For more than three decades, convention has required the speakership to alternate between the two main parties. 三十多年来,议长依惯例在两个主要政党中轮流委任。
He was one of the first to congratulate the former sheet metal worker on his elevation to the Speakership. 他是第一批祝贺这位前钣金工人升任议长的人之一。