minority leader

Examples of minority leader in the following topics:

• Party Leadership in the House

  • Instead, the House uses the terms "Republican Leader" or "Democratic Leader" depending on which party holds a minority of seats.
  • The current House Majority Leader is Republican Kevin McCarthy, while the current House Minority Leader is Democrat Nancy Pelosi.
  • The Minority Leader of the House serves as floor leader of the opposition party and is the counterpart to the Majority Leader.
  • Unlike the Majority Leader, the Minority Leader is on the ballot for Speaker of the House when Congress convenes.
  • If the Minority Leader's party takes control of the House and the party officers are all re-elected to their seats, the Minority Leader is usually the party's top choice for Speaker for the next Congress, while the Minority Whip is typically in line to become Majority Leader.

• Congressional Campaign Committees

  • The Chairperson of the DCCC is the fourth ranking position among House Democrats, after the Minority Leader, the Minority Whip and the Democratic Caucus Chairperson.
  • For the 2012 election cycle, Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi appointed congressman Steve Israel to serve as the committee's chair.
  • Republican Leader John Boehner and the seven other elected leaders of the Republican Conference of the House of Representatives serve as ex-officio members of the NRCC's executive committee.

• Party Leadership in the Senate

  • Each party is led by a floor leader who directs the legislative agenda of his caucus in the Senate, and who is augmented by an Assistant Leader or Whip, and several other officials who work together to manage the floor schedule of legislation, enforce party discipline, oversee efforts to elect new Senators, and maintain party unity.
  • The titular, non-partisan leaders of the Senate itself are the Vice President of the United States, who serves as President of the Senate, and the President pro tempore, the most senior member of the majority who theoretically presides in the absence of the Vice President.
  • The Senate Majority Leader is Harry Reid (Nevada) and serves as leader of the Senate Democratic Conference and manages the legislative business of the Senate.
  • Since January 3, 2007, the Republican Party has constituted the minority of the Senate.
  • Mitch McConnell (Kentucky) is the Senate Minority Leader and Jon Kyl (Arizona) is the Senate Minority Whip.

• The Staff System

  • The various types of congressional staff are as follows: personal staff, who work for individual members of Congress; committee staff, who serve either the majority or minority on congressional committees; leadership staff, who work for the speaker, majority and minority leaders, and the majority and minority whips; institutional staff, who include the majority and minority party floor staff and non-partisan staff; and the support agency staff, who are the non-partisan employees of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and Government Accountability Office (GAO).
  • Majority and minority members hire their own staff, with the exception of two committees in each house: the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the House, and the Select Committee on Ethics and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in the Senate.

• Hosting Conventions

  • Due to the national media presence surrounding presidential nominating conventions, they are also excellent tools to showcase a given party's leaders and policies to prospective voters.
  • Some minor political parties in the U.S. also utilize conventions to select their presidential candidates.
  • Examples of such minor parties include the Green Party, Socialist Party USA, Libertarian Party, Constitution Party, and Reform Party USA.

• Political Parties

  • They also control committee appointments, and since the 1990s there has been a stronger control by congressional party leaders on individual members including higher rates of party voting.
  • This rise in party power also means that the experiences of members of the majority versus minority party will be quite different.
  • However, minority party members will have to rely on negative powers such as blocking legislation in committees, or using filibuster techniques.
  • Cabinets based on a coalition with majority in a parliament, ideally, are more stable and long-lived than minority cabinets.
  • Nancy Pelosi is the leader of the House Democrats and the first women to be Speaker of the House.

• Minorities, Women, and Children

  • Minorities, women, and children are often the target of specific social policies.
  • Minorities, women, and children are often the target of specific social policies.
  • One major, particularly controversial policy targeting minority groups is affirmative action.
  • The Civil Rights Movement attempted to increase rights for minorities within the U.S.
  • Discuss government social policy toward minorities, women and children in the United States

• Political Leaders and Opinion Makers

  • Typically the opinion leader is held in high esteem by those who accept his or her opinions.
  • In the jargon of public relations, they are called thought leaders.
  • Opinion leaders, such as Stephen Colbert, often shape public opinion.
  • People are inclined to follow opinion leaders because of their knowledge and experience.
  • George Clooney is an example of a celebrity opinion leader.

• Political Parties

  • When the party is represented by members in the lower house of parliament, the party leader simultaneously serves as the leader of the parliamentary group of that full party representation.
  • Depending on a minimum number of seats held, Westminster-based parties allow for leaders to form frontbench teams of senior fellow members of the parliamentary group who serve as critics of aspects of government policy.
  • Although minor parties may sometimes be allowed, they are legally required to accept the leadership of the dominant party.

• Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Movement

  • African Americans and other racial minorities resisted this regime in numerous ways and sought better opportunities through lawsuits, new organizations (such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), political redress, and labor organizing.
  • The student sit-ins protesting segregated lunch counters (1960); the Freedom Rides (1961) in which activists attempted to integrate bus terminals, restrooms, and water fountains; voter registration drives; and the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963), in which civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.