Confession: I don’t remember who spoke at my college graduation. I vaguely remember that it was a guy, but I can’t tell you what he said. When I asked my Facebook friends and followers about their memories, several were able to name the speaker but few could recall the message. Read full article > >

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You, too, could be a commencement speaker

The Speaker appeared to be left speechless after the prime minister referred to Ed Balls as a “muttering idiot”.

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VIDEO: Speaker makes PM withdraw ‘idiot’ jibe

Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner drew a hard line in the sand this week, renewing a battle over the debt ceiling unless President Barack Obama agreed to significant budget cuts during what may be a lame-duck session after the November elections.

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Do voters want moderates out of D.C.?

Speaker John A. Boehner set the stage for a bruising election-year showdown on fiscal policy while Mitt Romney hit President Obama hard on his fiscal stewardship in a speech in Des Moines.

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Republicans Pledge New Standoff on Debt Limit

Washington braced Tuesday for a replay of last summer’s tense battle over the burgeoning national debt as House Speaker John A. Boehner threatened again to block an increase in the federal debt ceiling without significant new cuts in spending. Read full article > >

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Boehner threatens another debt-ceiling fight

Chants of “shame on you” from gay rights supporters thundered through the Colorado House on Tuesday night after Republican House Speaker Frank McNulty said legislation to allow civil unions won’t get a vote.

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Colorado Lawmakers Reach Impasse on Civil Unions

Naomi Grimley has been to meet the Speaker for a tour of his official rooms inside the Palace of Westminster.

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VIDEO: Speaker of the House shows off his bed

The City Council speaker Christine C. Quinn said name-calling was “not appropriate” in a democracy, demanded an apology, and left when no one stepped forward.

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Quinn Quits Living-Wage Rally After Bloomberg Is Insulted

Found a new keynote speaker.

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NAACP Uninvites West Over Communist Charges

The former speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Lord Alderdice, has been asked to lead a new initiative aimed at resolving parade disputes in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast.

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Alderdice to lead parade group

Parliamentary speaker Dioncounda Traore is sworn in as Mali’s interim president, after last month’s coup – and threatens “total war” on northern rebels.

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Mali leader threatens ‘total war’

One of the signposts of excess at the now-infamous 2010 General Services Administration conference in Las Vegas was an evening of entertainment by a “mentalist” who combined motivational talk with fortuneteller theatrics. Read full article > >

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An inspiring GSA speaker roster

You can tell House Speaker John A. Boehner isn’t running for president. On Tuesday morning when he was asked to respond to a comment Mitt Romney made that Russia is the United States’ number one geopolitical foe, Boehner began by advancing an increasingly unusual theory in American politics. Read full article > >

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John Boehner offers veiled critique of Mitt Romney’s Russia comments

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has only won two of the 21 states that have voted so far in the 2012 Republican presidential primary process. He hasn’t finished above third in 17 of the other 19 contests. Read full article > >

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Why Newt Gingrich shouldn’t drop out

Commons Speaker John Bercow says the public will think they are being “fleeced” by having to pay £30,000 a year for 12 fig plants in a parliamentary building.

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