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The Senate's executive and legislative business is also managed and scheduled by the majority leader. 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 ...
The constitutionally-defined Senate leadership roles are the Vice President of the United States, who serves as President of the Senate, and the President pro tempore, traditionally the most senior member of the majority, who theoretically presides in the absence of the Vice President. [2]
Senate Majority Leader: John Thune: SD: January 3, 2025 Party leader since January 3, 2025: Senate Majority Whip: John Barrasso: WY: January 3, 2025 Party whip since January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Republican Conference: Tom Cotton: AR: January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee: Shelley Moore Capito: WV: January 3, 2025
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) has been elected Senate majority leader, setting the stage for him to replace retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.), who has held the top Senate GOP leadership job for the ...
GOP Senate Majority Leader John Thune talks exclusively with Fox News Digital about dealing with President Donald Trump and his working relationship with former leader Mitch McConnell.
Top Senate Republicans, including Majority Leader John Thune, are determined to make permanent tax cuts due to expire at the end of the year, through a parliamentary maneuver that bypasses ...
He served from 2007 to 2025 as the leader of the Senate Republican Conference, including two stints as minority leader (2007 to 2015 and 2021 to 2025), and was majority leader from 2015 to 2021, making him the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history.
Senate Republicans have elected Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., as the next Senate majority leader this week. Thune won in a secret ballot vote of 29-24, beating Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in the second ...