From the Congressional Glossary – Including Legislative and Budget Terms
Majority Leader
The Majority Leader is elected by her party colleagues. In the Senate, the Majority Leader, in collaboration with the Minority Leader, directs the legislation schedule for the Senate. Each is her party’s spokesperson and chief strategist.
In the House, the Majority Leader is second to the Speaker in the majority party’s leadership, and serves as his party’s legislative strategist.
Also see Congressional Leadership and Committees; Floor Leaders; Speaker; Whips; Congressional Procedure; § 5.50, Party Leadership, in Congressional Deskbook.
Hugh Hewitt interviews Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on MSNBC
More
- Congressional Leadership and Committees
- House Majority Leader
- Majority and Minority Leaders and Party Whips, Senate
- Senate Leadership, Senate
- Majority leader – Wikipedia
- “The Role of the House Majority Leader: An Overview,” CRS Report RL30665 (19-page PDF
) - “Party Leaders in the House: Election, Duties, and Responsibilities,” CRS Report RS20881 (6-page PDF)
- “The Legislative Process on the Senate Floor: An Introduction,” CRS Report 96-548 (20-page PDF)
- “Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2020 (74th-116th Congresses),” CRS Report R45154 (36-page PDF
) - “Congressional Membership and Appointment Authority to Advisory Commissions, Boards, and Groups,” CRS Report RL33313 (155-page PDF)
- “Party Leaders in the United States Congress, 1789-2017,” CRS Report RL30567 (43-page PDF)
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