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17 Cards in this Set
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majority party
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Republican
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speaker of the house
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Dennis Hastert- Illinois
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majority leader
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John Boehner- Ohio
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majority whip
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Roy Blunt- Missouri
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role of the speaker
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has control of Committee chair assignments and calendars
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role of the whip
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encourage/pester members to vote the same way on a bill (for or against)
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minority party of House
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Democrats
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minority leader
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Nancy Pelosi -California
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minority whip
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Steny Hoyer- Maryland
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president of the Senate (always vice president of US)
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Dick Cheney
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president pro tempore of the Senate
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Ted Stevens -Alaska
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majoiry leader
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Bill Frist- Tennessee
has most powerful job in Senate, controls floor debate |
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majoirty whip
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Bob McConnell- Kentucky
has same job as in Senate |
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minority leader
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Harry Reid- Nevada
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minority whip
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Dick Durbin- Illinois
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Virginia senators
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John Warner and George Allen
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VA 11th District (Congress) (House of Representatives)
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Tom Davis
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