Congressional Leadership - 2013-14

Speaker John Boehner (R) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D) in the House and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) are key faces of their respective parties in the 113th Congress. Effective congressional leadership requires a particular temperament and set of skills. Speaker Boehner has said that his experience working in his father's bar helped give him the skills to do the job. "I mopped floors. I cleaned dishes. I waited tables. I tended bar...You have to learn to deal with every character that walks in the door."

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to July 31, 2014 Speaker - John Boehner (OH)* twitter Majority Leader - Eric Cantor (VA)* twitter Majority Whip - Kevin McCarthy (CA)* twitter Chair, Republican Conference - Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA)* twitter NRCC Chairman - Greg Walden (OR) Chair, Republican Policy Committee - James Lankford (OK)* twitter Conference Vice-Chair - Lynn Jenkins (KS) Conference Secretary - Virginia Foxx (NC) Sophomore Representative - Tim Scott (SC) Freshman Representative - Ann Wagner (MO) Rules Committee Chairman - Pete Sessions (TX) groupings Republican Study Committee twitter	Minority Leader - Nancy Pelosi (CA)* twitter Minority Whip - Steny H. Hoyer (MD)* twitter Assistant Leader - James Clyburn (SC)* twitter Democratic Caucus twitter Chair - Xavier Becerra (CA) Vice Chair - Joe Crowley (CT) DCCC Chairman - Steve Israel (NY) Democratic Steering and Policy Committee Co-Chair - Rosa DeLauro (CT) Co-Chair - George Miller (CA) In March 2014 Pelosi named Miller to succeed Rep. Rob Andrews (NJ), who resigned in February. groupings Progressive Caucus twitter New Democrat Coalition twitter Blue Dog Coalition twitter
from Aug. 1, 2014 Rep. Eric Cantor (VA) served as Majority Leader starting in Jan. 2011, and was seen as a possible next Speaker. However in a major upset Cantor lost his June 10, 2014 Republican primary to Dave Brat. On June 11 he announced that he would resign his leadership position effective July 31. On June 19 House Republicans elected Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (CA) as the next Majority Leader over Rep. Raul Labrador (ID), and Rep. Steve Scalise (LA) defeated Rep. Peter Roskam (IL) and Rep. Marlin Stutzman (IN) to ascend to Majority Whip. Rep. Rob Woodall (GA) succeeded Scalise as chairman of the Republican Study Committee for the rest of the 113th Congress.
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Senate Republicans twitter Minority Leader - Mitch McConnell (KY) Minority Whip - John Cornyn (TX) Chair, Senate Republican Conference - John Thune (SD)* Chair, Republican Policy Committee - John Barrasso (WY)* twitter Vice Chair, Senate Republican Conference - Roy Blunt (MO)	Senate Democrats twitter Majority Leader - Harry Reid (NV) [President Pro Tem - Patrick Leahy (VT)] Assistant Majority Leader - Dick Durbin (IL) Vice Chair of the Conference and Chair of the Democratic Policy Committee - Charles E. Schumer (NY)* Secretary of the Conference - Patty Murray (WA) Vice Chair of the Democratic Policy Committee - Debbie Stabenow (MI) Chair, Steering and Outreach Committee - Mark Begich (AK)*

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