Effective
congressional
leadership requires a
particular
temperament and set of skills. The big four, at the top for the 116th
Congress, are Speaker Nancy Pelosi
(D) and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R) in the House and Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) and Minority
Leader Chuck Schumer (D) in the Senate.
These leaders serve as the faces of their respective parties. Pelosi
was sworn in as Speaker on Jan. 3, 2019, reclaiming the gavel which she
had held from Jan. 2007-Jan. 2011; she has led House Democrats since
Jan. 2003. McConnell became
Minority Leader in Jan. 2007 and Majority Leader in Jan. 2015.
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House > |
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Minority
Leader
- Kevin McCarthy
(CA)*
twitter Chair,
Republican Conference - Liz Cheney (WY)* twitter NRCC Chairman - Tom Emmer (MN) Chair,
Republican
Policy
Committee
- Gary Palmer (AL)* twitter Conference Vice-Chair - Mark Walker (NC) Conference Secretary - Jason Smith (MO)
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Majority Leader
- Steny
H.
Hoyer
(MD)* twitter Majority Whip - James
Clyburn
(SC)* twitter Chair - Hakeem Jeffries (NY) DCCC Chairman - Cheri Bustos (IL) Policy and
Communications Committee Note: Leadership elections Nov. 29, 2018
and Nov. 30, 2018.
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Senate > |
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Chair,
Senate
Republican
Conference
- John Barrasso
(WY)* Vice Chair, Senate Republican Conference -
Joni Ernst (IA)
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Assistant Democratic Leader - Patty
Murray
(WA) Vice Chairs of the Conference - Chair, Outreach Committee - Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Vice Chairman, DPCC - Joe Manchin (WV) Senate Democratic Conference Secretary -
Tammy Baldwin (WI) Note: Leadership elections held Nov. 14, 2018. |
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