Speaker
Summary
The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer (chair) of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the powers to discipline members who break the procedures of the house. The speaker often also represents the body in person, as the voice of the body in ceremonial and some other situations.The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hungerford in the Parliament of England for ; in most other cultures other styles are used, mainly translations of chairman or president.
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Emerge Speaker Shawna Suckow to Share Planner and Supplier Pet Peeves
Shawna Suckow knows how to build bridges. Between planners and suppliers, that is.
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Digital Media Strategies 2013 Speaker Profiles: Trader Media Group Mobile Director Nick Gee
Mobile Director at Trader Media Group since 2009, Nick has developed Auto Trader’s mobile strategy focusing on audience growth, product innovation and monetisation of the mobile platform. Nick’s leadership has seen Trader Media Group’s mobile team win multiple mobile awards for innovation & B2B applications, including – Effective Mobile Marketing 2011, New Media Age 2012, Revolution 2012, econsultancy 2012 and AOP Product Team of the Year 2012.
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If you were John Boehner, you'd cry too
On Thursday, John Boehner survived some conservative defections to narrowly win re-election as Speaker of the House, prompting a predictable display of emotion from the notoriously weepy speaker. With the vote taking place just days after Boehner allowed the House to pass a bill addressing the so-called "fiscal cliff" that was opposed by a majority of.
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The money behind the fiscal cliff hardliners
The fiscal cliff deal reached on Tuesday reflects a depressing new routine in Washington, DC: the federal government lurching from crisis to crisis as basic budget measures are approved only after bitter, down-to-the-wire negotiations. In these debates, Speaker of the House John Boehner has often proven unable to control what the New York Times described as a “new breed.
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Dear Lord, don't sue silly Sally for £50,000
I know I wrote that Lord McAlpine was right to sue the tweeters who defamed him over the Newsnight scandal. But that was because he was said to be demanding only nominal sums to be donated to charity.
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Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year?
At the Time & Life building in New York this afternoon, media types convened over lunch to hear a rather diverse panel of newsmakers—including former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Today show host Matt Lauer, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston, and Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi—discuss who should receive the title of Time magazine’s 2012 Person of the Year.
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Time’s Person of the Year for 2012: Will It Be Lance Armstrong? Twitter? ‘Women’?
In 2006, the cover of Time’s annual Person of the Year issue was a mirror. This year, it might be a blank, judging from the results of an annual panel discussion the magazine holds to debate the possibilities.
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Nevada media pillory Oceguera attack ad
NEVADA — Here in the Silver State, John Oceguera isn’t a household name—although, as the Democratic nominee for the House of Representatives in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District, he’d like to be. Sure, Oceguera’s the Speaker of the state Assembly—but the legislature hasn’t been in session since June of 2011, so he’s not making any headlines in that role.
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GOP-style jobs program
“Here in the House,” Speaker John Boehner announced after meeting with his caucus Wednesday morning, “Republicans are going to continue to stay focused on jobs. ”.
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In Nevada, a candidate’s fecklessness on full display
NEVADA — In this state, where it’s legal to carry an unconcealed handgun, John Oceguera, the Speaker of the Nevada Assembly, didn’t even need to unholster his pistol to shoot himself in the foot. He’d probably prefer to imagine taking aim at the messengers—the political journalists who roasted him on two television programs, and in print, this week.
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