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majority leader
noun
- the leader of the majority party in a legislative body, especially the party member who directs the activities of the majority party on the floor of either the Senate or the House of Representatives.
majority leader
- The leader of the party that holds a majority of seats in either house of Congress or of a state legislature. Selected by their own party caucus es, majority leaders act as chief spokespersons and strategists for their parties. In the House of Representatives , the majority leader is second in command of his party, after the Speaker of the House . ( See also minority leader .)
Word History and Origins
Origin of majority leader1
Example Sentences
Cronin is the majority leader in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and she is the first woman to hold that role.
Aware of the president’s popularity — including in McConnell’s home state of Kentucky — the majority leader repeatedly refused publicly to censure the president for his racism, sexism, mendacity and demagoguery.
When that happens, McConnell will no longer be the majority leader and we should work through him and around him.
That same year, Paul tussled with Majority Leader Harry Reid on the Senate floor over the issue.
The Senate Majority Leader, a former boxer, was accused of trying to help the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Now it can happen in the blink of an eye—just look at former House majority leader Eric Cantor.
New Senate Majority Leader McConnell had just taken a victory lap held a press conference.
“The idea of Mitch McConnell as the Majority Leader is too bizarre and dark to contemplate [right now],” she said.
With him as the leading spirit of the gathering was Pinchback, then majority leader in the Senate.
Nominally he was in Opposition; but his party formed the majority Leader of Liberal party.
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