Voters elect Congress. Congress elects its leaders. How that works – By Sophie Hills (CS Monitor) / Dec 15, 2022
Voters directly elect representatives to serve in Congress, but the leaders of those 435 House members and 100 senators are chosen through an internal – and, for many Americans, largely opaque – process.
Yet congressional leaders play a critical role in setting legislative agendas, wrangling votes, and communicating party priorities to the public.
The House has three main leadership roles: speaker, majority leader, and minority leader. The Senate has majority and minority leaders. In both chambers, the majority and minority whips also play an important, albeit secondary, role.
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