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Speaker of the United States House of Representatives The Constitution does not require that the Speaker be an elected House Representative, though every Speaker so far has been an elected Member of the House.[3] The Speaker is second in the United States presidential line of succession, after the Vice President and ahead of the President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate.[4]
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives In modern practice, the Speaker is chosen by the majority party from among its senior leaders either when a vacancy in the office arrives or when the majority party changes. Previous Speakers have been minority leaders (when the majority party changes, as they are already the House party leader, and as the minority leader are usually their party's nominee for Speaker), or majority leaders (upon departure of the current Speaker in the majority party), assuming that the party leadership hierarchy is followed. In the past, other candidates have included chairpersons of influential standing committees.
Freedom Caucus The House Freedom Caucus does not disclose the names of its members.[46] In the current (115th) Congress, the group has about three dozen members.[46] A number of members have identified themselves, or have been identified by others, as members of the Freedom Caucus, as of JulyÂ 2018[update] including:
Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as "Washington", "the District", or simply "D.C.", is the capital of the United States.