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Amy Holmes

After working for several years for Independent Women's Forum, from 2003 to 2006 Holmes wrote Senate floor statements for Bill Frist, a two-term United States Senator from Tennessee and the Republican Majority Leader.

Congressional Friends of Denmark

Its members were Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) and Howard Coble (R-North Carolina).

Emergent democracy

The canonical example of emergent democracy was the December 2002 resignation of Trent Lott as Senate majority leader after bloggers publicized his praising of Strom Thurmond's 1948 segregationist campaign for the presidency.

Floor Services Chief

The Floor Services Chief is the title of the staff member in the Speaker's or Majority Leader's office who runs the Majority cloakroom in the United States House of Representatives.

Infotainment

The follow-up story was about a ricin chemical attack on then-U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.

John Q. Tilson

He was the Majority Leader for the 69th Congress, 70th Congress, and the 71st Congress.

Politics of Colorado

The Senate is currently composed of 18 Democrats and 17 Republicans, and is led by President of the Senate, Morgan Carroll, Majority Leader Rollie Heath, and Minority Leader Bill Cadman.

Robert Dove

He was named Parliamentarian of the United States Senate in 1981 and remained in this position until he was dismissed by Democratic Majority Leader Robert Byrd in 1987 after the Democratic Party obtained a majority and control of the senate.

Steve Sviggum

Sviggum replaced Michael Brodkorb, who had resigned in the wake of a scandal involving former Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch.

William Conrad Gibbons

He was a professional staff member of the Democratic Policy Committee and Assistant to the Majority Leader of the United States Senate (Lyndon B. Johnson followed by Mike Mansfield) from 1960-63.


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1960 Democratic National Convention

Some historians speculated that Kennedy actually wanted someone else (such as Senators Stuart Symington or Henry M. Jackson) to be his running mate, and that he offered the nomination to Johnson first only as a courtesy to the powerful Senate Majority Leader.

2005 Pennsylvania General Assembly pay raise controversy

Despite the repeal, a total of 17 legislators were defeated in the 2006 primary elections including Senate President Pro Tempore Robert Jubelirer and Senate Majority Leader David J. Brightbill.

Bradley A. Smith

Having gained the attention of Republican leaders in Congress, in 1999 then Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, on the recommendation of Senator Mitch McConnell, sent Smith's name to the Clinton White House as the Republican choice to fill an upcoming Republican vacancy on the bipartisan Federal Election Commission, which oversees enforcement of campaign finance laws.

Brett Tolman

While Gonzales and the White House favored Sampson, Tolman received support from Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA), Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist

Bush tax cuts

The increase in tax rates that was due to occur had been described by Republicans including House Speaker John Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell as the largest in U.S. history, although the U.S. would be returning to Clinton-era tax rates.

C. Boyden Gray

Prior to his appointment as ambassador, Gray also served as Co-chairman with former majority leader Dick Armey of FreedomWorks.

Carol Liu

In the 2008 primary election, she initially faced opposition from former Assembly Majority Leader Dario Frommer; however Frommer decided to drop out before election.

Convention on Cybercrime

"While balancing civil liberty and privacy concerns, this treaty encourages the sharing of critical electronic evidence among foreign countries so that law enforcement can more effectively investigate and combat these crimes", said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.

Debora Seilhamer

She is the daughter of Puerto Rico Senate Majority Leader Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez.

Delphi method

This particular theory was given apparent credence by the Georgia State Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers.

Ellsworth Air Force Base

In campaigning in South Dakota for Thune, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist on 24 May 2004 said of Daschle: "Who is the president going to listen to more? The majority leader of the Senate, who he works with on almost a daily basis, or a senator from another party who every day is saying things on the floor that demonstrate a lack of support?" also adding: “This time around, the President is appointing who's on that BRAC commission, all of them.

Erik Arneson

Erik Arneson is a prominent political staffer in Pennsylvania, serving as Chief of Staff for former Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Chip Brightbill and as Communications and Policy Director for current Majority Leader Dominic F. Pileggi.

For the Bible Tells Me So

It includes lengthy interview segments with several sets of religious parents (including former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt and his wife, Jane, and the parents of Bishop V. Gene Robinson) regarding their personal experiences raising homosexual children, and also interviews with those (adult) children.

Geoff Michel

The short time that Michel served as Interim Senate Majority Leader has come under additional scrutiny due to a pending lawsuit from a former employee of the Minnesota Senate, Michael Brodkorb.

Griff Williams

Griff Williams was born in Butte, Montana in 1966, the son of John Patrick Williams (born October 30, 1937), who was later elected to the state of Montana's House of Representatives and Carol Griffith Williams who was later elected to the Montana State Legislature and served as the first female majority leader in the state senate in the history of Montana.

Heather Giugni

In November 2011, the majority leader of the Hawaii House of Representatives, Blake Oshiro, announced that he would resign from the legislature to become Governor Neil Abercrombie's deputy chief of staff.

Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy

Toward that end, the Baker Studies Program is sponsoring academic conferences on topics ranging from Senator Baker’s role in the Senate Watergate Committee’s investigation to the service rendered by Senator Baker as Senate minority and majority leader, President Richard Nixon’s overtures to Senator Baker as a possible successor to U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan, and Senator Baker’s tenure as White House Chief of Staff to President Ronald Reagan.

