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Majority Leader
Majority Leader
Majority Leader
Majority Leader
Majority Leader

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Majority Leader Defined

The Majority Leader is elected by his/her party colleagues. In the Senate, the Majority Leader, in collaboration with the Minority Leader, directs the legislation schedule for the chamber. Each is his/her party’s spokesperson and chief strategist. In the House, the Majority Leader is second to the Speaker in the majority party’s leadership, and serves as his/her party’s legislative strategist. See also:Minority Leader

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Wed May 20

  • Verbal Miscues come in Threes for Sen. Reid: In a press conference yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) flubbed not once, but three times when asked about the party?s policy on the release of Guantanamo inmates and the health of two of the chamber?s most senior and respected members.

Fri May 1

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Thu Feb 26

  • Reid: Congressional Budget Increased For GOP Welfare: A ten percent increase in the budget for Congressional operations was needed because Senate Republicans wanted to retain previous staff levels despite having lost roughly 20 percent of their ranks in the 2008 elections, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Wednesday.

Tue Feb 10

  • Reid applauds NV Energy for shelving Ely coal plant: NV Energy on Monday announced that it is postponing development of a $5 billion coal-fired power plant at Ely until technology for capturing and storing carbon dioxide pollution becomes commercially feasible, probably for 10 years or more.

Mon Feb 2

  • Majority leader aims for changes: CARSON CITY -- Steven Horsford, the new Senate majority leader, begins the 75th session of the Legislature today already having rejected Gov. Jim Gibbons' spending plan as not fitting his vision of Nevada as a great state that cares about its less fortunate.

Wed Jan 7

  • Senate Democrats yield to Obama, retreat on Burris: Senate Democrats beat a hasty retreat Wednesday from their rejection of Roland Burris as President-elec t Barack Obama's successor, yielding to pressure from Obama himself and from senators irked that the standoff was draining attention and putting them in a bad light.Burris said with a smile he expected to join them "very shortly."

Tue Jan 6

  • Democratic leaders seek to resolve Burris saga: Roland Burris failed to capture President-elec t Barack Obama's old Senate seat Tuesday in a wild piece of political theater, but the Democrats' ; opposition cracked when a key chairwoman said seating him was simply the legal thing to do.Democratic leaders, set to meet with Burris on Wednesday, were searching for a way to defuse the dispute before it
  • New Congress opens pledging to rescue economy: The Capitol rang loud with vows to fix the crisis-ridden economy Tuesday as Congress opened for business at the dawn of a new Democratic era. "We need action and we need action now," said Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Republicans agreed, and pledged cooperation in Congress as well as with President-elec t Barack Obama ? to a point.

Wed Aug 27

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