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The assistant majority leader and assistant minority leader of the United States Senate, commonly called whips, are the second-ranking members of each party's leadership. The main function of the majority and minority whips is to gather votes of their respective parties on major issues.
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 ...
Senate Minority Leader Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Chuck Schumer: NY: January 3, 2025 Party leader since January 3, 2017: Senate Minority Whip: Dick Durbin: IL: January 3, 2025 Party whip since January 3, 2005: Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering and Policy Committee: Amy Klobuchar: MN: January 3, 2025
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who has led his fellow Republicans since 2007, plans to step down from leadership at the end of the year. Republican Sens. John Thune of South Dakota ...
The United States Congress is comprised of two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate, or upper chamber, has 100 seats — two per state. Of these, 34 are up for ...
The move, announced Wednesday on the Senate floor, will end his run as the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history. McConnell will leave the leadership post in November but plans to ...
The only exceptions during this period were Charles A. Halleck, who served as Majority Leader from 1947–1949 and again from 1953–1955 and did not become Speaker because his party lost the House in the 1948 and 1954 House elections, respectively, and would not regain the House until 1994 (Halleck had been dead for years at this point); Hale ...
PHOTO: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries shakes hands with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson after presenting him with the gavel during the first day of the 119th Congress in the House Chamber ...