congressional leadership
Legislative branch heads
Congressional leadership refers to the members of the U.S.
Congress who hold positions of authority within their respective chambers and parties.
In the House, this includes the Speaker, majority and minority leaders, and whips.
In the Senate, it includes the majority and minority leaders and their whips.
These figures set legislative agendas, coordinate votes, and represent their parties in negotiations: Congressional leadership met with the president to discuss the budget.
- Speaker of the HouseLower chamber's presiding officer
- coalition buildingCreating partnerships among groups
- arm twistingForceful persuasion tactics
- behind closed doorsIn private, unobserved
- smoke-filled roomSecret political negotiation venue
agenda setting · oversight hearings · party caucus · Capitol Hill · power broker · seniority system · parliamentary procedure · budget approval · floor manager · cloture · grassroots mobilization · lame duck
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Executive government during one term
executive leadership · executive branch · federal judiciary · cabinet secretaries · judicial branch
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