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Listed below are the current leadership and officers for the 118th Congress. Also available on Senate.gov are historical essays on and lists of Senate leadership and Senate officers.
- Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman
1 Townsend lost his bid for reelection in 1940 but the...
- Qualifications & Terms of Service
The oath of office that one-third of the Senate recites...
- Ernst Joni
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- Facts & Milestones
Diversity in the Senate • African American Senators •...
- Durbin Richard J
Durbin Delivers Opening Statement During Senate Judiciary...
- President Pro Tempore
The Constitution instructs the Senate to choose a president...
- Chair of Policy & Communications Committee
The Senate created Democratic and Republican Policy...
- States
Select a state to learn about its history in the United...
- Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress. The Senate and the United States House of Representatives (which is the lower chamber of Congress) comprise the federal bicameral legislature of the United States.
Learn about the officials elected by the Senate Democratic Caucus and the Senate Republican Conference to manage the affairs of each party in the Senate. See their names, states, positions, and notes on the current party leaders of the United States Senate.
The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and people of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as chief spokespersons for their respective political parties, holding the majority and the minority in the United States Senate.
Learn about the constitutional role and historical evolution of the vice president as the president of the Senate. The vice president presides over the Senate, breaks tie votes, and counts electoral ballots.
Learn about the role, authority, and history of the president pro tempore, the second-highest-ranking official of the Senate. Find out who is the current officeholder, how the position is elected, and where it stands in the line of succession.
Senator Thomas Daschle served as majority leader at that time. Beginning on January 20, 2001, Republican vice president Richard Cheney held the deciding vote, giving the majority to the Republicans. Senator Trent Lott resumed his position as majority leader on that date.
