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Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) Party leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives. Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, also known as floor leaders, are congresspeople who coordinate legislative initiatives ...
The Squad is an informal group of nine Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives. [1] The Squad is known for being among the most progressive and left-wing members of the United States Congress. All are members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. The squad was initially composed of four women under age 50, [2] elected in the ...
Political ideology in the United States is usually described with the left–right spectrum. Liberalism is the predominant left-leaning ideology and conservatism is the predominant right-leaning ideology. [ 96 ][ 97 ] Those who hold beliefs between liberalism and conservatism or a mix of beliefs on this scale are called moderates.
The Blue Dog Coalition, commonly known as the Blue Dogs or Blue Dog Democrats, is a caucus of moderate members from the Democratic Party in the United States House of Representatives. [1][2] The caucus was founded as a group of conservative Democrats in 1995 in response to defeats in the 1994 elections. Historically, the Blue Dog Coalition has ...
Official seal of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Sam Rayburn, longest serving speaker of the House, 17 years, 53 days (cumulative) Tip O'Neill, longest uninterrupted tenure of office, 9 years, 350 days. Theodore M. Pomeroy, shortest tenure of office, 1 day. Rank.
Barack Obama, the 44th president (2009–2017) New Democrats, also known as centrist Democrats, Clinton Democrats or moderate Democrats, are a centrist ideological faction within the Democratic Party in the United States. As the Third Way faction of the party, they are seen as culturally liberal on social issues while being moderate or fiscally ...
Conservatismin the United States. This timeline of modern American conservatism lists important events, developments and occurrences that have affected conservatism in the United States. With the decline of the conservative wing of the Democratic Party after 1960, the movement is most closely associated with the Republican Party (GOP).
McConnell v. FEC. The political positions of Mitch McConnell are reflected by his United States Senate voting record, public speeches, and interviews, as well as his actions as Senate majority and minority leader. McConnell was known as a pragmatist and a moderate Republican early in his political career, but shifted to the right over time.