Well said!!!

Apparently being Speaker of the House is not enough, She also wants to be Secretary of State.

This woman is beyond contempt…

Good Post!

To keep this as brief as possible, the other Congressional leaders items were omitted.

Congressional Research Service
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Updated November 29, 2004
Party Leaders in the House:
Election, Duties, and Responsibilities
Thomas P. Carr
Analyst in American National Government
Government and Finance Division

Each major party in the House has a leadership hierarchy. This fact sheet summarizes the election, duties, and responsibilities of the Speaker of the House, the majority and minority leaders, and the whips and whip system. For more information on legislative process, see [http://www.crs.gov/products/guides/guidehome.shtml].

Speaker of the House

The Speaker is elected by the House on the first day of a new Congress. Customarily, the conference of each major party first elects a candidate at early organizational meetings. When the new Congress convenes, each party places the name of its candidate in nomination, and the majority party’s candidate is typically elected.

A rules change adopted at the beginning of the 108th Congress requires the Speaker to submit the names of Members designated to serve as Speaker pro tempore in the event that the speakership becomes vacant, or in the event the Speaker is disabled. House rules invest the Speaker with substantial powers. These duties include:

administering the oath of office to Members;

recognizing Members for the purpose of speaking or making motions;

referring bills and resolutions to committees;

putting questions to a vote of Members;

declaring a quorum (or the absence of one);

counting and declaring all votes;

deciding points of order;

appointing House Members to select and conference committees;

exercising additional committee appointment authority under party
conference rules;

making appointments to fill temporary vacancies in House administrative
offices;

appointing the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole and the Speaker pro
tempore; and signing all bills and resolutions passed by the House.

Traditionally, the Speaker has no formal committee assignments, but serves as an ex officio member of the permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The Speaker infrequently votes or participates in floor debate. Although not prescribed in any formal way, the Speaker is the principal spokesperson for the House and, oftentimes, for the party, taking a leading role in negotiations with the Senate and President.

Within the Republican Party Conference, the Speaker acts as chair of the Steering Committee, which assigns Republican members to committees, subject to conference approval and House election. Under Republican Conference rules, the Speaker makes nominations for the conference’s consideration for membership on the Rules Committee and House Administration Committee, designates their chairs, and also appoints one Member to serve on the Budget Committee. Democratic Caucus rules specify similar appointment procedures when the Democrats are in the majority.

No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.

I believe that means that they can’t be ambassadors, while they serve in Congress.

In any case, according to article 3, section 2, only the Executive branch can make treaties with other powers, providing 2/3 of the Senate concurs. Since Speaker Pelosi isn’t in the Executive branch, or even the Senate her trip is meaningless based on the Constitution.

It’s just another waste of taxpayer money, and another example of overreaching by someone in the legislature.