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 The speaker is responsible for ensuring that the House passes legislation supported by the majority party. In pursuing this goal, the speaker may use their influence over the [[United States House Committee on Rules|Rules committee]], which [[United States House Committee on Rules#Special rules|is in charge of the business of the House]]. The speaker chairs the majority party's House steering committee, which selects the majority members of each House standing committee, including the Rules committee (although it's worth to note their appointment to the said committees must be ratified by a resolution of the full House).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46786/1|title=Rules Governing House Committee and Subcommittee Assignment Procedures}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RS/RS20930/4|title=House Leadership Structure: Overview of Party Organization}}</ref> While the speaker is the functioning head of the House majority party, the same is not true of the president ''pro tempore'' of the Senate, whose office is primarily ceremonial and honorary.
-When the speaker and the president belong to the same party, the speaker tends to play the role in a more ceremonial light, as seen when [[Dennis Hastert]] played a very restrained role during the presidency of fellow Republican [[George W. Bush]].{{Cn|date=October 2023}} Nevertheless, when the speaker and the president belong to the same party, there are also times that the speaker plays a much larger role, and the speaker is tasked, e.g., with pushing through the agenda of the majority party, often at the expense of the minority opposition. This can be seen, most of all, in the speakership of [[Democratic-Republican]] [[Henry Clay]], who personally ensured the presidential victory of fellow Democratic-Republican [[John Quincy Adams]]. Democrat [[Sam Rayburn]] was a key player in the passing of [[New Deal]] legislation under the presidency of fellow Democrat [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]. Republican [[Joseph Gurney Cannon]] (under [[Theodore Roosevelt]]) was particularly infamous for his marginalization of the minority Democrats and centralizing of authority to the speakership. In more recent times, Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] played a role in continuing the push for health care reform during the presidency of fellow Democrat [[Barack Obama]] and in pushing for increases in infrastructure and climate spending during the presidency of Democrat [[Joe Biden]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2010/03/pelosi-steeled-wh-for-health-push-034753|title=Nancy Pelosi steeled White House for health push – Carrie Budoff Brown and Glenn Thrush|last1=Thrush|first1=Glenn|date=March 20, 2010|work=[[Politico]]|access-date=December 6, 2011|last2=Brown|first2=Carrie Budoff|author-link=Glenn Thrush|author-link2=Carrie Budoff Brown|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194745/https://www.politico.com/story/2010/03/pelosi-steeled-wh-for-health-push-034753|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Annie Grayer, Manu Raju and Clare Foran |title=Congress passes $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, delivering major win for Biden |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/05/politics/house-votes-infrastructure-build-back-better/index.html |access-date=September 2, 2022 |work=CNN|date=November 5, 2021 }}</ref>
+When the speaker and the president belong to the same party, the speaker tends to play the role in a more ceremonial light, as seen when [[Dennis Hastert]] played a very restrained role during the presidency of fellow Republican [[George W. Bush]].{{Cn|date=October 2023}} Nevertheless, when the speaker and the president belong to the same party, there are also times that the speaker plays a much larger role, and the speaker is tasked, e.g., with pushing through the agenda of the majority party, often at the expense of the minority opposition. This can be seen, most of all, in the speakership of [[Democratic-Republican]] [[Henry Clay]], who personally ensured the presidential victory of fellow Democratic-Republican [[John Quincy Adams]]. Democrat [[Sam Rayburn]] was a key player in the passing of [[New Deal]] legislation under the presidency of fellow Democrat [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]. Republican [[Joseph Gurney Cannon]] (under Theodore Roosevelt) was particularly infamous for his marginalization of the minority Democrats and centralizing of authority to the speakership. In more recent times, Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] played a role in continuing the push for health care reform during the presidency of fellow Democrat [[Barack Obama]] and in pushing for increases in infrastructure and climate spending during the presidency of Democrat [[Joe Biden]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2010/03/pelosi-steeled-wh-for-health-push-034753|title=Nancy Pelosi steeled White House for health push – Carrie Budoff Brown and Glenn Thrush|last1=Thrush|first1=Glenn|date=March 20, 2010|work=[[Politico]]|access-date=December 6, 2011|last2=Brown|first2=Carrie Budoff|author-link=Glenn Thrush|author-link2=Carrie Budoff Brown|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194745/https://www.politico.com/story/2010/03/pelosi-steeled-wh-for-health-push-034753|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Annie Grayer, Manu Raju and Clare Foran |title=Congress passes $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, delivering major win for Biden |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/05/politics/house-votes-infrastructure-build-back-better/index.html |access-date=September 2, 2022 |work=CNN|date=November 5, 2021 }}</ref>
 [[File:President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H. W. Bush meet with Tip O'Neill.jpg|thumb|upright=.90|Speaker [[Tip O'Neill]] meeting with President [[Ronald Reagan]] and Vice President [[George H. W. Bush]] on June 1, 1981.]]