The head of the house is called Speaker and that is Paul Ryan today.
The leader of the House of Representatives is the speaker of the house That is currently John Boehner
Speaker of the House
The leader of the US House of Representatives is called the Speaker of the House. As of January 2011, the Speaker is Republican John Boehner of Ohio. The Speaker is elected by the members of the House and historically will be chosen from the majority party in the House. The equivalent position for the opposition party is the Minority Leader.
The majority leader in the US House of Representatives is usually called the Speaker of the House.
There is no Chief Justice in the House of Representatives. The leader of the House is called the Speaker of the House. The Chief Justice is the leader of the US Supreme Court.
The majority leader in the House of Representatives of the United States is the Majority Floor Leader.
Minority Leader
Minority Leader
The leader of the party with the second most members in Congress is called the Senate Minority leader for the Senate and House Minority Leader in the House of Representatives. There may be third party members with just a few members and they might have a leader but that leader is not referred to as the Minority Leader of that House of Congress.
As of October 2017 California representative Kevin McCarthy (R) is the majority leader in the U.S. House of Representatives.
There are two parts to the Legislative Branch, they are Senate and House of Representatives. In the House of Representatives the leader is always from the majority party. In the House of Representatives the leader is called the Speaker of the House. In the Senate, from the majority party, their leader is called the President Pro-tem.
The leader of the House of Representatives is called the Speaker of the House. The Speaker is elected by other members of the House and thus typically belongs to the party holding the most seats.As of January 2011, the Speaker of the House is Republican John Boehner of Ohio.