Ill show you which towns will be freezing. An arsenal inside a mans home and how officers discovered armory and what they will do with all the guns. All that ahead. First tonight a loud bang resulting in a home burned to ashes. Good evening everyone, im joy lim nakrin. And im blair miller. Firefighters rushed into that home in taunton that now sits in a pile of ash and rubble. Tonight fox 25s ted daniels live in taunton where neighbors say it came out of nowhere, ted . Reporter the explosion was felt blocks away, joy and blair, within about 15 minutes the fire was through the roof already past the point of no return. The homeowner lost everything but her life. Reporter a image we pulled from google maps shows 40 christine lane before it disappeared in a ball of angry orange flames. Fire pours through every door and window of the two story colonial. Probably about 30, 40. Reporter with fox 25 they have never been so close to something so intense. The only thing it was like. Reporter pau
The twoparty system developed the speaker it became the leader of the Majority Party with political ramifications. The constitution is silent on this. The powers of the speaker is what the speaker can make of them, and that is the unique part. Some speakers exercise great power, even rivaling the presidency in terms of setting the National Agenda. But also 100 years ago, two powerful republicans, Thomas Brackett reed and joe cannon of illinois they were powerful figures who set the agenda of the country. The first speaker, bill and berg of pennsylvania, in the first congress, he simply was the presiding officer. He was paid two dollars more than the other members, six dollars a day. And for that eight dollars a day, he said, oh, i spent most of it on things for the members. He did not feel like it was much of a bonus. He felt like he was losing money on the deal. But even he felt like he was elevated above the members. What does this say about the speakers authority . The speaker is Gr
We hear first about the house speakers role from raymond smock. The constitution requires the house of representatives to choose a speaker. What is the speakers job . Speaker has a big job and its evolved over a long period of time, over 200 years. It started out as a Constitutional Office because the constitution says the house will choose the speaker and other officers and there were no other duties mentioned. And it was assumed, since the founders knew all about speakers from colonial legislatures and from the British Parliament going back to the 13th century what a speaker was. A speaker was a presiding officer. But in our congress the speaker was not only a presiding officer, he quickly became a powerful person because he appointed committees and evolved, as Party Systems evolved, the first congresses didnt have organized parties as a twoparty system developed, the speaker became the leader of the Majority Party and took on political ramifications. The constitution is silent on th
He is the highestranking officer of the opposite party and therefore the spokesman for the other party, visavis the president. The speakers also have at various times had great power to bring legislation to the floor. That is handled by other committees, but with the speakers sayso. They control the agenda. The Majority Party controls the agenda and the speaker has the final authority. What qualities do you think make for a successful speaker . The best speakers through history have been those who have tried to find a way to be problem solvers, to be compromisers, to work with president s of their own party and opposite party. Those who understand the relationship with the chairman of the committees of the house. That is a tough job, to balance all those forces. Speakers do not always have complete control of their own caucus. There are divisions in the system. The house runs by the numbers for the most part. If you have the majority, you can push the legislation of the Majority Party.
Chuse. They even spelled it 18th century style. Choose its speaker and other offices. There were no other duties mentioned. It was assumed since the founders knew all about speakers from colonial ledge islators that what the speaker was. A presiding officer, but in our congress the speaker was not only a presiding officer, he quickly became the powerful person because he appointed committees. And that evolved as Party Systems evolved, First Congress didnt have organized parties the twoparty system developed the speaker became the leader of the majority party. And took on political ramifications. The constitution is very silent on this of the powers. The power of the speaker are what the speaker can make of them and thats the unique part of it and some have exercised great power where they even rivalled the presidency in terms of setting the National Agenda. Most of those in recent times, but also 100 years ago, two powerful republican speakers, thomas bracket reed and joe cannon of ill