The Senate Minority leader is the spokesman for his party. He organizes the party's agenda. He is expected to be on the floor when the Senate is in session to insure their party's interests are expressed in any pending legislation or rules discussions.
The two primary Senate leadership positions in the United States are the Senate Majority Leader, who is responsible for managing and coordinating legislative priorities for the majority party, and the Senate Minority Leader, who performs a similar role for the minority party.
the senate mojority leader
joint session
He can ask for such a session whenever he thinks it is needed. But just like the Speaker of the House can't call the President and say "assemble your cabinet, I'd like to talk to them", the President can't actually "call a joint session". He sends a letter to the Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority Leader and REQUESTS a joint session. It still requires a concurrent resolution of both House and Senate.
The Vice President is considered to be president over the Senate and holds the deciding vote. The true leader of the senate, however, is the leader of the majority.
No, the leader of the senate is called the majority leader.
The senate majority leader is the term given to the leader of the party with the most members in the senate.
The Speaker of the House is the leader of the House of Representatives. The President of the Senate (who is also the Vice President) is the leader of the Senate.
The senate majority leader is the term given to the leader of the party with the most members in the senate.
The senate majority leader is the term given to the leader of the party with the most members in the senate.
yeah they are. have been for 47 years