minority leader
Second-party chief
The minority leader is the head of the political party with fewer seats in a legislative body, particularly in the U.S.
Congress.
The minority leader coordinates opposition strategy, speaks for the party on the chamber floor, and negotiates with the majority party: The minority leader vowed to block the bill.
The position exists in both the House and Senate.
- ranking memberTop minority party representative
- whipStrikes or aerates
- party whipLegislative vote enforcer
- filibusterDelaying tactic through speech
- congressional leadershipSenior lawmakers directing chambers
floor debate · Senate floor · quorum · roll call vote · cloture · opposition · legislator · bill · leadership · shadow government · Chuck Schumer · coalition building · voting bloc · Mitch McConnell · votes · spokesperson · floor · republican
- democracyvote, voting, election, elections, ballot
- officialsofficial, officials, bailiff, bureaucrat, congressman
- political figurespolitician, president, presidents, vice president, vice presidents
- politicianspoliticians, Joe Biden, congressman, Nancy Pelosi, senator
- politicospolitician, legislator, lawmaker, senator, congressman
- representativesrepresentative, delegate, lawyer, deputy, rep
minority leadermajority leader
Party chief in legislature
Speaker of the House · speaker · majority whip · presiding officer · chairman