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    House Speaker is both the presiding officer of The House and the leader of the majority party. The President of the Senate is The Vice President of the United States. The Vice President is authorized to vote in the case of a tie.

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    APUSGovernment:KeyCongressionalActorsandRoles

    Job

    Person

    JobDescription

    SpeakeroftheHouse

    PaulRyan

    TheHouseSpeakerisboththepresidingofficer
    oftheHouseofRepresentativesandtheleader
    ofthemajorityparty.TheSpeakerisalsosecond
    totheVicePresidentoftheUnitedStatesinthe
    lineofsuccessiontothePresidency.
    ElectedbythefullHouse,theSpeakerhas
    severalformaldutiesincluding,butnotlimitedto,
    callingtheHousetoorder,referringbillsto
    committees,recognizingMembersforspeaking
    purposes,andsigningbillspassedbytheHouse.

    HouseMajorityLeader

    KevinMcCarthy

    TheHouseMajorityLeader'sdutiesand
    prominencevarydependinguponthestyleand
    poweroftheSpeakeroftheHouse.Typically,the
    Speakerdoesnotparticipateindebateandrarely
    votesonthefloor.
    HeisalsotheSpeakerslikelysuccessorshould
    thatpositionbecomevacant.Heservesasan
    advocateforthelegislativeprioritiesofthe
    majoritypartyandsetsthelegislativeagenda.

    HouseMinorityLeader

    NancyPelosi

    (DemocraticLeader):
    ElectedbyDemocraticCaucus,andservesas
    primaryadvocateforthepartysagenda.

    Note:TheU.S.HouseofRepresentativesdoes
    notofficiallyusetheterm"MinorityLeader"
    althoughthemediafrequentlydoes.TheHouse

    insteadusestheterms"RepublicanLeader"or
    "DemocraticLeader"dependingonwhichparty
    holdsaminorityofseats.
    SenateMajorityLeader

    MitchMcConnell

    Electedbymajorityparty.Servesastheprincipal
    voiceofthemajoritypartyandsetsthe
    legislativeagendafortheSenate.

    SenateMinorityLeader

    HarryReid

    Electedbyminorityparty.Servesastheprincipal
    voiceforthelegislativeprioritiesoftheminority
    party.

    Vicepresident

    JoeBiden

    ThePresidentoftheSenateistheVicePresident
    oftheUnitedStates.However,theVice
    Presidentplaynoregularroleintheoperationsof
    theSenate,andrarelyevenappearsthere.
    Therearetwofactorswhichlimithisroleinthat
    body:
    1. Thereisoftenconflictbetweenthe
    CongressandthePresident,andtheVice
    Presidentispresumedtobeonthe
    President'sside.
    2. TheVicePresidentisoftenamemberof
    theminoritypartyintheSenate.He
    cannotthereforecountonmajority
    support.
    However,theVicePresidentisauthorizedtovote
    inthecaseofatie.

    Presidentprotempore

    OrrinHatch

    TheConstitutionalsoprovidesforaPresident
    ProTemptoleadtheSenateintheVice
    President'sabsence,butthisofficehasalways
    beenhonorary.Itisoccupiedbythelongest
    servingmemberofthemajorityparty.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_Senate

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