Then a couple of calls where the speaker had decided not to say anything.
It wasn't often that a Speaker decided to get married.
The Speaker decides on the agenda to be taken up for discussion during the meeting.
Our wonderful new Speaker decided he was a security risk at the rehab center.
Dissenters were allowed to dole out only $50,000, leaving the Speaker to decide how the rest would be spent.
Another committee member said, "There's no question the Speaker has decided that we cannot hang back any longer on taxes."
Some Dutch speakers therefore decided to raise their children in French.
If the Speaker decides to stand for re-election he is automatically elected, without a contest.
The Speaker decided who may speak and had the powers to discipline members who break the procedures of the house.
The speaker decides who may speak and has the powers to discipline members who break the procedures of the house.