3)Member officials:The party with a majority of seats in the House is known as the majority party.The next- largest party is the minority party.The Speaker, committee chairs,and some other officials are generally from the majority party;they have counterparts (for instance,the "ranking members"of committees)in the minority party.Speakers have a role both as a leader of the House and the leader of their party (which need not be the majority party;theoretically,a member of the minority party could be elected as Speaker with the support of a fraction of members of the majority party). Under the Presidential Succession Act(1947),the Speaker is second in the line of presidential succession behind the Vice President.3) Member officials: The party with a majority of seats in the House is known as the majority party. The next￾largest party is the minority party. The Speaker, committee chairs, and some other officials are generally from the majority party; they have counterparts (for instance, the "ranking members" of committees) in the minority party. Speakers have a role both as a leader of the House and the leader of their party (which need not be the majority party; theoretically, a member of the minority party could be elected as Speaker with the support of a fraction of members of the majority party). Under the Presidential Succession Act (1947), the Speaker is second in the line of presidential succession behind the Vice President