Sentence examples for post as speaker from inspiring English sources
Fini also railed at Berlusconi's bid to force him to resign his post as speaker in the lower house.
Speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press," he predicted that Nancy Pelosi would lose her post as Speaker of the House as a result of a new Republican majority.
Various lawmakers said that they would now seek to have Mr. Maranhão removed from his new post as speaker of the lower house, but the effort seems to be fraught with uncertainty and bureaucratic hurdles.
MOSCOW — The chairman of Russia's governing party, United Russia, resigned from his post as speaker of the lower house of Parliament on Wednesday in an apparent effort to quell some of the uproar over perceived fraud in parliamentary elections last week.
A27 NEW YORK/REGION B1-8 Democrats Keep Silver As Leader of Assembly Sheldon Silver, a Democrat from Manhattan, locked up the votes needed to keep his post as speaker of the New York State Assembly, just a few months after facing down a coup attempt by fellow Democrats.
The Intel PAC has donated to high-profile Republican leaders, contributing $10,000 to former House Speaker John Boehner last May, months before Boehner resigned his post as speaker.
He served as head of the Planning and Development Committee for a decade, but lost that post after supporting the ouster of Moira Lyons as speaker.
For the legislative session Ralph Wilcox was chosen as speaker, but he resigned from the post.
"And doesn't support him as speaker".
WASHINGTON — When the 111th Congress convenes Tuesday, Representative Nancy Pelosi will return to her post as House speaker but in an entirely new role.
