1. Congress Leadership

2. Speaker of the House Constitutionally Created Presiding Officer
Member of the majority party

3. Duties of the Speaker Recognizes Speakers Interprets and applies rules
Refers bill to standing committee
Rules on points of order
Puts questions to a vote
Determines vote outcome
Votes on issues

4. Speaker of the House
Democrat - CA
Paul Ryan (WI)

5. House of Representatives
Speaker
Majority Leader
Minority Leader
Majority Whip
Minority Whip

6. Majority/Minority Leader
Represent the party on the Floor
Serve as spokespersons
Advocate their parties' policies and viewpoints
Unite the party
Block opponents legislation

7. Majority Leader
Kevin McCarthy (CA)

8. Minority Leaders Nancy Pelosi (CA) – House Harrry Reid (NV) - Senate
John Boehner R Ohio
Mitch McConnell R Kentucky
Nancy Pelosi (CA) – House
Harrry Reid (NV) - Senate

9. Senate Leadership Senate Minority Whip Vice-President Majority Leader
President Pro Tempore
Majority Leader
Minority Leader
Majority Whip
Minority Whip

10. President of the Senate
Only votes in the case of a tie
Joe Biden (CT)

11. Biden: It's easy being VP By: Patrick Gavin February 25, 2010 04:36 PM EST
There have been some tense moments during today's health care summit at the Blair House, but not for Vice President Joe Biden, it seems. Just moments before the afternoon session got underway, C-SPAN's cameras picked up audio of Biden chatting casually with participants. "It's easy being vice president — you don't have to do anything." Whomever Biden was chatting with said, "It's like being the grandpa and not the parent." "Yeah, that's it!" replied Biden. Biden spokesman Jay Carney tells POLITICO that the vice president was "obviously joking, as any review of his schedule and responsibilities would make abundantly clear."
“In the last month, the vice president has, among many other things, made his fourth trip to Iraq since being elected, delivered a major speech on the administration’s non-proliferation agenda, produced a report on the Recovery Act’s first year to the president and played a key role in bringing about the president’s bi-partisan Fiscal Commission,” Carney said. “In the coming days and weeks, the vice president will deliver a first-year report from the Middle Class Task Force, which he chairs, and travel to the Middle East to meet with key leaders in the region.”
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12. President Pro Tempore
Robert Byrd (D) WV
Orrin Hatch (R) UT

13. Senate Majority Leader
Henry Reid (D) NV
Harry Reid (NV)
Mitch McConnell (KY)

14. Whip System Assist Party Leader Help party leader get bills passed
Keep party members informed
Make sure all party members are present for votes on important measures
Party Whips (Assistant Floor Leaders) Both parties in the Senate elect whips. The term "whip" comes from a fox-hunting expression -- "whipper-in" -- referring to the member of the hunting team responsible for keeping the dogs from straying from the team during a chase. Established early in the 20th century, the development of party whips coincided with the evolution of party leaders in the Senate.
Democrat James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois became the first party whip in 1913, and the Republicans established their own whip position two years later. These assistant leaders are mainly responsible for counting heads and rounding up party members for votes and quorum calls, and they occasionally stand in for the majority or minority leaders in their absence.

15. House Whips Steny Hoyer (MD)- D Steve Scalise (LA)- R
James Clyburn (D) SC
Eric Cantor (R) VA
Steny Hoyer (MD)- D
Steve Scalise (LA)- R

16. Senate Whips John Cornyn (TX)- R Richard Durbin (IL) - D
Richard Durbin – (D) IL
Jon Kyl – (R) AZ
John Cornyn (TX)- R
Richard Durbin (IL) - D

17. Non-Germane
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