Party leaders of the United States Senate

The Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader are senators in the Senate of the United States and the two speakers of the majority and minority groups in the United States Senate. In this function, they are called the party leaders of the Senate of the United States of America, also Floor Leaders of the Senate.

The representatives of the two parties in the Senate vote on their AGMs those senators to whom the task of the group leader is transmitted. These leaders serve as the spokesperson of each party in the Senate; they lead the legislative and executive work of the parties and set appointments fixed for this work. Usually are the Senate President pro tempore of the leader of the majority party the priority in order to address the Senate.

The location and legal status of the party leader is not defined in the Constitution. The Democrats elected in 1920, the Republicans in 1925 to their respective first speaker in the Senate. The respective floor leader in the Senate has become one of the main representatives of his party.

Current party leader

The current party leaders are the Senators Harry Reid ( Democrat of Nevada) as a spokesman of the majority party and Mitch McConnell ( Republican of Kentucky) as a spokesman for the minority party.