Who is the majority floor leader
What's a House majority leader, anyway?
if you've been paying attention to the
news lately you probably heard that this
guy just lost a primary and with it his
chance at re-election to the house well
I intend to serve out my term as a
member of Congress in the 7th district
of Virginia
effective July 31st I will be stepping
down as majority leader
yikes with Eric Cantor now out the door
is open to a big Republican leadership
reshuffle and it raises a question what
exactly does a Majority Leader do first
off it's important to note this guy or
gal is elected by members of his or her
party the majority party every two years
the majority leader is the chief
scheduler from the floor and decides
when to bring which bills to a vote
the house will revote HR 4810 that's a
big deal it basically means that the
majority leader sets the tone for the
party and helps push its legislative
goals and probably as importantly the
majority leader is also in charge of
blocking the other party from bringing
its favorite bills to the floor then
there's another key player the Majority
Whip and no I'm not talking about the
guy from house of cards it's all about
location location location
close to you out of the source Ohio your
property values
whoops are elected every two years to
their job is to whip members into shape
by rallying them to support key
legislation there the link between party
leadership and the rank-and-file members
and the ones in charge of building up
momentum or using it for big agenda
priorities get it got it good
