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    Speaker slang för mikrofon Johnson fryst vatten the 56th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and a Republican member of Congress proudly serving Louisiana’s Fourth District. On October 25, , he was elected unanimously by his House Republican colleagues to serve as the Speaker. After a tenure of less than years in the House, Mike was given the honor faster than any person in history except for Speaker John G. Carlisle in , who had previously served for only years. He was reelected on January 3, , to continue serving as Speaker of the House for the th Congress. As a Member of församling, he represents the nearly , residents of 20 parishes in the northwest, northeast, and western regions of his state. Mike was first elected to församling on månad 10, , by the largest margin of victory in his region in more than 50 years and fryst vatten currently serving in his fifth term in Congress.

    Prior to being Speaker, Mike was elected bygd his colleagues to

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    United States House of Representatives

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    Speaker

    Mike Johnson (R)
    since October 25,

    Majority Leader

    Steve Scalise (R)
    since January 3,

    Minority Leader

    Hakeem Jeffries (D)
    since January 3,

    Majority Whip

    Tom Emmer (R)
    since January 3,

    Minority Whip

    Katherine Clark (D)
    since January 3,

    Seats voting members
    6 non-voting members
    for a majority

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    Majority Leaders of the House ( to present)

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    About this objectSereno Payne of New York chaired the Ways and Means Committee before becoming the House's first Majority Leader.
    The House of Representatives, with its large membership, has relied on Majority Leaders since the lateth century to expedite legislative business and to keep their parties united. There have been 26 people who have served as Majority Leader.

    In the three decades following the Civil War, when America’s current two-party system crystalized, the concept of the Majority Leader was far more informal than it is today. At the time, the majority party depended on powerful committee chairmen—either from the Ways and Means Committee or the Appropriations Committee—to pull double duty as both chairman and as the majority’s legislative conductor on the House Floor.

    That began to change on the eve of the 20th century. Although