Senate majority party conference

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The Senate majority party conference is the formal organization of the party that holds more seats in the U.S. Senate, coordinating its members’ legislative agenda, leadership, and strategy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Senate organization
legislative party organization
parliamentary party conference
basedOn majority status in the United States Senate
changesWhen control of the Senate shifts to the other party
composedOf senators of the majority party
country United States of America
determines majority party’s committee assignment recommendations
majority party’s committee chairmanship recommendations
majority party’s position on key legislation
elects Senate Majority Leader
Majority Whip
surface form: Senate Majority Whip

chair of the conference
other majority party floor leaders
policy committee chair (if provided by party rules)
vice chair of the conference (if provided by party rules)
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States
governs internal operations of the majority party in the Senate
hasJurisdictionOver internal majority party matters in the Senate
hasMember all sitting senators of the majority party
independent senators caucusing with the majority party (when applicable)
hasRole assign members to Senate committees (through party process)
coordinate floor activity for the majority party
coordinate legislative agenda of the majority party
develop party messaging on legislation
develop party strategy in the Senate
elect party leadership in the Senate
facilitate communication among majority party senators
help maintain party discipline in votes
set internal party rules in the Senate
support majority party’s policy priorities
language English
legislativeBody United States Senate
meetsAt United States Capitol
meetsFrequency regularly during Senate sessions
notIdenticalTo formal Senate rules or procedures
partOf party organization of the majority party
primaryGoal advance the majority party’s agenda in the Senate
maintain and organize majority control of the Senate
relatedTo Republican Conference of the United States House of Representatives
surface form: House majority party conference

Senate minority party conference
Senate majority party conference self-linksurface differs
surface form: Senate party caucus
sector politics
usesProcedure closed-door party meetings
secret-ballot leadership elections

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Senate minority party conference relatedTo Senate majority party conference
Mitch McConnell leaderOf Senate majority party conference
this entity surface form: Senate Republican Conference
Senate majority party conference relatedTo Senate majority party conference self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Senate party caucus