Which may be why Mr Hemming's point of order on super-injunctions this week was twice cut off by the Speaker - who said he would discuss it in private, but not in the Chamber.
Author and speaker Allan Bacon insists that blowing off work -- the most unimportant work -- can be beneficial.
What we have seen, unfortunately, is that very early on in the process, I believe it was the Speaker who announced that revenue was off the table, basically declaring that the vast majority of the American people, their ideas for how this should be done were irrelevant.
The speaker, in fact, is shutting off part of herself from the audience.
Congressional leaders met with Paulson in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office just off the Capitol rotunda shortly after 3 p.m.
He is proving to be a talented flesh-presser and off-the-cuff speaker.
At the same time, Napolitano fired off a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid warning they'd better be sure that the federal pilot program can handle the coming volume from Arizona and other states likely to follow its lead.
The Festival kicks off with a scientific symposium, featuring keynote speaker Jeffrey Lieberman, M.
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In particular, the company is showing off its first ruggedized product, the Wireless Weatherproof Speaker.
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The radio audience had just heard a half-hour program with Conan interviewing Koppel about the documentary. (It was prerecorded.) Ted Koppel considered kicking off his live town meeting by identifying the last speaker in the documentary, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and then announcing the town meeting.
Asda have introduced a loud speaker system called Space Hog around its disabled car park paces which goes off whenever someone parks in one of these spots.
With the GOP leadership already showing signs of disarray, the Thursday defeat adds to the heat House Speaker Newt Gingrich is getting from conservative members for suggesting tax cuts be put off in the interests of balancing the federal budget.
When Miller kicked off his campaign in November, GOP Gov. Pete Wilson was his keynote speaker.
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He was even able to activate a second speaker by drawing a line to it, then "cutting" the line to shut it off.
Among the sparks for the White House session was House Speaker Newt Gingrich's plan to temporarily take his party's sweeping tax cut demand off the table, putting his energy first into reaching a balanced budget agreement.
When the committee handed down its verdict last week, Gingrich got off with a reprimand, not the censure that would have required him to step down as Speaker.
Senate Republicans say Mr. Boehner had signed off on the two-month extension, but House Members revolted over the weekend and so the Speaker flipped within 24 hours.
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