Congressional Leadership Libertyville High School

House Majority Party Leaders Speaker of the House – Presiding officer of the House – Constitutional officer: first in succession to President, after VP – Powers Leader of the majority party (outranks majority leader) Controls debate, on floor Recognizes members to speak, rules on procedure Selects 9 of the 13 members of the Rules Committee

House Majority Party Leaders Majority Leader – Acts as day to day leader of party in House – Serves to coordinate legislative strategy on floor

House Majority Party Leaders Majority Whips – Assist Speaker, Majority Leader in coordinating day to day operations – Primary job: to “count votes” for important floor votes by persuading legislators to support bill

House Minority Party Leaders Minority Leader – Leads the minority political party in the House – Selects 4 of the 13 members of Rules Committee – Sets party agenda, message – Coordinates legislative strategy of minority party on floor

House Minority Party Leaders House Minority Whips – Assist minority leader in day to day ops of house minority party – Primary job: lining up support of minority party for or against bills

Senate Majority Officers President Pro Tempore – Highest ranking officer of Senate (ceremonial) – Constitutional Role: second after VP to presidency – By tradition, the most senior-tenured senator in majority party – Honorary role as presiding officer of Senate, when VP not present

Senate Majority Officers Majority Leader – Acts as day to day leader of party in Senate – Serves to coordinate legislative strategy on floor

Senate Majority Officers Assistant Majority Leader (Majority Whip) – Assist Majority Leader in coordinating day to day operations – Primary job: to “count votes” for important floor votes by persuading legislators to support bill

Senate Minority Leaders – Leads the minority political party in the Senate – Coordinates policy of minority party – Coordinates legislative strategy of minority party on floor

Senate Minority Leaders Senate Minority Whip – Assist minority leader in day to day ops of Senate minority party – Primary job: lining up support of minority party for or against bills