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Quick Facts: What Does the Speaker of the House Do?

Quick Facts: What Does the Speaker of the House Do?

The Speaker of the House is the most visible and authoritative spokesperson for the majority party in the House. Speakers articulate an agenda and explain legislative action to other Washington officials as well as the public.
A Teddy Roosevelt History Lesson for the GOP and Trump

A Teddy Roosevelt History Lesson for the GOP and Trump

Teddy Roosevelt wanted the limelight that went with the presidency again and announced that he would run against the incumbent president of his own party, a longtime close friend and colleague whose nomination he had engineered four years earlier.
Cultivating Human Farming Practices and Wisdom From Ants

Cultivating Human Farming Practices and Wisdom From Ants

Agricultural pest management has focused on genetically engineering crops to produce their own pesticides, but the lesson from 55 million years of ant agriculture is to leverage living microorganisms to make useful products.