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Unlike in Westminster style legislatures or as with the Senate Majority Leader, the House Majority Leader's duties and prominence vary depending upon the style and power of the Speaker of the House. Typically, the Speaker does not participate in debate and rarely votes on the floor. In some cases, Majority Leaders have been more influential than the Speaker; notably Tom DeLay who was more prominent than Speaker Dennis Hastert. In addition, Speaker Newt Gingrich delegated to Dick Armey an unprecedented level of authority over scheduling legislation on the House floor.

The current Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, of the United States House of Representatives serves as floor leader of the opposition party, and is the counterpart to the Majority Leader. Unlike the Majority Leader, the Minority Leader is on the ballot for Speaker of the House during the convening of the Congress. If the Minority Leader's party takes control of the House, and the party officers are all re-elected to their seats, the Minority Leader is usually the party's top choice for Speaker for the next Congress, while the Minority Whip is typically in line to become Majority Leader. The Minority Leader usually meets with the Majority Leader and the Speaker to discuss agreements on controversial issues.
1. What was Nancy Pelosi's title?
2. Where?
3. What is her relation to the Majority Leader?
4. She is the floor leader for which party?
5. Is the Minority Leader listed on a ballot?
6. For what?
7. When?
8. Who is the number one choice for Speaker?
9. How many people get together to talk about issues that are controversial?
10. Who?
11. Does the Speaker of the House take part in debates?
12. How often do they vote?
13. Who did Newt Gingrich give some authority to?
14. Was it a lot?
15. What was he doing with it?
16. Whas Newt a Majority Leader?
17. Whas Dick?
18. What was Newt?
19. Are the Majority Leaders duties set in stone?
20. What do they depend on?

Numbered answers:
1. Minority Leader
2. United States House of Representatives
3. counterpart to the Majority Leader.
4. opposition party
5. Yes
6. Speaker of the House
7. the convening of the Congress
8. usually the Minority Leader
9. Three
10. The Minority Leader, Majority Leader and the Speaker
11. Typically not
12. rarely
13. Dick Armey
14. Yes
15. scheduling legislation on the House floor.
16. No
17. Yes
18. Speaker
19. No
20. the style and power of the Speaker of the House.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN) -- The father of a 7-year-old girl abducted and killed near her north Georgia home this month said Sunday he is "relieved" to have his daughter back in Puerto Rico, where she will be buried this week.

A funeral for Jorelys Rivera will be held Monday in Penuelas, her father, Ricardo Galarza, said. The burial will take place Tuesday, he said.

Services were held Saturday for mourners in Georgia before her body was flown to Puerto Rico.

Galarza told CNN last week that he last saw his daughter two years ago, when she visited for the summer. She was supposed to visit for Christmas this year, Galarza said.

Jorelys disappeared December 2 near a playground at a Canton, Georgia, apartment complex. Searchers found her body in a trash bin three days later. Authorities have accused 20-year-old Ryan Brunn -- a maintenance worker at the complex -- of killing her.

Jorelys died of blunt force trauma to the head and was stabbed and sexually assaulted, according to authorities.

A date for Brunn's arraignment has not been set. David Cannon Sr., one of Brunn's court-appointed attorneys, has said that his client will plead not guilty.

1. who died?
2. how old was she?
3. did she die of natural causes?
4. how did she die?
5. where is the funeral?
6. what country is that in?
7. who caused her death?
8. his age?
9. does he admit guilt?
10. does he have representation in court?
11. who?
12. before her death did the deceased go missing?
13. when?
14. from where?
15. who located her remains?
16. where?
17. 5 days after she went missing?
18. how many days after?
19. is a relative mentioned in the story?

Numbered answers:
1. Jorelys Rivera
2. 7-years-old
3. No
4. She died of blunt force trauma to the head and was stabbed
5. Penuelas
6. Puerto Rico
7. Ryan Brunn
8. 20-years-old
9. No
10. Yes
11. David Cannon Sr.
12. Yes
13. She disappeared December 2
14. near a playground at a Canton, Georgia, apartment complex
15. Searchers
16. in a trash bin
17. No
18. three days later
19. her father

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CHAPTER XIX

WHAT HAPPENED TO TOM AND SAM

Let us return to Tom and Sam, at the time they were left alone at Binoto's hostelry.

"I wish we had gone with Dick and Uncle Randolph," said Tom, as he slipped into his coat and shoes. "I don't like this thing at all."

"Oh, don't get scared before you are hurt, Tom!" laughed his younger brother. "These people out here may be peculiar, but --"

Sam did not finish. A loud call from the woods had reached his ears, and in alarm he too began to dress, at the same time reaching for his pistol and the money belt which Randolph Rover had left behind.

"I -- I guess something is wrong," he went on, after a pause. "If we -"

"Tom! Sam! look out fo' yourselves!" came from Aleck, and in a second more the negro, burst on their view. "Come, if yo' is dressed!" he added.

"Where to?" asked Tom hurriedly.

"Anywhar, Massah Tom. De others is took prisoners! Come!" And Aleck almost dragged the boy along.

The Rover boys could readily surmise that Aleck would not act in this highly excited manner unless there was good cause for it. Consequently, as Sam said afterward, "They didn't stand on the order of their going, but just flew." Pell-mell out of the hostelry they tumbled, and ran up the highway as rapidly as their nimble limbs would permit.

They heard several men coming after them, and heard the command "Halt!" yelled after them in both French and bad English. But they did not halt until a sudden tumble on Tom's part made the others pause in dismay.
1. Was Tom getting undressed?
2. Who was he talking to?
3. Are they related?
4. How?
5. What did they hear in the forest?
6. Who arrived to warn them?
7. What race was he?
8. What did he say occurred to the rest of them?
9. What was the sibling's last name?
10. Where were they going to leave from?
11. How many men fell on their tracks?
12. Did they tell the brothers to stop?
13. Whose money belt did they have?
14. Did the men chasing them speak the same tongue?
15. In which did they speak?
Numbered answers:
1. No
2. Sam
3. Yes
4. Brothers
5. loud call
6. Aleck
7. negro
8. took prisoners
9. Rover
10. Binoto's hostelry
11. several men
12. yes
13. Randolph Rover
14. No
15. French and bad English