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The party leadership of the United States Senate refers to the officials elected by the Senate Democratic Caucus and the Senate Republican Conference to manage the affairs of each party in the Senate. Each party is led by a floor leader who directs the legislative agenda of their caucus in the Senate, and who is augmented by an Assistant Leader ...
Vice Chairs of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Mark Warner: VA: January 3, 2017: Elizabeth Warren: MA: January 3, 2017: Chair of Senate Democratic Outreach: Bernie Sanders: VT: January 3, 2017: Vice Chairs of the Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee: Cory Booker: NJ: January 3, 2021: Joe Manchin: WV: January 3, 2017: Secretary of ...
Since the Democrats were fatally divided into northern liberal and southern conservative blocs, the Democratic leader had even less power than his title suggested. Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader from 1923 to 1937, saw it as his responsibility not to lead the Democrats, but to work the Senate for the president's benefit ...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives for the Senate Democrats' leadership election in the Manfield Room in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024.
This is a complete list of United States senators during the 117th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 2021, to January 3, 2023. It is a historical listing and will contain people who have not served the entire two-year Congress should anyone resign, die, or be expelled.
Democrats currently hold a slim 51-49 majority, meaning that they can ill afford any defections or absences if Republicans show up in force to oppose Biden's nominees during the chamber's post ...
Ruben Gallego (AZ-3) – left caucus, is running for Senate in 2024; Deb Haaland (NM-1) – became Secretary of the Interior in 2021; Mazie Hirono (HI-2) – elected to Senate in 2012; Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8, Brooklyn) – left caucus when elected House Minority Leader; Ed Markey (MA-5) – elected to Senate in 2013
As the Democrats under President Johnson began to support civil rights, the formerly Solid South, meaning solidly Democratic, became solidly Republican, except in districts with a large number of African-American voters. Since the 1960s, the Democratic Party has been considered liberal and the Republican Party has been considered conservative ...