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Lott was Senate Majority Leader until June 6, 2001, when Vermont Senator Jim Jeffords changed his party affiliation from Republican to Independent, and caucused with the Senate Democrats for the remainder of his term. Thereafter, Lott again served as Senate Minority Leader.
The Senate's executive and legislative business is also managed and scheduled by the majority leader. The assistant majority leader and assistant minority leader of the United States Senate, commonly called whips, are the second-ranking members of each party's leadership. The main function of the majority and minority whips is to gather votes ...
He led the Senate Republicans from 1985 to his resignation in 1996, and served as Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and from 1995 to 1996. In his role as Republican leader, he helped defeat the Clinton health care plan of 1993 , proposed by Democratic President Bill Clinton .
Senate Majority Leader: 2 Republican Floor Whip: John Barrasso: Wyoming: Senate Majority Whip: 3 Chair of the Senate Republican Conference: Tom Cotton: Arkansas: Oversees floor leader elections, informs the media of the opinions and activities of the Senate Republicans, and provides a full range of communications services to Republican senators ...
Majority party Minority party Leader Trent Lott: Tom Daschle: Party Republican: Democratic: Leader since June 12, 1996 January 3, 1995 Leader's seat Mississippi: South Dakota: Seats before 55: 45 Seats after 55: 45 Seat change Popular vote 25,346,613 26,768,699: Percentage 46.8% 49.5%: Swing 2.7% 1.6% Seats up 16 18: Races won 16 18
Majority party Minority party Leader Howard Baker: Robert Byrd: Party Republican: Democratic: Leader since March 5, 1980 January 3, 1977 Leader's seat Tennessee: West Virginia: Seats before 41 58: Seats after 53: 46 Seat change 12 12 Popular vote 26,597,169 30,699,463: Percentage 44.7% 51.6%: Seats up 10 24: Races won 22: 12
Republicans hold a slight majority in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, waves as he walks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C ...
Senate majority: Republican: Senate President: Al Gore (D) House majority: Republican: ... Republican whip and leader Trent Lott (until June 12, 1996) (from June 12 ...