majority leader
noun
: a leader of the majority party in a legislative body (such as the U.S. Senate)
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The majority leader said on Monday that the Iran vote would have no bearing on his moves to finish Trump’s tax cut bill.
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Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 23 June 2025
Roberts and the Judicial Conference should demand these, and the speaker of the House and majority leader of the Senate must agree to seek them.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
Another key difference between 2017 and now is that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was Senate majority leader at the time.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 29 May 2025
Nelson Aldrich, the Senate majority leader from Rhode Island, a millionaire and the father-in-law of John D. Rockefeller Jr., was arguably the most powerful politician in the country at the time.
—Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica, 8 Apr. 2025
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Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 23 June 2025
Roberts and the Judicial Conference should demand these, and the speaker of the House and majority leader of the Senate must agree to seek them.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
Another key difference between 2017 and now is that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was Senate majority leader at the time.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 29 May 2025
Nelson Aldrich, the Senate majority leader from Rhode Island, a millionaire and the father-in-law of John D. Rockefeller Jr., was arguably the most powerful politician in the country at the time.
—Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Majority leader.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/majority%20leader. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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