Question: What was Greece's jobless rate in 2015?
Answer: 24 per cent

Question: What is thought to have eroded Greece's potential output?
Answer: prolonged massive unemployment

Question: Does speaker of the House participate in dbate?
Answer: Typically, the Speaker does not participate in debate

Question: Are snate majority leaders more influential than Speaker of the house??
Answer: Majority Leaders have been more influential than the Speaker

Question: Who did Newt Gingrich delegate much authority to?
Answer: Dick Armey

Question: Who was speaker of the house When Tom Delay was Majority leader?
Answer: Dennis Hastert

Question: Who takes over as Speaker if the minority party gains control of the house?
Answer: Minority Leader is usually the party's top choice for Speaker

Question: What meetings do Minority and Majority leaders usually meet to discuss?
Answer: agreements on controversial issues

Question: Who is he current Minority leader?
Answer: Nancy Pelosi

Question: If minority party takes control of congress, who is usually in link to become majority leader?
Answer: Minority Leader

Question: Are minority leaders usually experienced?
Answer: Minority Leaders are typically experienced lawmakers when they win election to this position

Question: In what congress did Nancy Pelosi bdcome minority leader?
Answer: 108th Congress

Question: How long had Richard Gephart served in house prior to being elected to minority leader?
Answer: 20 years

Question: When was Robert Michel elected minority leader?
Answer: 1981

Question: John Rhodes served as minority leader beginning in what year?
Answer: 1973

Question: Between majority leader and speaker what roles did Boehner have?
Answer: Republican House leader and Minority Leader from 2007 to 2011

Question: What republican majority leader died in a plane crash?
Answer: Hale Boggs

Question: Since 1995 who is the only majority leader to become speaker?
Answer: John Boehner

Question: Who succeeded Newt Gingrich as Speaker?
Answer: Dennis Hastert

Question: Who is the leader of the majority leader in House?
Answer: Speaker

Question: What is the title of seconde in command for majority party in congress?
Answer: Majority Leader

Question: Who overshadowed House Speaker Dennis Hastert?
Answer: Majority Leader Tom DeLay

Question: Who is the leader of the minority party in the House?
Answer: Minority Leader

Question: Does the minority or majority party have more leadership positions in House?
Answer: minority party has one less leadership position

Question: What role did Pelosi win in 112th Congress?
Answer: Minority Leader

Question: What party lost control of House in 2010 elections?
Answer: Democrats

Question: What rule gives minority leader right to offer motion to recommit with instructions?
Answer: Rule XII, clause 6

Question: Who may place legislation on a corrections calendar?
Answer: minority leader

Question: Minority leader may appoint individuals to what government roles?
Answer: certain federal entities.

Question: Are minority leadership roles specified closely?
Answer: are not well-defined

Question: What congressman largely specified the job description of minority leader?
Answer: Representative Bertrand Snell

Question: What despcription was assigned to minority leader in part?
Answer: He is spokesman for his party and enunciates its policies.

Question: What defines a large part of minority leader role?
Answer: tradition and custom

Question: When was the minority leader position created? 
Answer: 20th-century

Question: Why was minority leader position created?
Answer: not always evident who functioned as the opposition floor leader

Question: Who is sometimes considered the first funcioning "Minority Leader?"
Answer: James Madison

Question: Who was Treasury Secretary at time of first congress?
Answer: Alexander Hamilton

Question: In the early days who represented party leadership?
Answer: it was more usual that neither major party grouping (Federalists and Democratic-Republicans) had an official leader

Question: In early 19th century, what were 2 common parties?
Answer: (Federalists and Democratic-Republicans)

Question: What would be the purpose of organizing non majority members of  the house?
Answer: to represent a party comprising a distinct minority

Question: What made identifying House leadership difficult?
Answer: Internal party disunity

Question: How many candidates was typical in early fields for speaker?
Answer: at least twenty different candidates

Question: From 1861 to 1875 how many times was Dmocratic minority speaker not nominated?
Answer: two of these seven Congresses

Question: Why was Keifer discredited/empty leader?
Answer: arbitrarily handed out "choice jobs to close relatives ... all at handsome salaries.

Question: Who's contention is it that the minority party candidate is clearly Minority Leader since 1883?
Answer: Randall Ripley

Question: Although Keifer held minority leader role, who was actual gloof leader?
Answer: Thomas Reed,

Question: Prior to 1883 there is evidence that serious caucus fights occured in what years?
Answer: 1871 and 1873

Question: What prominent ex-speaker was nominated for minority role in 1875?
Answer: James Blaine

Question: What former appropriations chairman was nominated for minority leader in 1876,77,79?
Answer: James A. Garfield

Question: Is there a consensus about the time that minority leadership officially emerged as a position?
Answer: there is disagreement among historical analysts

Question: What party characteristics emerged in the house in late 19th century?
Answer: strong party organization and professional politicians

Question: What were these conditions effective for in the house?
Answer: establishment of a more highly differentiated House leadership structure.

Question: Which party has always elevated minority floor leaders to speakership?
Answer: Democrats

Question: What year did Republicans regain control while Rober Michel was Minority Leader?
Answer: 1994

Question: Why were republicans upset with Mann?
Answer: objecting to their private bills on the floor

Question: What is the leadership structure when party controls house and presidency?
Answer: Speaker normally assumes a lower profile and defers to the President

Question: Is the Senate or the House more partisan?
Answer: more partisan nature of the House

Question: What minority leaders have played prominenct roles to opposing incumbent president?
Answer: Gerald Ford, Richard Gephardt, Nancy Pelosi, and John Boehner

Question: How is the minority leader able to accomplish addition demands and tasks?
Answer: minority leader is provided with extra staff resources—beyond those accorded him or her as a Representative

Question: What influences role of minority leader?
Answer: personality and contextual factors

Question: Obligations for minority leader are stated in what document?
Answer: House rule book.

Question: How many private calendar objector members does minority leader appoint?
Answer: three

Question: What 2 commissions is the minority leader a member of?
Answer: House Office Building Commission; he or she is a member of the United States Capitol Preservation Commission

Question: Who does minority leader have informal ties with for scheduling house matters?
Answer: majority party leaders

Question: According to democratic rules of the 106th congress what committee does minority leader chair?
Answer: Policy Committee

Question: According to democratic rules of the 106th congress what committee does minority leader head?
Answer: Steering Committee

Question: According to democratic rules of the 106th congress what campaign membership do they have?
Answer: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Question: According to democratic rules of the 106th congress what leadership members do they appoint?
Answer: Democratic Leadership Council