TY - BOOK AU - Green,Matthew N. TI - The speaker of the House: a study of leadership SN - 9780300153194 AV - JK1411 .S643 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - New Haven PB - Yale University Press KW - United States KW - Congress KW - House KW - Speakers KW - Leadership KW - Political leadership KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; "An office of great honor and influence": the Speaker of the House of Representatives --; Speaking and voting on the House floor --; Sam Rayburn and John McCormack --; Speaker leadership in the reform and post-reform House --; Leadership beyond the floor, 1941-1998 --; The Hastert speakership --; Goal-oriented leadership: trends and implications; 2; b N2 - Matthew N. Green provides the first comprehensive analysis of how the Speaker of the House has exercised legislative leadership from 1940 to the present. Green finds that the Speaker's party loyalty is tempered by a host of competing objectives, including reelection, passage of desired public policy laws, handling the interests of the president, and meeting the demands of the House as a whole UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=568268&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -