noun, plural subsidies. 1. a direct pecuniary aid furnished by a government to a private industrial undertaking, a charity organization, or the like. 2. a sum paid, often in accordance with a treaty, by one government to another to secure some service in return. 3. a grant or contribution of money.
Brady Postma, No expertise, just good arguments. The Speaker of the House is clearly the most powerful position in the US House of Representatives. The Senate Majority Leader is, in most senses, the most powerful person in the US Senate.
Yet, although the Speaker of the House is an important national office, he or she is not elected by the nation. Instead, the Speaker is elected first, by a single congressional district to serve as their Representative in Congress and subsequently, by a majority vote of the House to hold the office of Speaker.