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	Pelosi Endorses Murtha as Next Majority Leader - washingtonpost.com
		John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) yesterday as the next House majority leader, thereby stepping into a contentious intraparty fight between Murtha and her current deputy, Maryland's Steny H. Hoyer.
		House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives on Capitol Hill Nov. 8, 2006, as she heads towards her first news conference since Election Day and the Democrats' rise to power in both houses of Congress.
		Political handicappers had regarded Hoyer to be the strong favorite when House Democrats meet Thursday to choose a majority leader for the 110th Congress.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/12/AR2006111200762.html (924 words)

	Minority Leader - dKosopedia
		The minority leader is the floor leader of the second-largest caucus in a legislative body.
		The minority leader is often assisted in his role by whips, whose job is to enforce party discipline on votes deemed to be crucial by the party leadership and to ensure that members do not vote in a way not approved of by the party.
		The minority leader may also work closely with leaders in the majority party to ensure that provisions important to the interests of his party are included in legislation, which often occurs if it can be done without seeming to be seen as particularly harmful to the interests of the majority party.
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Minority_Leader (285 words)

	Majority leader - dKosopedia
		In bicameral legislatures, the majority leader in the lower house is often the second-most senior member of the majority caucus Speaker.
		The majority leader counterpart is the minority leader, whereas in the upper house the titular Speaker is often a separately-elected officer such as a lieutenant governor and the majority leader may in fact be the single most powerful member of the majority caucus.
		The majority leader is often assisted in his role by whips, whose job is to enforce party discipline on votes deemed to be crucial by the party leadership and to ensure that members do not vote in a way not approved of by the party.
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Majority_leader (228 words)

	majority - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Conscience: The one thing that doesn't abide by majority…, Democracy: A democracy is a state…, Democracy: It is impossible that the…, Democracy:...
		Majority Rule, doctrine by which a numerical majority of an organized group holds the power to make decisions for the entire group.
		Majority Leader, leader of the majority party (the political party which has had the larger number of representatives elected) in a legislature,...
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=majority (160 words)

	Majority & Minority Leaders - Office of the Clerk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The minority leader serves as floor leader of the "loyal opposition," and is the minority counterpart to the Speaker.
		Although many of the basic leadership responsibilities of the minority and majority leaders are similar, the minority leader speaks for minority party and its policies and works to protect the minority's rights.
		Elected Majority Leader on January 10, 1962, at the commencement of the 87th Congress, 2nd session, to fill the vacancy left when Majority Leader John McCormack was elected Speaker.
	clerk.house.gov /histHigh/Congressional_History/leaders.html (619 words)

	Senate leadership - Congresspedia
		The Majority Leader is responsible for representing the interests of the majority party on the Senate floor, and also for speaking on behalf of the Senate as an institution.
		Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is the Majority Leader for the 110th Congress.
		When the Majority Leader cannot be present on the Senate floor, the Majority Whip often serves as the acting floor leader.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Senate_Majority_Leader (788 words)

	Iowa General Assembly - Three Branches of Government
		The primary leaders in the General Assembly are the presiding officers, the floor leaders, and the committee chairpersons.
		The Senate Majority Leader is a particularly powerful caucus leader, as he or she appoints committee chairpersons and committee members in the Senate.
		In addition to the Governor, other elected leaders of the executive branch are the Lieutenant Governor, the Secretary of State, the Auditor of State, the Treasurer of State, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Agriculture.
	www.legis.state.ia.us /Pubinfo/BranchesGov.html (2338 words)

	USATODAY.com - Majority leader is gatekeeper to crucial legislation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The majority leader can be a crucial ally or a frustrating foe to the president, depending on their respective party affiliations.
		Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas, said he brokered deals on several issues, including abortion and the budget, and was in a key position to block, or support, legislation supported by the White House.
		Acting majority leader Blunt spent hours before the vote trying to woo GOP moderates with pledges to restore funding for food stamp and school lunch programs in exchange for the moderates support of the measure.
	usatoday.com /news/washington/2006-01-16-house-leader-overview_x.htm (1013 words)

	Majority Leader of the Oregon House of Representatives
		Majority Leader of the Oregon House of Representatives
		House Majority Leader Karen Minnis was elected November 7, 2002 by her 35 incoming Republican colleagues to serve as the next Speaker of the Oregon House when the Legislature reconvenes on January 13, 2003.
		The House Majority Leader is elected by the House Republican Caucus to lead their efforts in the House of Representatives.
	www.leg.state.or.us /house/majority.htm (283 words)

