5 Following this question: Why is the Senate leader allowed to decide which bills to vote on? - how much power exactly does Senate Majority Leader have? Let's suppose that the Senate is split 51-49 …

Jan 9, 2021 · The Senate chooses the Majority leader by vote, and can change the leader at any time. This can occur if the balance of parties changes, whether by death, resignation, special election, …

Jan 5, 2019 · If the Senate majority leader is refusing to do his job, can the other Senators vote to expel him or force a vote for new leadership?

The Senate Republican and Democratic floor leaders are elected by the members of their party in the Senate at the beginning of each Congress. Depending on which party is in power, one serves as …

Dec 29, 2020 · According to that the majority leader's power derives from the president pro tempore's willingness to recognize him first. However, the Vice President constitutionally outranks the president …

Nov 10, 2018 · If the US Senate Majority Leader doesn't want to bring a bill to the floor for a vote, are there other mechanisms that would allow the bill to be voted on anyway? If so, what are they?

Dec 13, 2020 · However, the majority of the Senate can make its own rules (The Constitution provides that "Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings") and can overrule any ruling the Vice …

Jun 13, 2024 · The US Senate introduced a pair of bills which failed to get past the filibuster 60-vote threshold. In this article and this one, it was indicated that the Senate Majority Leader, changed his …

Apr 9, 2021 · To more directly answer the question of why Democrats are considered the "majority" party in the Senate (and thus, why Schumer is considered the Majority Leader,) it's because the two …

Jun 18, 2020 · As we can see from the above, the title is afforded to the floor leader of the party which controls the Senate - the de facto majority party - rather than any official designation based on the …