Leadership in the 114th Congress started out a lot like
leadership in the 113th Congress. At the top, Speaker John Boehner
(R) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D) in the House and Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) and Minority
Leader Harry Reid (D) were the faces of their respective parties. However,
on
Sept.
25, 2015 Speaker Boehner
announced that he would resign at the end of Oct. 2015; Rep. Paul Ryan
was sworn in to succeed him on Oct. 29, 2015. Effective congressional
leadership requires a
particular
temperament and set of skills. Boehner had 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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House > |
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Majority
Leader
- Kevin McCarthy
(VA)*
twitter Chair,
Republican Conference - Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA)* twitter NRCC Chairman - Greg Walden (OR) Chair,
Republican
Policy
Committee
- Luke Messer (IN)*
twitter Conference Vice-Chair - Lynn Jenkins (KS) Conference Secretary - Virginia Foxx (NC) Note: Leadership elections held Nov. 13,
2014. No one challenged Speaker Boehner and there were just a
handful of
no votes. This is largely the
team that finished out the 113th Congress with the addition of Rep.
Luke Messer (IN) in the number five position. Speaker Boehner
(R) announced on Sept.
25, 2015 that he would resign at the end of Oct. 2015; Rep. Paul Ryan
was sworn in to succeed him on Oct. 29, 2015. groupings |
Minority
Whip
-
Steny
H.
Hoyer
(MD)* twitter Assistant
Leader
-
James
Clyburn
(SC)* twitter Chair - Xavier Becerra (CA) DCCC Chairman - Ben Ray Luján (NM) Democratic Steering and Policy Committee Co-Chair - Rosa DeLauro (CT)
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Senate > |
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Majority Whip - John Cornyn (TX) Chair,
Senate
Republican
Conference
-
John
Thune
(SD)* Vice Chair, Senate Republican Conference -
Roy Blunt (MO)
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[President Pro Tem - Patrick Leahy (VT)] Vice Chair of the Conference and Chair of the Democratic Policy
and Communications Committee - Charles E. Schumer (NY)* Secretary of the Conference - Patty Murray (WA) Vice Chair of the Democratic Policy
Committee - Debbie Stabenow (MI) and Strategic Policy Advisor to the DPCC -
Elizabeth Warren (MA) Note: Leadership elections held Nov. 13,
2014. No one challenged Reid, but there were widespread reports
of frustration and at least five of the Democratic Senators did not
vote to support him. Reid
created
a
special
position
for
Sen.
Elizabeth
Warren
(MA), who was among the most popular Democrats
nationally in the 2014 cycle; she is to serve as "envoy" or "liaison"
to liberal groups. |
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