minority leader
the party member who directs the activities of the minority party on the floor of a legislative body, as of the U.S. Congress.
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A spokesman on Wednesday said McCarthy found Greene’s comments “deeply disturbing” and said the house minority leader “plans to have a conversation with the Congresswoman about them” this week.
How Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, promoter of QAnon’s baseless theories, rose with support from key Republicans | Michael Kranish, Reis Thebault, Stephanie McCrummen | January 30, 2021 | Washington PostIndeed, as CNN reports, a faction of GOP senators who oppose impeachment is now suggesting that McConnell cannot remain minority leader if he votes to convict.
Democrats plan a multimedia impeachment trial — to keep GOP senators awake | Greg Sargent | January 21, 2021 | Washington PostIt remains unclear whether McConnell will be serving as majority or minority leader in the new Congress, depending on the results of two Georgia runoffs Tuesday.
Mitch McConnell enters a more challenging era likely to include more GOP infighting | Mike DeBonis, Seung Min Kim | January 6, 2021 | Washington PostPelosi, who has led her party in the House since 2003 and is the only woman to be speaker, received 216 votes to 209 for McCarthy, who again will be the chamber’s minority leader.
That’s what Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia House of Representatives minority leader who ran for governor of the state in 2018, said four years ago about the prospect of turning Georgia blue.
How Stacey Abrams and other Georgia activists laid the groundwork for 2020 | ehinchliffe | November 6, 2020 | Fortune
In a rather passive aggressive letter, the House minority leader wrote.
But Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Republicans rejected the offers.
He stumbled a bit in his reelection bid, but the minority leader won Tuesday and then took control of the Senate.
Mitch McConnell’s Big Day: A Turtle Suns Himself | Olivia Nuzzi | November 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn Kentucky, Alison Lundergan Grimes gets her one shot at Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell in a debate.
How Red-State Democrats Can Throw Obama Under the Bus | Michael Tomasky | October 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was when Bill Clinton lit into Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, who is facing a tough reelection bid in Kentucky.
Bill Clinton's McConnell Attack May Be What We'll Remember From the Steak Fry | Ben Jacobs | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTChesterton appears in the capacity of permanent minority leader.
Six Major Prophets | Edwin Emery Slosson
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