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frazzled

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3. When in doubt, google

Reply to ismnotwasm (Original post)

Wed Dec 16, 2020, 02:25 PM

Dec 2020

It’s so easy

The floor leaders and whips of each party are elected by a majority vote of all the senators of their party assembled in a conference or, as it sometimes is called, a caucus. The practice has been to choose the leader for a two-year term at the beginning of each Congress. The majority and minority leaders are the elected spokespersons on the Senate floor for their respective political parties.

https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Leadership_vrd.htm

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How does leadership in the Democratic Party happen? [View all] ismnotwasm Dec 2020 OP

Answer is yes and more. beachbumbob Dec 2020 #1

Prospective leaders are put in a room with all these cats. The person who can best herd the cats ... mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 #2

lol ismnotwasm Dec 2020 #5

When in doubt, google frazzled Dec 2020 #3

There seems to be a misconception of power gained and lost ismnotwasm Dec 2020 #4

The members know who is good at administering frazzled Dec 2020 #7

Raising money zipplewrath Dec 2020 #9

mostly osmosis bigtree Dec 2020 #6

*snort* ismnotwasm Dec 2020 #8