	House of Representatives - Majority Leader (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The Majority Leader is elected in a party caucus of the majority ruling party.
		His primary function, aside from being the spokesman of the majority party, is to direct the deliberations on the floor.
		In the present set-up of the House, the Majority Leader is concurrently the Chairman of the Committee on Rules.
	www.congress.gov.ph /members/majority.php (117 words)

	Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives acts as the leader of the party that has a majority control of the seats in the house (currently at least 218 of the 435 seats).
		The majority party floor leader had been the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the most powerful committee in the House, as it generates the Bills of Revenue specified in the Constitution as the House's unique power.
		The Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives serves as floor leader of the opposition party, and is the minority counterpart to the Majority Leader.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Majority_Leader_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives (559 words)

	Party leaders of the United States Senate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Senate Majority and Minority Leaders (also called Senate Floor Leaders) are two United States Senators who are elected by the party conferences that hold the majority and the minority respectively.
		The current floor leaders are Republican Bill Frist of Tennessee (Majority) and Democrat Harry Reid of Nevada (Minority).
		In recent years it has become more common for the leader of the majority party to be referred to as the "Majority Leader" and the leader of the minority party to be referred to as the "Leader" of his party in order to reduce the (correct) implication that "Minority" connotes of lesser power.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Senate_Majority_Leader (877 words)

	Majority leader - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In U.S. politics, the majority leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.
		If the presiding officer of the body is not elected by the body itself, the majority leader is the floor leader of the majority caucus; otherwise, the majority leader is the second-most senior member of the majority caucus, while the floor leader becomes the presiding officer.
		The majority leader is often assisted in his/her role by whips, whose job is to enforce party discipline on votes deemed to be crucial by the party leadership and to ensure that members do not vote in a way not approved of by the party.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Majority_Leader (211 words)

	Office of the Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
		Congressman Hoyer was elected Majority Leader in November 2006 by his colleagues in the Democratic Caucus.
		The Majority Leader is charged with managing the House Floor and scheduling legislation for consideration, as well as helping to unify the Caucus and deliver the Democratic message.
		Majority Leader Hoyer: Appropriations Bills Continue to Move Our Country in a New Direction
	democraticleader.house.gov (166 words)

	Defense contractors weigh Majority Leader Murtha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Some in the defense industry hope Murtha becomes majority leader, while others say he would be better suited at the helm of the defense appropriations committee.
		As a majority leader, Murtha would bring defense to the forefront and stave off cuts that the Democrats have traditionally made, some industry insiders say.
		Hoyer would not be a bad bet for the defense industry as majority leader, because he has also been a strong supporter of the sector and is in close contact with the Pentagon and the military branches, said the source.
	thehill.com /thehill/export/TheHill/Business/101106_biz1.html (872 words)

	State: Majority leader is out of a job
		The state Senate president fires Alex Villalobos, in line to be president in 2008, after he fails to toe the party line on the class size amendment and school vouchers.
		It was the second time in four days that Villalobos broke with members of his party in a vote that had Democrats pumping their fists in triumph.
		Bennett, a leader of the anti-Villalobos faction seeking to hand control of the 2008 Senate to Sen. Jeff Atwater of North Palm Beach, said Villalobos' actions have destroyed any sense that he's a team player.
	www.sptimes.com /2006/05/01/State/Majority_leader_is_ou.shtml (634 words)

	CBS News \| Boehner Takes the Reins As Majority Leader
		As majority leader, Boehner's first challenge will be to work with Hastert to find consensus on legislation designed to curtail the influence of lobbyists in Congress.
		Blunt's position as temporary majority leader had made him the front-runner, but he ended seven votes short of the necessary majority on a first-round secret ballot.
		Boehner came to Congress when Democrats held a majority, and he joined the Gang of Seven, a group of energetic young lawmakers eager to draw attention to a scandal involving the House bank and Democrats.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/02/03/ap/politics/mainD8FHNVD8H.shtml (908 words)

	HANDOUT -- METHODS OF OBTAINING HOUSE FLOOR CONSIDERATION
		Used for non-controversial measures which have been pre-approved by the Majority and Minority Leaders and with the full and subcommittee chairmen and ranking minority members of the committee(s) of jurisdiction.
		Requests from the Chairman of the committee of jurisdiction must be submitted to the Majority Leader in writing two weeks prior to floor consideration using the appropriate form which can be obtained from the Majority Leader’s office.
		Rules are non-amendable unless: the Majority manager offers an amendment; the Majority manager yields for the purpose of amendment (which never happens); or the previous question is defeated.
	www.rules.house.gov /POP/obt_floor_consid.htm (974 words)

