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8. Yes. There are two main ways that this can happen. As explained at the U.S. Senate website: Senate rules also permit a measure to be placed directly on the calendar when introduced or received from the House. This process permits senators to bypass referral to a committee they believe unsympathetic. Alternatively, if a committee fails to ...
The Senate Republican and Democratic floor leaders are elected by the members of their party in the Senate at the beginning of each Congress. Depending on which party is in power, one serves as majority leader and the other as minority leader. The leaders serve as spokespersons for their party's positions on issues.
Let's suppose that the Senate is split 51-49 between the parties, and the majority party is split 26-25 between the hardliners and moderates. This means that the leader would be a hardliner. Does this mean that even on an issue that has 74-26 support from the minority party and moderates, the leader can always preempt (or indefinitely postpone ...
The Senate, for example, has adopted rules that allow for the fillibuster while the House has not. In general, the House has adopted rules that give more power to the Speaker of the House and other leaders than the Senate gives to leaders in that chamber. Nothing stops either chamber from amending their rules.
The current congressional term (117th Congress) started on January 3, 2021 with a Republican majority in the Senate, hence Mitch McConnell is the majority leader. As the Democrats have won both Georgia runoffs, the Senate will have a 50–50 majority in favour of the Democrats after January 20 as VP Harris will be able to break ties.
By custom, the presiding officer gives the floor leaders priority in obtaining recognition to speak on the floor of the Senate. When the Senate meets at the beginning of each Congress (January 3rd of odd-numbered years), the Senators join one of two conferences. Each conference selects a floor leader.
The title of 'Majority Leader' has been used since the Democrat & Republican Senate Caucuses started electing their floor leaders in 1920 and 1925 respectively, but it is not a constitutionally defined position. Since then, however, there have been a few occasions which provide a precedent for the scenario you describe.
8. Yes. The following are all options I'm aware of: A 2/3 of the Senate (67+ votes) can vote to expel any sitting Senator as per Article 1, Section 5 of US Constitution. An expelled Senator can of course no longer serve as a Majority leader. "Each House [of Congress] may determine the Rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly ...
Since the Senate relies heavily on the majority party's leader, what would happen in the unlikely event that the two major parties are tied in the Senate, and the President/VP are third-party or independent? Would they have to elect a President Pro Tempore that would actually do work, and have that person act like the Majority Leader does now?
The term "whip" comes from a fox-hunting expression— "whipper-in"—referring to the member of the hunting team responsible for keeping the dogs from straying from the team during a chase. Established early in the 20th century, the development of party whips coincided with the evolution of party leaders in the Senate.