House Majority Leader

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The House Majority Leader is the second-highest-ranking member of the majority party in the U.S. House of Representatives, responsible for setting the legislative agenda and coordinating party strategy on the House floor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal government position
leadership position
political office
belongsToOrganization United States Congress
branchOfGovernment legislative branch
category United States House of Representatives leadership positions
United States federal legislative positions
chamber House of Representatives
country United States of America
electedBy members of the majority party in the House
governmentLevel federal
hasCounterpart Senate Majority Leader
house lower house
influences floor debate scheduling
legislative agenda of the U.S. House of Representatives
timing of votes on legislation
jurisdiction United States Congress
surface form: United States federal legislature
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
location United States Capitol
meetsIn House of Representatives chamber
surface form: House Chamber
nominatedBy majority party caucus
officeType partisan leadership role
partOf United States House of Representatives
politicalAlignment majority party in the House
positionHeldIn majority party in the U.S. House of Representatives
precedenceOver House Majority Whip
rankInMajorityParty second-highest-ranking member
reportsTo Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
responsibility assisting the Speaker in floor management
coordinating party strategy on the House floor
coordinating with the Senate majority leadership on legislation
coordinating with the White House on legislative priorities
counting and securing votes for legislation
helping to formulate the majority party’s policy agenda in the House
managing the legislative calendar
representing the majority party’s position on the House floor
scheduling legislation for floor consideration
setting the House legislative agenda
working with committee chairs on legislative priorities
scopeOfAuthority House floor proceedings
seatType must be a sitting member of the U.S. House of Representatives
selectionMethod internal party election
subordinateTo Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
worksWith House Majority Whip
committee chairs
rank-and-file majority party members

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United States House leadership hasRole House Majority Leader
House Minority Leader worksWith House Majority Leader
Majority Whip supportsOffice House Majority Leader
House Majority Whip reportsTo House Majority Leader
House Majority Whip worksWith House Majority Leader
Charles A. Halleck positionHeld House Majority Leader
William B. Bankhead positionHeld House Majority Leader
Assistant Speaker of the House worksWith House Majority Leader
this entity surface form: Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
House Republican Policy Committee Chair worksWith House Majority Leader
this entity surface form: House Majority Leader (when Republicans hold the majority)
Sam Rayburn positionHeld House Majority Leader
Richard Armey positionHeld House Majority Leader
John W. McCormack positionHeld House Majority Leader
this entity surface form: Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
Tip O'Neill positionHeld House Majority Leader
Kevin McCarthy positionHeld House Majority Leader
this entity surface form: Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
Halleck positionHeld House Majority Leader
subject surface form: Charles A. Halleck
Carl Albert positionHeld House Majority Leader
this entity surface form: Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
Majority Leader hasAlternativeLabel House Majority Leader
this entity surface form: Government House Leader
Richard Gephardt positionHeld House Majority Leader
Assistant Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives supportsPosition House Majority Leader
this entity surface form: Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
Assistant Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives reportsTo House Majority Leader
this entity surface form: Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
John Boehner positionHeld House Majority Leader
this entity surface form: House Majority Leader of the United States
Texas mid-decade redistricting 2003 TomDeLayRole House Majority Leader
this entity surface form: U.S. House Majority Leader
Tom DeLay positionHeld House Majority Leader
Roy Blunt positionHeld House Majority Leader
this entity surface form: House Majority Leader (acting)
Tip positionHeld House Majority Leader
subject surface form: Tip O'Neill
James Claude Wright Jr. positionHeld House Majority Leader
this entity surface form: Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives