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  2. The Role of the House Majority Leader: An Overview - CRS Reports

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    The majority leader in the contemporary House is second-in-command behind the Speaker of the House. 1 Typically, the majority leader functions as the Speaker’s chief lieutenant or “field commander” for day-to-day management of the floor.

  3. Leadership - house.gov

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    Elected by the whole of the House of Representatives, the Speaker acts as leader of the House and combines several roles: the institutional role of presiding officer and administrative head of the House, the role of leader of the majority party in the House, and the representative role of an elected member of the House.

  4. The House Explained

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    House leadership includes the speaker, majority and minority leaders, assistant leaders, whips and a party caucus or conference. The speaker acts as leader of the House and combines several institutional and administrative roles.

  5. Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives

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    The assistant majority leader and assistant minority leader of the House, 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 of their respective parties on major issues.

  6. Party Leaders in the House: Election, Duties, and...

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    The majority leader helps plan daily, weekly, and annual legislative agendas; consults with Members to gauge sentiment on issues; urges colleagues to support or defeat measures on the floor; and, in general, works to advance the goals of the majority party.

  7. House Majority Leader - (Congress) - Fiveable

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    The House Majority Leader is elected by the majority party members in the House and plays a significant role in shaping the legislative agenda. This leader works closely with the Speaker of the House and serves as a key spokesperson for the majority party’s positions on legislation.

  8. Majority leader - Wikipedia

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    In the federal Congress of the United States, the roles of the House majority leader and the Senate majority leader differ slightly. At the state level, the majority leader of a given state legislative chamber usually performs a similar role to that of their federal counterpart.

  9. United States House of Representatives - Wikipedia

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    Each party elects a floor leader, who is known as the majority leader or minority leader. The minority leader heads their party in the House, and the majority leader is their party's second-highest-ranking official, behind the speaker.

  10. Rep. Mike Johnson. Speaker of the House. Elected by the entire membership of the House of Representatives, the Speaker presides over the House as its administrative head and serves as the leader of the majority party in the chamber. View Profile Visit Website.

  11. Here’s what the speaker of the House actually does

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    The speaker of the House is the most visible and authoritative spokesperson for the majority party in the House. But their role goes beyond politics to everything from accounting to...