Context: When the White House is controlled by the House majority party, then the House minority leader assumes a larger role in formulating alternatives to executive branch initiatives and in acting as a national spokesperson for his or her party. "As Minority Leader during [President Lyndon Johnson's] Democratic administration, my responsibility has been to propose Republican alternatives," said Minority Leader Gerald Ford, R-MI. Greatly outnumbered in the House, Minority Leader Ford devised a political strategy that allowed Republicans to offer their alternatives in a manner that provided them political protection. As Ford explained:

Question: What is the difference in role for Minority leader when majority party holds white house?
Answer: assumes a larger role in formulating alternatives to executive branch initiatives and in acting as a national spokesperson for his or her party

Question: What was Gerald Ford's role as minority leader under Johnson administration?
Answer: propose Republican alternatives

Question: What did Ford's alternatives provide for republican's?
Answer: political protection

Question: During what administration was Gerald Ford President?
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Question: What alternatives did Lyndon Johnson propose?
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Question: What did Johnson want to provide for Republicans as Minority Leader?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What does the President usually act as spokesperson for?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What role does the executive branch assume when the house is controlled by the Republicans?
Answer: Unanswerable