A Senate Majority Leader is a politician within a Senate who leads the majority party, or majority coalition, of sitting senators. A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ...
In practice the Senate Majority Leader is a highly influential figure and usually has a great deal of power over what legislation is approved by the Senate. He or she may have authority over other officials such as Senate whips or floor leaders. In politics, a whip is a member of a political party in a legislature whose task is to ensure that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. ...
In some nations the leader of the Senate majority is called the "Fuhrer."
The SenateMajorityLeader is a member of the United States Senate who is elected by the party conference which holds the majority in the Senate to serve as the chief Senate spokesman for his or her party and to manage and schedule the legislative and executive business of the Senate.
The Majorityleader customarily serves as the chief representative and "face" of his or her party in Senate, and sometimes even in all of Congress if the House of Representatives and thus office of Speaker of the House is controlled by the opposition party.
The majorityleader is a term used in congressional systems for the chamber leader of the party in control of a legislature.
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