The Cannon Centenary Conference
Subtitle: the changing nature of the speakership : Cannon House Office Building, Wednesday, November 12, 2003
By: compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing.
Contributors: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Printing.
Series: House document / 108th Congress, 2d session -- 108-204.; House document (United States. Congress. House) -- 108-204.
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O.; For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: United States. -- Congress. -- House -- Speakers -- Congresses.; United States. -- Congress. -- House -- History -- Congresses.
Other titles: Changing nature of the speakership.
Notes: Distributed to depository libraries in paper only.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: pt. 1, The changing nature of the speakership. Introduction; The O'Neill speakership; The Wright speakership; Reflections on the role of the Speaker in the modern day House of Representatives; The Foley speakership; The historical speakership; The Gingrich speakership.  pt. 2, Perspectives on the speakership. ch. 1, The speakership in historical perspective; ch. 2, Speakers Reed, Cannon, and Gingrich: catalysts of institutional and procedural change; ch. 3, The Speaker of the House and the Committee on Rules; ch. 4, The Speaker and the Senate; ch. 5, The Speaker and the press; ch. 6, The Speaker and the President: conflict and cooperation; ch. 7, Speakers, presidents, and national emergencies; ch. 8, The changing speakership; pt. 3, Appendices.