floor leader
Party's chamber spokesperson
A floor leader is the legislator chosen by a political party to manage its members' activities on the chamber floor.
In the U.S.
Congress, each party in each house has a floor leader—the majority leader and minority leader—who coordinate voting, negotiate with the opposing party, and speak for their caucus: The Senate floor leader announced the vote would proceed.
- voteFormal choice expression
- voice voteOral yes-or-no tally
- debate rulesGuidelines governing formal arguments
- whipStrikes or aerates
- party whipLegislative vote enforcer
unanimous consent · amendment process · filibuster · cloture · roll call vote · parliamentarian · frontbencher · speaker of the house · coalition building · presiding officer · point of order · caucus · steering committee · agenda setting · quorum · senator · lobbying · chamber
- officialsofficial, officials, bailiff, bureaucrat, congressman
- politicianspoliticians, Joe Biden, congressman, Nancy Pelosi, senator
- representativesrepresentative, delegate, lawyer, deputy, rep
- Congresssenator, representative, senators, House, bill
- legislaturebill, senators, senator, state legislature, legislators
- Legislative LeadersSpeaker of the House, majority whip, minority whip, party whip, chief whip
floor leaderbackbencher
Rank-and-file parliamentarian
junior member · follower · constituent · maverick · committee chair