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Senate Minority Leader Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Chuck Schumer: NY: January 3, 2025 Party leader since January 3, 2017: Senate Minority Whip: Dick Durbin: IL: January 3, 2025 Party whip since January 3, 2005: Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering and Policy Committee: Amy Klobuchar: MN: January 3, 2025
The party leadership of the United States Senate refers to the officials elected by the Senate Democratic Caucus and the Senate Republican Conference to manage the affairs of each party in the Senate. Each party is led by a floor leader who directs the legislative agenda of their caucus in the Senate, and who is augmented by an Assistant Leader ...
The Senate of the 119th Congress is composed in 2025 of 53 Republicans, 45 Democrats, and 2 independents; both the independents caucus with the Democrats. The leaders are Senators John Thune of South Dakota and Chuck Schumer of New York. [1] The assistant leaders, or whips, are Senators John Barrasso of Wyoming and Dick Durbin of Illinois.
Democratic Party (former New Party member and DSA member) [a] Bernie Sanders: House January 3, 1991: January 3, 2007: Vermont: Independent (won most Democratic Party votes) [13] [14] [15] Major Owens: House January 3, 1983: January 3, 2007: New York Democratic Party (DSA member) [12] [20] David Bonior: House January 3, 1977: January 3, 2003 ...
As the Democrats under President Johnson began to support civil rights, the formerly Solid South, meaning solidly Democratic, became solidly Republican, except in districts with a large number of African-American voters. Since the 1960s, the Democratic Party has been considered liberal and the Republican Party has been considered conservative ...
A handful of vulnerable Democratic senators who are ... liberal or conservative,” Brown told about 75 union leaders and retirees who turned out to hear him Tuesday at a United Steelworkers hall ...
Pocan is openly gay and the first LGBTQ member of Congress to replace another LGBTQ member of Congress (Tammy Baldwin) and the first non-incumbent in a same-sex marriage elected to Congress. [1] [4] [6] [37] Kyrsten Sinema: Democratic: Arizona: January 3, 2013: January 3, 2019: 6 years, 0 days Sinema was the first openly bisexual member of ...
Brad Miller (NC-13) – retired from Congress in 2012; George Miller (CA-11) – retired from Congress in 2014; Patsy Mink (HI-2) – died in 2002; Jim Moran (VA-8) – retired from Congress in 2014; Rick Nolan (MN-8) – retired from Congress in 2018; John Olver (MA-1) – retired from Congress in 2012; Major Owens (NY-11) – retired from ...