majority leader
noun
: a leader of the majority party in a legislative body (such as the U.S. Senate)
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The Texas senator narrowly lost a bid earlier this year to take the reins as majority leader after Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) stepped down.
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Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 18 Mar. 2025
First elected to the Senate in 1984, McConnell was soon driven by a singular political ambition to become majority leader.
—Susan Davis, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
On Saturday, Andrea Stewart-Cousins, the State Senate majority leader, joined a chorus of Black leaders calling for the mayor’s resignation.
—Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
After the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in 2016, Obama nominated District of Columbia Circuit Court Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, only to have Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), then the chamber’s Republican majority leader, refuse to hold a hearing.
—Alexander Nazaryan, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
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Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 18 Mar. 2025
First elected to the Senate in 1984, McConnell was soon driven by a singular political ambition to become majority leader.
—Susan Davis, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
On Saturday, Andrea Stewart-Cousins, the State Senate majority leader, joined a chorus of Black leaders calling for the mayor’s resignation.
—Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
After the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in 2016, Obama nominated District of Columbia Circuit Court Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, only to have Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), then the chamber’s Republican majority leader, refuse to hold a hearing.
—Alexander Nazaryan, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Majority leader.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/majority%20leader. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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