Speaker of the House

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Speaker of the House is a political term referring to a number of people:

• In Britain, the Speaker of the House of Commons is the individual elected to preside over the elected House of Commons.
• As of 2000, this is Michael Martin (Labour), MP for Springburn, Glasgow, who has held the position throughout the whole of the Parliaments of 2001, 2005 and some of 2010.
• In the USA, the Speaker of the House of Representatives presides over the Lower House of Congress, the House of Representatives
• When the 110th Congress was returned, Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, assumed this post. She sits for California's 8th congressional district.
• In Britain it may be erroneously used as "Speaker of the House of Lords" when in fact that title should be Lord Speaker

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