Integrated gasification combined cycle

Senator Harry Reid (Majority Leader of the 2007/2008 U.S. Senate) told the 2007 Clean Energy Summit that he will do everything he can to stop construction of proposed new IGCC coal-fired electric power plants in Nevada.

Iowa General Assembly

Partisan House leadership includes Majority Leader Linda Upmeyer (R), and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (D).

Partisan Senate leadership includes Majority Leader Michael Gronstal (D), and Minority Leader Bill Dix (R).

James R. Tallon

He was a Democratic member from Broome County of the New York State Assembly from 1975 to 1993, was Majority Leader from 1987 through 1993, and was Acting Speaker for 3 days in 1991 after Mel Miller lost his seat upon a felony conviction until the election of Saul Weprin.

Jeremy C. Stein

On May 15, 2012, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid motioned to invoke cloture and break the filibuster on both the nominations of Stein and of Jerome Powell.

Joseph Margiotta

Among his most successful protégés were former United States Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato, former New York State Republican Party chairman Joseph Mondello, and Dean Skelos, majority leader of the New York State Senate.

Linda Melconian

In 1974, Melconian assisted then Majority Leader Tip O’Neill in his efforts to assure the integrity of the U.S. House of Representatives during the constitutional crisis of the historic Richard Nixon impeachment hearings.

M. Patricia Smith

Republicans had noted that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had filed for cloture vote before then Senator-elect Scott Brown was seated.

Majority Leader of the New York State Senate

Following the 2010 election and the Republican victory in the Senate, Senator Dean Skelos from Long Island serves as both Temporary President and Majority Leader.

On June 8, 2009, Democrats Hiram Monserrate and Pedro Espada, Jr., joined the 30 Republican members of the State Senate to attempt to issue a motion to replace current Majority Leader Malcolm Smith with Minority Leader Dean Skelos.

Michael Bragman

He served as majority leader of that body from 1993 to 2000, when he lost his position after leading an attempted coup against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Moses M. Weinstein

He was a member from Queens County of the New York State Assembly from 1959 to 1969, was Majority Leader from 1965 to 1968, and as such became Acting Speaker for the remainder of the term upon the resignation of Speaker Anthony J. Travia after the close of the legislative session of that year.

Nathan Greene

While Bill Frist was the Senate Majority Leader, a lithograph of a Greene painting hung in his office.

North Dakota Progressive Coalition

NDPeople.Org ran political attack ads against North Dakota House of Representatives Majority Leader Rick Berg over his support of tax breaks for oil exploration in the state during the 2006 election season.

North Dakota State Capitol

In 2012, Minnesota's house majority leader Matt Dean called the building "embarrassing" saying that it looks like a State Farm Insurance office building.

RaDene R. Hatfield

RaDene Rawson Hatfield (born July 26, 1962) is the daughter of former Utah State Legislator and last Democrat Majority Leader in Utah's House of Representatives, Roger Rawson.

Ralph J. Marino

He was one of the very few downstate politicians to hold the Senate Majority Leader position and the first Long Islander to hold the position.

Sandy Hume

Another of the plotters, Majority Leader Dick Armey, scuttled the coup when he learned that Paxon, and not he, would replace Gingrich.

Second Chance Program

Assembly Majority Leader, Democrat Barbara Buckley, advised legislators to vote against Angle's proposal and the office of Republican Governor Kenny Guinn indicated that they wanted nothing to do with it.

Stanley Fink

He was a Democratic member from Kings County of the New York State Assembly from 1969 to 1986, was majority leader in 1977 and 1978, and Speaker from 1979 to 1986.

Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act

The Act was introduced in the House of Representatives on June 17, 2009, by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) and has been cosponsored by 169 of the 257 House Democrats.

Stephen Six

Six was defeated in the 2010 general election by Republican State Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt.

Sudafi Henry

Henry was previously Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor for House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), working closely with Congress, leadership staff and committee staff on crafting and winning passage of critical legislation, with a particular focus on trade, telecommunications, economic matters and responses to the current financial crisis.

Tom Rodgers

They were instrumental in exposing Abramoff's criminal activities, which subsequently led to the arrest of former Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio), helping to force then-Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) from office.

United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, 2008

State House Majority Leader Colin M. Simpson, son of former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, announced he intended to run early in 2007 but later withdrew from the race.

United States Senate election in Arizona, 1952

The election marked the end of the Senate career of Ernest McFarland, who was first elected in 1940 and had served as co-chairman of the Joint Committee on Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration in addition to Senate Majority Leader.

Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006

Bill Frist R-TN, former majority leader of the Senate, and Jon Kyl R-AZ are both credited with expediting the UIGEA's passage through the Senate.

Wande Abimbola

Wándé Abímbọ́lá, (born June 26, 1932 in Oyo, Nigeria) is a Nigerian academician, a professor of Yoruba language and literature and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), and has also served as the Majority Leader of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Williamson, West Virginia

H. Truman Chafin, Democratic State Senator (Majority Leader), attorney