of one speaker to another, tie them back to your readings, to Small Group Discussions and to what you of learned. You will have the opportunity to reflect on a great deal of content and do it right here in the laboratory of politics in washington, d. C. I would like to introduce you to your faculty director this week. We are really thrilled to have dr. Bose back and i wish we could clone her and have her lead all
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