Speaker of the United States House of Representatives by Minority Whip Newt Gingrich. Speaker Gingrich would regularly clash with Democratic President Bill Clinton, leading to the United States federal government shutdown of 1995 and 1996, in which Clinton was largely seen to have prevailed. Gingrich's hold on the leadership was weakened significantly by that and several other controversies, and he faced a caucus revolt in 1997. After the Republicans lost House seats in 1998 (although retaining a majority) he did not stand for a third term as Speaker. His successor, Dennis Hastert, had been chosen as a compromise candidate, since the other Republicans in the leadership were more
Speaker of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) election. As a Member of the House of Representatives, the Speaker has the same rights and obligations. The Speaker leads the meetings of the House. They open and close the meetings and at meetings determines who speaks. The Members of the House and the Cabinet ministers and State secretaries are not supposed to address each other directly, but always address the Speaker instead -as a method to encourage civility. While the Speaker also takes part in the voting (as a regular member of the house), they typically do not participate in the debate itself. Besides leading the meetings, the Speaker