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Office Officer State Since Senate Minority Leader Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Chuck Schumer: NY: January 3, 2025 Party leader since January 3, 2017: Senate Minority Whip
United States Senate Calendars and Schedules; Senate Manual via GovInfo (U.S. Government Publishing Office) Works by United States Senate at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks) Chart of all U.S. Senate seat-holders, by state, 1978–present, via Texas Tech University; Works by or about United States Senate at the Internet Archive
The presiding officer of the United States Senate is the person who presides over the United States Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices, and precedents. Senate presiding officer is a role, not an actual office.
The office is somewhat analogous to that of the clerk of the United States House of Representatives. The first secretary was chosen on April 8, 1789, two days after the Senate achieved its first quorum for business at the beginning of the 1st United States Congress . [ 1 ]
Order of service is based on the commencement of the senator's first term. Behind this is former service as a senator (only giving the senator seniority within his or her new incoming class), service as vice president, a House member, a cabinet secretary, or a governor of a state. The final factor is the population of the senator's state.
The constitutionally-defined Senate leadership roles are the Vice President of the United States, who serves as President of the Senate, and the President pro tempore, traditionally the most senior member of the majority, who theoretically presides in the absence of the Vice President. [2]
The National Republican Senate Committee (NRSC) is the Republican Hill committee for the United States Senate, working to elect Republicans to the Senate.The NRSC was founded in 1916 as the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee.
On behalf of the U.S. Senate Commission on Art, the Office of the Senate Curator develops and implements the museum and preservation programs for the U.S. Senate.The Office collects, preserves, and interprets the Senate's fine and decorative art, historical artifacts and images, and architectural features within the Senate wing of the United States Capitol and Senate Office Buildings.