claim: "we have a guy who is going to be speaker of the house in four years, and his name has been on the ballot one time."
author: scott randolph
evidence_1: one had cities in oregon and texas named after him. ... within four years of this  deadlocked election, congress had passed, and the ... concerned that cabinet  officers had not been elected, it named the house speaker as the first official to ...  at the time about the advanced ages of president pro tempore carl hayden, who  ...
evidence_2: the speaker of the united states house of representatives is the presiding  officer of the united states house of representatives. the office was established  in 1789 by article i, section 2 of the united states ... there have been 14  instances of speaker elections requiring multiple ballots. in most recent election  for speaker ...
evidence_3: nov 7, 2018 ... i will be doing a news conference at the white house - 11:30 a.m. will be ...  nancy pelosi deserves to be chosen speaker of the house by the democrats. ...  in the last 80 years, a sitting president's party has only gained a ... some of their  folks have been in those committees for a long time as chairmen.
evidence_4: 20 hours ago ... republicans wish their recent speakers were as ruthless as nancy pelosi is. ....  prominent women — and men — seeking the same bloc of support, and she will  face strong ... [kevin] mccarthy shot back: 'have i been leader for years?' he said  he had been the top house republican for only 'a short amount of time' and was  ...
evidence_5: apr 11, 2018 ... house speaker paul ryan has announced he will not run for ... means  republicans will have to fill that void in order to keep their majority. ... correction:  an earlier version of this story misstated the time rep. ... she was in that post for  four years starting in 2007. ... “i wouldn't rule it out,” scalise told politico.