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Householder, a farmer and businessman in Glenford, has led the GOP-controlled Ohio House since January 2019. He previously held the speaker’s gavel 2001 to 2004 but left due to term limits. He returned to the House in January 2017 and mounted a campaign to become the first lawmaker to recapture the speakership in nearly six …

ATLANTA – Georgia House Speaker David Ralston, behind a panel of Plexiglass at the front of the House chamber, broke one more tradition during a legislative session of firsts thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. “We do not have the small army of custodians coming through the chamber this evening,” Ralston said addressing the full House …

The new Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Alex Maskey MLA (PA) SDLP’s Eastwood accuses Sinn Fein of breaking agreement over Assembly Speaker BelfastTelegraph.co.uk SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has claimed Sinn Fein back tracked on an agreement for Patsy McGlone to be the new Assembly Speaker. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/sdlps-eastwood-accuses-sinn-fein-of-breaking-agreement-over-assembly-speaker-38856391.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/403f6/38853006.ece/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_8db2c273-da86-46ea-a5d8-ca088b4a2996_1 Email SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has claimed …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is making President Donald Trump squirm. Pelosi’s refusal to transmit the articles of impeachment against Trump to the Senate has robbed the president of what he wants most: “total and complete exoneration” following a trial. Asked about Trump’s mind-set in recent days, one Republican strategist in frequent contact with the White …

Number crunchers say Johnson may have the votes to narrowly get approval for his deal, though amendments may complicate its passage. Citing parliamentary convention, Bercow said Parliament would not vote Monday on the deal Johnson negotiated with his European counterparts, because the government’s motion was “in substance the same” as the one lawmakers had considered …

LONDON — House of Commons Speaker John Bercow ruled Monday that the government could not ask lawmakers to vote again on the Brexit deal, in the latest blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. With Johnson facing another crunch week in Britain’s ongoing Brexit saga, and after the prime minister hammered out an agreement with the …

Organisers at the Australian Cyber Conference in Melbourne asked a speaker to edit his speech on Australia’s anti-encryption legislation, after they had dropped two other speakers, who were delivering talks related to whistleblowing, from the line-up at the last minute. Guardian Australia has learned that Ted Ringrose, partner with legal advice firm Ringrose Siganto was …

KAREN VIBERT-KENNEDY/Sun-Gazette Dr. Richard Dowell, a clinical neuropsychologist with UPMC Susquehanna ,speaks at The Elder & Special Needs Resource Center in Williamsport on Thursday. Speaking on the topic of resiliency across the lifespan as it relates to mental health and wellness, Richard E. Dowell Jr., a clinical neuropsychologist at UPMC, detailed causes of less than …

The Speaker John Bercow has led protests to Parliament being prorogued. Mr Bercow said he would take part in the legal process – but spoke to oppose the suspension before going to the House of Lords. MPs scuffled around the Speaker’s chair and held up signs warning that they were silenced. Mr Bercow gave a …

We’re getting a better look at the long-awaited portable bluetooth speaker from Sonos thanks to a slew of new images posted by WinFuture. The German publication that specializes in Microsoft leaks has posted what it says are “official marketing images” of the new speaker, while also giving us a name for product S17: Sonos Move. …