	Online NewsHour: Newsmaker Interview \| Senate Leader Discusses Tribunals \| September 14, 2006 \| PBS
		Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., discusses the midterm elections and President Bush's latest push to pass legislation on military tribunals after former Secretary of State Colin Powell joined several key Republican senators opposed to the president's plan.
		I, as majority leader, can take either bill out, the president's bill, which passed overwhelmingly in the House, their committee, as you well know, or the committee that came out today.
		Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid discusses the mid-term elections, U.S. policy in Iraq, and Sept. 11.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/politics/july-dec06/frist_09-14.html (2118 words)

	NPR : Ohio Republican Boehner Picked as Majority Leader
		Morning Edition, February 3, 2006 · Republican Rep. John Boehner of Ohio was elected House majority leader Thursday, replacing the indicted Rep. Tom DeLay.
		Blunt -- the majority whip -- had been serving as the acting majority leader and was considered the front runner in the race to replace DeLay.
		The new majority leader's roots are in Ohio.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5185826 (722 words)

	Thomas D. DeLay: Majority Leader - SourceWatch
		Thomas Dale "Tom" DeLay, an American Republican politician from Sugar Land, Texas, has served as Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives since 2002 until he was forced to step down September 28, 2005, after a Texas grand jury indicted him and "two political associates with conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme." [1]
		After serving as Whip for eight years, DeLay was elected Majority Leader upon the retirement of Dick Armey in 2002.
		His tenure as Majority Leader has been marked by strong Republican party discipline in close votes, and the use of parliamentary political techniques to preserve his party's control of the House.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Thomas_D._DeLay:_Majority_Leader (957 words)

	The Editors on John Shadegg on National Review Online
		At a time of an ethical crisis, when the Republican majority often seems to have lost direction, John Shadegg is the right man to clean house and restore the GOP majority to its core principles.
		In recent days, the other candidates, Majority Whip Roy Blunt and Rep. John Boehner of Ohio (the latter who, to his credit, is a longtime scourge of earmarks), have started a minor bidding war on reform.
		We need to reform government, not manage it." A majority leader can't be a purist, of course, and, as we have often noted, it's not a lack of will or conviction alone that has created limited-government conservatism's difficulties — larger forces are at play.
	www.nationalreview.com /editorial/editors200601131656.asp (712 words)

	The Democratic Party
		This is Congressman Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the Majority Leader-Elect in the United States House of Representatives.
		Ten days ago, my colleagues in the House Democratic Caucus made history by unanimously nominating the first woman - Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi of California - to serve as the Speaker in the 110th Congress, which convenes in January.
		On the same day, House Democrats also elected Congressman Jim Clyburn of South Carolina to serve as Majority Whip.
	democrats.org /a/2006/11/majority_leader.php (841 words)

	House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		“In addition to this, the Majority Leader in the House is presenting thinly veiled threats against the federal judiciary. He may not care about the system of checks and balances, but the American people do.
		The Republican majority promised after the 1994 elections to manage the House in a way that fostered “deliberative democracy,” which they defined as the “full and free airing of conflicting opinions through hearings, debates, and amendments.” They also pledged in their Contract with
		They ram thousands of pages of major legislation through with only a few hours for review, permit few if any floor amendments (4 percent in the Democratic amendments submitted in the 108th), and hold open floor votes until enough arms have been twisted to ensure passage.
	democraticleader.house.gov /press/releases.cfm?pressReleaseID=928 (1114 words)

	Senate majority leader - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Senate Majority Leader is a politician within a Senate who leads the majority party, or majority coalition, of sitting senators.
		In practice the Senate Majority Leader is a highly influential figure and usually has a great deal of power over what legislation is approved by the Senate.
		He or she may have authority over other officials such as Senate whips or floor leaders.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Senate_Majority_Leader (156 words)

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	CNN.com - Boehner elected House majority leader - Feb 3, 2006
		CNN.com - Boehner elected House majority leader - Feb 3, 2006
		Blunt, who was re-elected as majority whip, the No. 3 leadership position, said "I'm absolutely at peace with" the decision.
		The race for majority leader appeared to turn on the desire for members to present a fresh face to the public and distance themselves from Washington's K Street, or lobbyist, community.
	www.cnn.com /2006/POLITICS/02/02/house.leadership/index.html (527 words)

	Majority Leader's Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The Office of the House Majority Leader was created in 1927.
		The current House Majority Leader, Clay Aurand, is a Republican from Courtland.
		Serving in the House of Representatives since 1995, Representative Aurand is in his second term as House Majority Leader.
	www.kshousegop.org /office.html (42 words)

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