2. Speaker of the House  Highest leadership position in House  Member of majority party, 3rd in line to presidency  Presides over House in session, assigns bills to committees, assigns committee positions, influences which bills are debated Until Recently: John Boehner (R-OH) ---->

5.  Floor leader of the majority party, assistant to Speaker  Schedules bills on House calendar and leads party to vote/debate by party position  Currently Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) --->

6.  Works as a “messenger” between party leaders (Speaker, Majority Leader) and rest of party  Makes sure party members are present to vote, influence undecided votes  Currently Steve Scalise (R-LA) ---->

7.  Highest leadership position of minority party in House, floor leader for minority  (Same as majority leader, only for minority party)  Currently Nancy Pelosi (D- CA) ----->  (Who was also the first female Speaker of the House)

8.  (Same as majority whip, only for minority party)  Currently Steny Hoyer (D-MD) ------>

9.  Highest leadership position in Senate held by Vice-President  Acts as President of Senate (rarely present)  Cannot debate or vote unless to break tie  Not senate member  Currently Joe Biden ----->

10.  Serves in the absence of the Vice-President  4th in line to presidency  Usually the most senior member of Senate  Currently Patrick Leahy (D-VT) ---->

11.  Schedules bills for debate on floor, leads party in voting/debate by party position  Currently Mitch McConnell (R-KY) -->

12.  (Same role as House majority whip)  Currently John Cornyn (R-TX) --->

13.  (Same as majority leader, only for minority party)  (But does not schedule bills for debate/vote)  Currently Harry Reid (D- NV) ----->

14.  (Same role as House minority whip)  Currently Dick Durbin (D- IL) ---->