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Speaker Johnson’s choice to lead by following the president goes against 200 years of House speakers building up the office’s power

  • Written by SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Politics, University of Virginia
Speaker Johnson’s choice to lead by following the president goes against 200 years of House speakers building up the office’s powerHouse Speaker Mike Johnson has given a lot of effort to pushing the agenda of President Donald Trump.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

When the framers of what became the U.S. Constitution set out to draft the rules of our government on a hot, humid day in the summer of 1787, debates over details raged on.

But one thing the men agreed on was the power of...

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