House leader

Congressional majority head

House leader is a member of a legislature who directs the activities of their party within that chamber.

In the U.S.

Congress, the House Majority Leader and House Minority Leader coordinate their parties' legislative agendas, schedule votes, and rally members: The House leader urged colleagues to support the bill.

The term applies similarly in other parliamentary systems.

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gavel · floor · floor vote · roll call · chamber · Capitol Hill · parliament · vote · aisle · crossing the aisle · bloc · coalition · power broker · legislation · podium · presiding · partisan · incumbent

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chamber of congress

House leaderSenate leader

Head of upper legislature

senator

power hierarchy

House leaderbackbencher

Rank-and-file parliamentarian

junior member

partisan role

House leaderminority leader

Heads the smaller party

opposition leader · minority whip

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