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unusual facts about Senate Majority Leader



2012 U.S. Farm Bill

In January 2013, following the commencement of the 113th Congress, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had demonstrated an interest in reintroducing the 112th Congress Senate Farm Bill in the new Congress and Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow openly supported Reid’s position.

Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

The Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill reported on May 25, 2009, that Senate Majority Leader Reid planned to move on the bill during the month of June 2009; however it noted that Senators Burr and Hagan of North Carolina were proposing alternative legislation.

Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez

In August, 2011, Seilhamer became Senate Majority Leader, after he was chosen to fill the vacancy left by Roberto Arango.

Rick Weiland

Weiland was the Chief Executive Officer of the International Code Council (ICC), appointed by Bill Clinton to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and senior advisor to former United States Senate Majority Leader, Tom Daschle.

Robert A. Altman

Altman is known for having several former high level members of the Democratic Party of his acquaintance including Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe,Former United States House of Representatives Majority Whip Tony Coelho, and Former Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell of Maine.

Robert A. George

George was one of the first conservatives to call for the resignation of Trent Lott as Senate Majority Leader following comments made by Lott at the birthday party of retiring Senator Strom Thurmond.

Scott W. Lucas

He was the Senate Majority Leader from 1948 to 1950.

Terrance W. Gainer

On November 14, 2006, Gainer was appointed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) as the Sergeant-at-Arms of the U.S. Senate for the 110th United States Congress.

United States and the United Nations

The Task Force came into being in January 2005, co-chaired by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Senate Majority Leader, George J. Mitchell.


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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

Brian Kelsey

He has worked in the Office of the Counsel to the President, under George W. Bush, in the U. S. Senatorial Office of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, in the U. S. Senate Committee Office of Fred Thompson, and in the U. S. Congressional Office of Ed Bryant.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Martin B. Gold

Gold gained legislative experience, amongst others in his time as counsel to former Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker and counsel to former Senator Mark O. Hatfield.

Nathan Greene

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

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.

Scott Lucas

Scott W. Lucas (1892–1968), U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader from Illinois

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.