Data Bases • Custom Term Papers • Free Term Papers • Free Research Papers • Free Essays • Free Book Reports • Plagiarism? Links • Top 100 Term Paper Sites • Top 25 Essay Sites • Top 50 Essay Sites • Search 97,000 Papers @ DirectEssays.com • Search 101,000 Papers @ ExampleEssays.com • Search 90,000 Papers @ MegaEssays.com Free Essays • Term Paper Sites • Chuck III's Free Essays • Free College Essays • TermPaperSites.com • My Term Papers • Get Free Essays • Essay World • Planet Papers	Search Lots of Essays Back to Subjects - Miscellaneous xcvb xcvb Positions of leadership in the House include: 1. the Speaker - the most powerful member of the House. While the Speaker has numerous responsibilities his or her primary focus is to seek the enactment of his political parties legislative ideas. 2. the Majority Leader - is second in line in the majority party leadership structure. He or she is responsible for assisting the Speaker in gaining the enactment of the majority party's ideas. 3. the Minority Leader - is the leader of the minority party in the House. Ms or her primary responsibility is to seek the enactment of his party's legislative proposals. If the minority party would win a majority of seats in the House in the next election, the minority leader would be likely to be selected as the Speaker of the House. C. Positions of leadership in the Senate include: 1. President of Senate - the Vice President of the United States. Rarely does the Vice President actually preside over the Senate. 2. President Pro Tempore - usually referred to as the "pro tem," this position is filled by the member of the majority who has the longest continuous term of service in the Senate. Although this position resembles the Speaker of the House in a structural manner, the pro tem does not have the power of the Speaker. 3. Majority Floor Leader - the most powerful member of the Senate. This position is roughly analogous to the Speaker of the House. 4. Minority Floor Leader - the leader of the minority party in the Senate, and is responsible for attempting to achieve the enactment of the legislative ideas of the minority party. D. How successful a particular Congress has been is directly related to how effective the leaders of the House and Senate have been in working together to shepherd legislative ideas through the congressional maze. Bibliography: Word Count: 310
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