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May 20, 2024 · Steve Scalise proudly represents the First Congressional District of Louisiana. Scalise was elected to Congress in 2008 after serving in the Louisiana State Legislature from 1996-2008. He serves his colleagues as the House Majority Leader, the second highest position in House Republican leadership. Scalise is a strong leader who upholds the ...
Elected by the whole of the House of Representatives, the Speaker acts as leader of the House and combines several roles: the institutional role of presiding officer and administrative head of the House, the role of leader of the majority party in the House, and the representative role of an elected member of the House.
Unlike the Senate Majority Leader, the House Majority Leader is the second highest-ranking member of their party's House caucus, behind the Speaker of the House. The Majority Leader is responsible for setting the annual legislative agenda, scheduling legislation for consideration, and coordinating committee activity. [2]
May 3, 2022 · The majority leader in the contemporary House is second-in-command behind the Speaker of the House.1 Typically, the majority leader functions as the Speaker’s chief lieutenant or “field commander” for day-to-day management of the floor.
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Mar 16, 2023 · In the 118th Congress which runs through Jan. 3, 2025, Republicans have majority control of the House of Representatives. Republicans took back the House by a slim majority in the 2022 midterm...
The House is one of Congress’s two chambers (the other is the U.S. Senate), and part of the federal government’s legislative branch. The number of voting representatives in the House is fixed by law at no more than 435, proportionally representing the population of the 50 states.
