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  1. Listed below are the current leadership and officers for the 118th Congress. Also available on Senate.gov are historical essays on and lists of Senate leadership and Senate officers.

  2. The constitutionally-defined Senate leadership roles are the Vice President of the United States, who serves as President of the Senate, and the President pro tempore, traditionally the seniormost member of the majority, who theoretically presides in the absence of the Vice President.

  3. Traditionally serving as assistant leaders, whips are mainly responsible for counting heads and rounding up party members for votes and quorum calls, and they occasionally stand in for the majority or minority leaders in their absence.

  4. On January 20, 2021, Democratic vice president Kamala Harris took office. Her tie-breaking vote established a Democratic majority in the Senate, making Charles Schumer the majority leader and Mitch McConnell the minority leader. Baker, Richard A. and Roger H. Davidson, eds.

  5. The assistant majority leader and assistant minority leader of the United States Senate, commonly called whips, are the second-ranking members of each party's leadership. The main function of the majority and minority whips is to gather votes of their respective parties on major issues.

    Congress
    Dates
    Democratic Whip
    Democratic Leader
    January 3, 2023 –January 3, 2025
    Dick Durbin(Illinois)
    Chuck Schumer(New York)
    January 20, 2021 – January 3, 2023
    Dick Durbin(Illinois)
    Chuck Schumer(New York)
    January 3, 2021 – January 20, 2021
    Dick Durbin(Illinois)
    Chuck Schumer(New York)
    January 3, 2019 –January 3, 2021
    Dick Durbin(Illinois)
    Chuck Schumer(New York)
  6. May 1, 2023 · The Senate majority leader is Chuck Schumer of New York. He has held the position since Jan. 20, 2021. Schumer is also the chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus.

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  8. The Majority Whip is selected by a vote of the Democratic Caucus. The responsibilities of the Majority Whip principally consist of counting votes and persuading Members to support the Democratic Caucus’s position on votes.

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