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Is it true that the minority party has more members in the Senate?
No. The majority leader is the most powerful.
Who is minority in the house?
The democrats are the majority party in the senate and the house. The democrats are majority party in the congress of 2007.
What are the leaders and there assistants in congress called?
Along party lines, the Senate has the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader who represent the majority and minority party in the Senate respectively. Each of these Leaders has assistants called Whips. The House of Representatives has the Speaker of the House who is elected by that majority party. The second in command is the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives. There is also the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. Both of these people have Majority Whips and Minority Whips as their assistants, respectively.
What in the senate develops critisms of the majority party's bills?
minority leader
How is the senate leader elected?
Senate PresidentThe President of the US Senate is the Vice President of the US. you got to write names on it
Senate leaders titles?
The leader of the Senate is the leader chosen by the majority party. She is called the Senate Majority Leader. The leader of the party that has minority of the members is called the Senate Minority Leader.The Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate. However, the Vice President usually doesn't actually preside over Senate sessions. The Senate elects its own President Pro Tempore, who appoints the Senator who will actually preside (lead the session) on a given day.Probably the most powerful individual Senator is the Majority Leader--the Senator elected as the leader of whichever party currently holds the majority of the seats. This position is currently held by Democrat Harry Reid of Nevada.
Who are the two main leaders in the senate?
The Majority Leader, who is chosen by the majority party in the Senate, and the Minority Leader, who is chosen by the second largest party. Currently Harry Reid (D-Nevada) is the Majority Leader and Mitch McConnell is the Minority Leader (R-Kentucky).
Who has all the leadership postions in congress?
No one has all the leadership position in Congress. The party that has a majority of members in Congress have "Majority" positions and the party with the minority members has "Minority" positions. Here is the leadership structure of the Senate for the majority party: President Pro Tempore--elected by the majority party; Majority Leader-leads the party; Majority Whip--assists the leader; Chairman of the Conference--presides over all meets of the majority party; Policy Committee--schedules legislation; Steering Committee--assigns senators to committees. Minority Party: Minority Leader; Minority Whip; Chairman of the Conference--presides over meetings; Policy Committee--makes recommendations on party policy; Committee on Committees--appoints minority Senators to committees. The House of Representatives: Speaker of the House--elected by majority party; the other leadership roles are similar to those in the Senate--Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Majority Whip, etc.
What are the titles of the leaders of the house of representatives?
In each House, the Party with the most members is called the majority party. The other is the minority party. Each party in both houses elects leaders, who are called the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader, respectively, for each House. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer House minority leader John Boehner Senate majority leader Harry Reid Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell The two Houses of Congress as a whole are lead by the President of the Senate, who is the Vice-President of the United States, and by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who is elected by the Members of the House of Representatives. As a practical matter the Speaker is elected by the members of the Majority Party.
What parties are the senate majority and minority floor leaders with?
On October 10, 2007: Senate majority floor leader is a Democrat; Senate minority floor leader is a Republican. This may or may not change in the near future. The answer depends on which party held the most seats after the last election; if any senators died in office and were replaced by their home state Governor - who may or may not be from the dead senator's political party; if a senator happens to switch political parties after election (which has hapened).
How are officers in the House and Senate chosen?
House and Senate leaders are chosen by their party caucuses (so the party that holds the majority of seats chooses the majority leader and the Speaker of the House, while the party in the minority chooses the minority leader).
What is the structure of congress?
House Leadership: Majority Party Speaker of the House Majority Leader Assistant Majority Leader Majority Whip Minority Party Minority Leader Assistant Minority Leader Minority Whip Senate Leadership President of the Senate is the Vice President of U.S. President Pro Tempore--Senator of the Majority Party with Seniority Majority Leadership Senate Majority Leader Assistant Senate Majority Leader Senate Majority Whip Minority Leadership Senate Minority Leader Assistant Senate Minority Leader Senate Minority Whip
