Senate Minority Leader

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leadership position in the United States Senate political office

The Senate Minority Leader is the head of the political party with the second-highest number of seats in the U.S. Senate, responsible for coordinating the party’s legislative strategy and serving as its chief spokesperson in the chamber.

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Label Occurrences
Senate Minority Leader canonical 28
Senate Minority Leader of the United States 4
Minority Leader 3

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf leadership position in the United States Senate ⓘ
political office ⓘ
associatedWith filibuster strategy and cloture negotiations ⓘ
party messaging on national issues in the Senate ⓘ
basisOfOffice created and governed by Senate rules and party conference rules ⓘ
category United States Senate leadership positions ⓘ
United States federal political titles ⓘ
chamber upper house of the United States Congress ⓘ
constitutionalBasis not explicitly established by the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
contrastWith Senate Majority Leader ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
definition head of the party with the second-highest number of seats in the U.S. Senate ⓘ
eligibleOfficeholder must be a sitting United States Senator ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
hasTitleStyle Senator ⓘ
historicalNote position developed through party organization and Senate practice in the late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ
influences Senate legislative agenda from the minority party perspective ⓘ
minority party’s voting strategy on nominations and legislation ⓘ
use of Senate procedural tools by the minority party ⓘ
jurisdiction legislative activities within the United States Senate ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Senate ⓘ
locationOfOffice United States Capitol ⓘ
surface form: United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.
meetsWith minority party conference in the Senate ⓘ
partyAffiliation belongs to the party with fewer seats than the majority party in the Senate ⓘ
positionHeldIn U.S. Senate party leadership ⓘ
rank highest-ranking member of the minority party in the U.S. Senate ⓘ
reportsTo Senate minority party conference ⓘ
responsibility advising minority party senators on legislative tactics ⓘ
assisting in managing minority party floor debate ⓘ
coordinating the minority party’s legislative strategy in the Senate ⓘ
coordinating with the party’s leadership in the House of Representatives and the White House when applicable ⓘ
helping to shape the minority party’s policy agenda in the Senate ⓘ
negotiating with the Senate Majority Leader on floor schedule and procedure ⓘ
organizing minority party response to majority party initiatives ⓘ
serving as chief spokesperson for the minority party in the Senate ⓘ
working with the party’s campaign and political committees on Senate races ⓘ
roleIn United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
scope federal-level office, not a state office ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by the party’s conference or caucus in the Senate ⓘ
subordinatePosition Senate Minority Whip ⓘ
other minority party leadership positions in the Senate ⓘ
supervises minority party’s floor operations in the Senate ⓘ
termLength serves at the pleasure of the party conference without a fixed constitutional term ⓘ
worksWith President pro tempore of the United States Senate ⓘ
Senate Majority Leader ⓘ
Vice President of the United States as President of the Senate ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

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United States Congress → hasLeader → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
United States Senate → hasOfficerTitle → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minority Leader
Alben W. Barkley → positionHeld → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
Senate Majority Leader → hasCounterpart → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
Minority Leader of the California State Senate → hasTitleInLaw → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
House Minority Leader → analogousTo → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
Lyndon B. Johnson → positionHeld → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
Senate leadership offices → hasPart → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of the Senate Minority Leader
Senate leadership offices → occupantRole → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
Nevada Senate → hasLeaderTitle → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minority Leader
United States Senate leadership → hasRole → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
Everett Dirksen → positionHeld → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
Howard Baker → positionHeld → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
Bob Dole → positionHeld → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
Charles Schumer → positionHeld → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate Minority Leader of the United States
Senate Minority Whip → supports → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
Senate minority party conference → hasPart → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate minority leader
Senate minority party conference → elects → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate minority leader
Robert Byrd → positionHeld → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
North Carolina Senate → officerTitle → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minority Leader
Harry Reid → positionHeld → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
Wallace H. White Jr. → positionHeld → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
Wallace H. White Jr. → positionHeld → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate Republican Leader
Mitch McConnell → positionHeld → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
Senate → hasOfficer → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Senate
Cornelia Morton → positionHeld → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles L. McNary
Tom Daschle → positionHeld → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
Assistant Minority Leader of the United States Senate → reportsTo → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
Jessie Breyman → positionHeld → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles L. McNary
Mr. Republican → positionHeld → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
subject surface form: Robert A. Taft
this entity surface form: Senate Republican Leader
Dirksen → positionHeld → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
subject surface form: Everett Dirksen
Glendale Memorial Gardens, Pekin, Illinois → positionHeld → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
subject surface form: Everett Dirksen
this entity surface form: Senate Minority Leader of the United States
Dole → positionHeld → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
subject surface form: Bob Dole
Rhode Island Senate → minorityLeaderTitle → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
Bill Frist → positionHeld → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate Minority Leader of the United States
Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr. → positionHeld → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate Minority Leader of the United States
Harry Mason Reid → positionHeld → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
Senate Chief Clerk → worksWith → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
Michigan Senate → minorityLeaderTitle → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
Addison → positionHeld → Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
subject surface form: Addison Mitchell McConnell Jr.