The most powerful position in the Senate is Speaker of the House. Currently, the Speaker of the House is John Boehner.
The highest ranking member of the majority party in the House of Representatives is the Speaker of the House. The party with the most seats in the US Senate, elects a "majority leader".
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The most real power in the Senate is in the hands of the majority and minority leaders.
Yes, he has the majority of the votes of the 100 members in the Senate.
Yes, he has the majority of the votes of the 100 members in the Senate.
Julius Caesar was the member, (not really a leader, as a triumvirate is three equal men) who challenged the power of the senate.
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Yes, he has the majority of the votes of the 100 members in the Senate.
Yes, he has the majority of the votes of the 100 members in the Senate.
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The president pro tempore of the Senate is elected by the Senate, and by tradition the majority party elects their party member who has the longest seniority in the Senate. He is a voting member of the Senate unlike the VP. Most of the time who presides over the Senate is irrelevant.
Officially, the Vice President presides over the Senate but can only vote in case of a tie. Usually, the V.P is not there so the president pro tempore stands over the Senate (usually an senior member of the Senate). It is basically an honorary position, and even the pro tempore is replaced by junior members of the Senate to understand what is going on in the Senate. However, the majority leader (leader of the majority party in the Senate) wields the most power, similar to the power of the Speaker of the House