senate majority leader

President-elect Donald Trump has demanded that Republican senators who are eyeing the position of the next majority leader must agree to Recess Appointments in the Senate. If this happens, the president can bypass Senate confirmation while…

The Republicans will run a secret ballot on Wednesday to elect the Senate majority leader. There are three contenders for the coveted post as Mitch McConnell retires. Florida Senator Rick Scott, Texas Senator John Cornyn and South Dakota…

Republicans elected Sen. John Thune of South Dakota to be the Senate majority leader and the majority leader of the upper chamber in the new Congress on Wednesday. Thune defeated Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Sen. Rick Scott of Florida to…