The Majority Leader is elected by his/her party colleagues. In the Senate, the Majority Leader, in collaboration with the Minority Leader, directs the legislation schedule for the chamber. Each is his/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/her party’s legislative strategist. (See also Floor Leaders.)
In both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the member who is the second-ranking official. The Majority Leader is appointed by the Speaker or the President and is the key advisor to the Speaker or the President and the majority Caucus.
A member of the majority political party designated to be a leader. (The procedure for designating the majority leader and other officers varies from state to state.)
the member of the political party that holds the majority of seats in a legislative body who helps plan the party's legislative program
The leader of the majority party in the Senate is called the majority leader. The majority leader in the House is second in command of the majority party, after the speaker.
A legislator elected by his or her peers to lead the party having the majority in his or her house. The majority leader is responsible for the development and implementation of the caucus agenda.
Floor leader, spokesperson, and strategist for the majority party. The Majority Leader is elected by his/her colleagues.
The floor leader of the majority party in each house, elected by the members of the majority party.
The member of Congress elected by the majority or minority party to be that party"s principal spokesman and legislative strategist. The Majority and Minority Leaders are assisted by a team of assistants, also members of Congress, who are known as party "whips".
Individual elected to lead a party in the House or Senate that holds the most seats in the body.
The leader of the majority party in the Senate, elected by his/her peers. In the House, the Majority Leader is the second in command in the House after the Speaker of the House and is also elected to that post by his/her peers.
The "number two" issues and political strategist for the Senate's majority party, second in command to the Senate President pro Tempore. Elected by the members of the Senate's majority party.
A legislator from the majority party designated by the presiding officer of each house to be the leader of the majority party members in that house.
Spokesman and floor leader for the majority party in each house.
The leading spokesperson and legislative strategist for the party in control of either the House or the Senate.
A member of the majority party designated to be its floor leader.
Leader of the majority party in either the House or the Senate. In the House, second in command to the Speaker.
In the Senate, the leader of the majority party and the most powerful position in the Senate. In the House, the floor leader and principle assistant to the Speaker (the most powerful position in the House.)
The member of the majority party in each house who is elected to be the party's leader. The Majority Leader is responsible for scheduling floor activity. The Majority Leader follows committee work in order to produce a steady flow of bills for floor debate and in order to project time consumption. The Majority Leader assists the presiding officer in calendaring bills. The Majority Leader is the lead speaker in floor debate and assists the Speaker of the House or the President of the Senate in program development and policy formation. The Majority Leader is an ex officio member of all standing committees.
The member of themajority party in each house who is elected tobe the party's leader. The Majority Leader isresponsible for scheduling floor activity. TheMajority Leader follows committee work in order to produce a steady flow of bills for floordebate and in order to project timeconsumption. The Majority Leader assists thepresiding officer in calendaring bills. TheMajority Leader is the lead speaker in floordebate and assists the Speaker of the House orthe President of the Senate in programdevelopment and policy formation. The MajorityLeader is an ex officio member of all standingcommittees.
in the Senate, this is the first-ranking party position, held by a distinguished senior member of the majority party in the Senate. The Senate majority leader schedules floor actions on bills, and helps guide the majority party's legislative program through the Senate. In the House, the majority leader stands second to the Speaker of the House in party authority. Like the Senate majority leader, the House majority leader helps promote the legislative agenda of the party in the House.
A member of either chamber selected by the members of the majority party in that chamber to act as their spokesperson and “CAUCUS” leader.
In U.S. politics, the majority leader is a partisan position in a legislative body. If the presiding officer of the body is not elected by the body itself, the majority leader is the floor leader of the majority caucus; otherwise, the majority leader is the second-most senior member of the majority caucus, while the floor leader becomes the presiding officer. Given the two-party nature of the U.S. system, the majority leader is almost inevitably either a Republican or a Democrat.