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40 Cards in this Set
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Counterpart to the House and Senate Majority Leaders
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House Minority Leader
Senate Minority Leader |
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Reviews bills coming from a Committee before they go to full House
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House Rules Committee
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Appoints party's legislative leaders in House
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Speaker of the House
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Report views and complaints of the party rank-and-file back to the leadership
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Party Whips
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Only legislative office mandated by the Constitution
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Speaker of the House
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Vice President of the United States
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President of the Senate
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Temporary President of the Senate
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President pro tempore
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Lean on waverers whose votes are crucial to a bill
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Party Whips
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Party's Workhorses in the Senate
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Senate Majority Leader, Senate Minority Leader
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Plays a major role in making committee assignments in the House
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Speaker of the house
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Substantially controls which bills get assigned to which committees in House
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Speaker of the House
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With Party whips assisting, these leaders are in charge of influencing the Senators to vote the way their party wants them to vote
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Senate Majority Leader, Senate Minority Leader
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Counts votes on bills beforehand
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Party Whips
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Presiding Officer of House of Representatives
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Speaker of the House
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Schedules floor action in the Senate
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Senate Majority Leader
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2nd in line (after vice-pres.) to succeed a U.S. Pres. that dies in office
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Speaker of the House
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A traffic cop, which schedules bills on the House calendar
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House Rules Committee
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Responsible for rounding up votes on behalf of the party's position on legislation in the House
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House Majority Leader, House Minority Leader
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Stepping stone to the Speaker's role
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House Majority Leader
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Allots time for debate on floor of House
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House Rules Committee
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Most Powerful Congressional leader
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Speaker of the House
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After the president, the top national spokesperson for his/her party
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Speaker of the House
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Vice President of the United States
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President of the Senate
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Appoints members to the House Rules Committee
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Speaker of the House
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Assistants to the majority and minority leaders
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Party Whips
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Republicans currently
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Speaker of the House, House Majority Leader, House Majority Whip, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Whip
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Democrats currently
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House Minority Leader, House Minority Whip, President of the Senate, President Pro Temp, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Majority Whip
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Can sometimes be presiding officer who is not a part of the majority party, as happened during the Clinton administration & the Bush administration
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President of the Senate
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John Boehner
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Speaker of the House
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Eric Cantor
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House Majority Whip
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Kevin McCarthy
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House Majority Whip
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Daniel Inouye
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President Pro Temp
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Harry Reid
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Senate Majority Leader
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Richard Durbin
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Senate Majority Whip
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Nancy Pelosi
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House Minority Leader
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Steny Hoyer
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House Minority Leader
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Joe Biden
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President of the Senate
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Mitch McConall
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Senate Minority Leader
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Jon Kyle
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Senate Minority Whip
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Democrats
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Joe Biden, Daniel Inouye,Harry Reid, Richard Durbin, Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer
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