If the Majority Leader began attempting to block and interfere with the will of a supermajority of the Senate, who can (as shown below) bypass the Majority Leader, they are effectively weakening their own position and control over the Senate and schedule. With the 74 votes the Senators would be able to not only move and pass a motion to proceed ...

Dec 20, 2021 · A Majority party caucus votes to elect a new Majority leader every 2 years, during Congress change. Majority party can then choose to elect someone else. In theory, Majority party caucus can vote to elect a new Majority leader (as they are the ones who decide who leads them) at any time. I haven't found a single case of that happening, but also ...

Jan 9, 2021 · The current congressional term (117th Congress) started on January 3, 2021 with a Republican majority in the Senate, hence Mitch McConnell is the majority leader. As the Democrats have won both Georgia runoffs, the Senate will have a 50–50 majority in favour of the Democrats after January 20 as VP Harris will be able to break ties.

Dec 13, 2020 · Under the Senate rule requiring the presiding officer to "recognize the Senator who shall first address him," Garner established the precedent of giving priority recognition to the majority leader and then to the minority leader before all other senators seeking to speak.

Dec 31, 2020 · So, a Motion to Discharge is more often used when the Majority Leader wants to override a non-compliant committee chair whose committee has had a bill referred to it for consideration upon introduction in the Senate, than it is to circumvent the Majority Leader's power to schedule when matters will be considered by the Senate. Non-Germane ...

Scheduling of legislation is the job of the Majority Leader. Bills can be brought to the floor whenever a majority of the Senate chooses. So, as per the senate rules, ML can indeed decide what is allowed or not allowed to be voted on, by controlling the schedule. Note that the Majority Leader only has control over votes on the bills. Not over ...

Dec 29, 2020 · Probably worthy of a full answer, but the blog post What makes Senate leaders so powerful? thoroughly addresses this: "In reality, any rank-and-file member, or the minority leader, can make a motion to proceed to a bill or nominee on the Senate floor. They simply choose not to and instead defer to the majority leader to do so."

Jun 18, 2020 · As a result, a Democratic senator, Harry Reid, became Majority Leader. Given this precedent, we can conclude that in the 50(52)-48 scenario you describe, a Democratic senator would serve as Majority Leader. However, even if the independent senators didn't caucus with the Democrats, a Democrat would still become Majority Leader.

Dec 20, 2021 · Consequently, Tom Daschle became the majority leader, taking over from Trent Lott on June 6th. From the Congressional Record of that day (page 66), we see that no Senate vote took place on this action; the new acting President pro tempore was appointed by the Vice President who subsequently recognised Daschle as the majority leader.

Unlike in the House of Representatives, where the Speaker is both the presiding officer and the leader of the majority party, the presiding officer in the Senate (whether the Vice President of the US, the President Pro Tempore or a junior senator who is just filling in) has little political power according to Senate rules. The main powers are ...