Despite strains of Sunni disenfranchisement, Sunni Arab politicians hold powerful posts in government, including speaker of Parliament, deputy prime minister and vice president.
We are especially encouraged that Sunnis — disenfranchised after boycotting the 2005 election — were given several top posts, including speaker of Parliament.
The involvement of people like Dick Armey in the Tea Party movement led many Democrats, including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, to dismiss the significance of the activism as a creation of right-wing moguls.
By Ryan Lizza November 24, 2017 Trump's upcoming meeting on Tuesday with congressional leaders from both parties, including Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, is meant to avoid a December 8th government shutdown.
Although the Communists never actually joined a coalition government, they supported (mainly by abstaining during votes of no confidence) ones led by the Christian Democrats from 1976 to 1979 and were given several key institutional posts, including speaker of the Chamber of Deputies.
4. (SBU) Yet prominent members of the CTA, including Speaker of Parliament Penpa Tsering and Minister of the Department of Information and International Relations Kesang Takla, expressed frustration to PolOff with what they termed as the "arrogant" display by the Chinese officials who listed the Dalai Lama's return to Tibet as the sole issue on the dialogue's agenda.
Cruz and others, including Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, also complained that the bill wasn't really for emergency spending because it covered things like improving forecasts and repairing damaged infrastructure in a way that protected it against the next storm.
Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, a week after the Republican convention, the Democrats had a number of candidates contesting the nomination, including speaker of the House Champ Clark and former president of Princeton University Woodrow Wilson, who had a progressive record as governor of New Jersey.
Top Congressional leaders, including Speaker of the House John Boehner, declined invitations to the January dinner because of China's egregious human rights record.
Of course, it's worth nothing that there has been some progress to fight corruption -- 125 people have already been charged, including speaker of the lower house of Congress Eduardo Cunha, in part due to President Rousseff's anti-corruption legislation.
