Political Positions of the House of Representatives and Senate

Major members of the House of Representatives and Senate

Speaker of the House

Mike Johnson

Louisiana

Republican

House Majority Floor Leader

Steve Scalise

Louisiana

Repbulican

House Minority Floor Leader

Hakeem Jeffries

New York

Democrat

House Majority Party Whip

Tom Emmer

Minnesota

Republican

House Minority Party Whip

Katherine Clark

Massachusetts

Democrat

President of the Senate

JD Vance

Ohio

Republican

President Pro Tempore of the U.S Senate

Charles Grassley

Iowa

Republican

Senate Majority Floor Leader

John Thune

South Dakota

Republican

Senate Minority Floor Leader

Charles E. Schumer

New York

Democrat

Senate Majority Party Whip

John Barrasso

Wyoming

Republican

Senate Minority Party Whip

Richard Durbin

Illinois

Democrat

Speaker of the House (definition)

Presiding officer of the House

Assign bills to committees (Can push their agenda)

Elected by the members of the House from the members of the House

Generally from the majority party

2nd in line for the presidency

Floor Leader (definition)

Leader of their political party

Set the agenda and political strategies for the party

Elected by members of their party in the house

Majority and Minority (2 for each)

Party Whip (definition)

Party enforcer and assistant floor leader

Elected by members of their party in the house

Majority and Minority (2 for each)

President of the Senate (definition)

The Vice President of the United States

Presiding officer in the Senate

Cannot purpose legislation, participate in debates, or vote unless it’s a tie

Not an official member of the Senate

President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate (definition)

Substitute president

Generally the senior member of the majority party by custom (they will however put a rookie because they do not want to do anything)

They can propose, debate, and vote unless they are in the “big chair”