I’ve got some questions

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Nov 142006
 

I never took a civics course, so I never learned a lot of things I should have. And now I feel like they are so obvious that I shouldn’t admit that I never learned them. But as a public service to anyone else who may be equally ignorant and too ashamed to admit it in public I will ask anyway (rather than just spend an hour figuring it out via Wikipedia).

What is the difference between the Speaker of the House, the Majority Leader of the House, and the Majority Whip? I mean, I know that they are different, and I’ve got some general suspicions, but I don’t really have a strong idea of how it all works. And will the answer to that query explain to me what the Minority Leader and Minority Whip do? And are there other positions that I should be asking about also?

And how embarrassed should I be that I don’t already know these things?

 Posted by JHW at 5:02 pm
  • http://laustintexas.blogspot.com Fletch

    The Speaker is the most powerful position in the House. S/He has actual administrative control over what happens in the House, what comes to the floor for a vote, etc. The majority/minority leader is in part an honorific title for someone who works to contruct legislation and move forward the majority/minority’s legislation. The whip works to find support for the bills (getting vote counts, etc.)

    Does that help you yella-bellied commie?

  • http://www.en-dash.com Jake

    Yes! Thanks for the assistance.

   
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