The presiding officer of the House of Representatives Chosen by and from the majority party in the house To preside and keep order Follows the Vice-President.

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The presiding officer of the House of Representatives Chosen by and from the majority party in the house To preside and keep order Follows the Vice-President in order of succession

Vice-President’s only job Presiding officer of the Senate Cannot debate or take the floor to speak May only vote to break a tie

Serves in the Vice-President’s absence Elected by the Senate Leading member of the majority party Usually longest serving member Follows Speaker in line of succession

Closed meeting of each party of each house Meets before Congress convenes Deal with party organizations Select nominations for party leaders

Picked by their party colleagues Legislative strategists Try to steer floor action to their party’s favor Chief spokesman for his party in his chamber Majority leader is more powerful Majority Leader of the United States Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid Minority Leader of the United States Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell Senate Leadership

Assistant to floor leaders Chosen by party caucus Serves as a liaison – a two way link between the party’s leadership and its rank and file Work to count up votes on particular matters Makes sure members are present for important votes Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives Jim Clyburn Minority Whip of the United States House of Representatives Eric Cantor House of Representatives Leadership

The most important posts are held by those party members with the longest records of service in Congress Head of particular committees within the Congress

Permanent committees Both Senate and House have Standing Committees Agriculture Budget Education and the Workforce Financial Services Reference page 181

“Traffic Cop” Bills go through this committee before it goes to the floor 13 members

Special Committees For a specific reason and limited time

Members of both houses Economic The Library Printing Taxation

Created to iron out differences on a bill Their job is produce a compromised bill that both houses will accept