House Speaker Contest

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Yes, but this power is not as absolute as the Senate Majority Leader’s. The House has the “discharge petition” process to allow a majority of the house to force a vote on a measure.

Ninja’ed! Here’s Wikipedia on Discharge Petitions, if anyone’s curious; I was just reading up on them myself. This could be a very powerful tactic for Democrats, if there’s a weak Speaker.