Episode 15: Mr. Speaker

Many Things Considered by Marc Johnson

May 10, 201833:53Government & Organizations

The Speaker of the House of Representatives is quitting, not forced out by scandal or defeated for re-election, but quitting after only a little more than two years in office. In historical terms that is very unusual. In...

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