Talk:Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives

"Democrat" vs. "Democratic"?

Shouldn't the party listings be Republican and Democrat, not Republican and Democratic?

• Negative. The formal title of the leader of the Democrats is the "Democratic Leader" --Daysleeper47 03:05, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

How the leader is chosen

The article makes no mention of whether the Majority/Minority Leader is chosen by the Speaker or some other mechanism, or is elected within the party, etc. MKV 15:38, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

• OK, done.—Markles 15:42, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Where does authority stem from?

In a variety of places in the US Code, the terms "Majority Leader" and "Minority Leader" are used, including allowing them a higher pay rate than other senators and representatives. However, I couldn't figure out where these terms are defined or where they gain their authority to demand the benefits accorded to them. What prevents, for example, an "independent" member of Congress from declaring himself the minority leader of his party? A reference to the provisions that grant this preferred status would be a good addition to this article. --Dachannien^Talk_Contrib 20:24, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

blunt NOT a pretender

roy blunt had written in parenthesis under his name that he was "pretending" majority leader. that's a bad choice of words. i changed it to "acting". he wasn't pretending to be anything. EATC 00:59, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Declaration of Leaders

The truth is, we do not know who the actual leaders of the parties will be. Therefore, the statement about who will be speaker of the house, as well as the next leaders, will be unknown until the final declaration of the incoming class. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tms9753 (talk • contribs) 20:07, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Eric Cantor?

Shouldn't John Boehner be shown instead of Cantor, since he is anda the highest ranking member of the House? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.106.224.246 (talk) 05:28, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

This article seems really short. I personally would love to see it fleshed out a bit with some more in depth history of how the title came about and such.

Oscar Underwood

The article indicates that Oscar W. Underwood served as the first Democratic whip from 1899-1901, but there are no sources cited. However, the page History of the Whip at the Majority Whip's web site indicates that the Democrats appointed the first whip in 1901. And the Congressional Bioguide entry for Underwood does not indicate that he served as whip. As a result, I am removing Underwood from the table. -- JPMcGrath (talk) 11:35, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Redirect

The redirct here by Minority Leader is inapproprate since one exists in the Senate and preumably in other countries. Should the Senate and House articles be merged under that heading, or should a comprehensive "Minority Leader" article be written? --Jiang 04:47, 28 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Speaker as counterpart

I changed the listing of the Speaker as the minority leader's counterpart. This is only so because the Speaker is the most powerful person in the majority and the minority leader is the most powerful person the minority and are both respectively identified as their party's leaders in the House. But the position of "majority leader" more appropriately corresponds to that of minority leader. This should be noted in the article. --Jiang 04:47, 28 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Merge

This article should be merged into Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives. Note there's no article Majority leader of the United States House of Representatives. GoodDay (talk) 17:48, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

• Weak oppose. I suggest instead that an editor create Majority leader of the United States House of Representatives. Be bold! —Markles 18:22, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Very well, either will do. GoodDay (talk) 18:57, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

• Great!—Markles 19:13, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Concluding Observations

This section is not NPOV and needs rewriting or eliminating. "Concluding Obssrvations" isn't really an encyclopedia entry heading.

"Party Leaders" vs. Leaders

It strikes me that new students to political science would find the Speaker's omission here, as well as many other leadership roles, very confusing. Really, as stated in the first disclaimer, this article should be entitled "Party Leaders of the United States House of Representatives". "Leaders" is much too broad and really just erroneous if this is all we're going to list under it.

• The speaker is included only in the list at #List of party leaders and whips. Also, I think you're right about changing the title to include "party." I'd moved it from there to here on March 16, 2012, but I'll move it back now. —GoldRingChip 13:33, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

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Claim about not officially using "minority leader"

There was a passage

Although the media frequently uses the term "Minority Leader" for the House leader of the party holding a minority of seats, the U.S. House of Representatives does not officially use this term; it instead uses the respective term "Republican Leader" or "Democratic Leader."

This is incorrect. See Rules of the House of Representatives (pdf)

The Speaker shall appoint, and may recommend the removal of, the Speaker pro Tempore, the Majority Floor Leader, Assistant Majority Floor Leader, and Second Assistant Majority Floor Leader. The Minority Leader shall appoint, and may recommend the removal of, the Assistant Minority Floor Leader, Second Assistant Minority Floor Leader, and Third Assistant Minority Floor Leader, Ranking minority member of Ways and Means, Ranking minority member of the committee on Rules, Ranking Minority member of the committee on Financial Services, Ranking minority member of the committee on Health Care Financing, Ranking minority member of the committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures, and State Assets, and Ranking minority member of the committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies. The Minority Leader shall be that member of the minority party who is selected for that position by the members of his/her party

or

During any recess or adjournment of not more than three days, if in the opinion of the Speaker the public interest so warrants, then the Speaker, after consultation with the Minority Leader, may reconvene the House

or

The Inspector General shall be appointed for a Congress by the Speaker, the Majority Leader, and the Minority Leader, acting jointly.

and many other places. Also http://history.house.gov/People/Office/Minority-Leaders/

I have removed the passage --PantsB (talk) 06:09, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

• Comment – Although I don't disagree with you, I think it should be noted that the House Leadership website uses the following titles as they have done since 2011:

• Democratic Leader (Pelosi), Democratic Whip (Hoyer), Asst. Democratic Leader (Clyburn), etc. Corkythehornetfan (ping me) 21:44, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

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The party leadership will not change until January 3rd!

I recently changed an edit that had changed the Republicans from the majority party to the minority, as well as changing the Democrats from minority to majority. I checked the recent edits page, and almost all edits recently have been the same issue.

I just want to make it clear that the party leadership in the House will not change until January 3rd! If you are thinking about making a change like this on this page or any related ones, please refrain from doing so until then.

Also, since a lot of edits about leadership seem to come from people with no accounts, should this page be locked until a little while after the 116th Congress starts? That way, changes like this can be mitigated a bit. Quincyphilly0523 (talk) 22:14, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Citation Needed

There are many claims about job duties that have no sources. This article is unverified. Please provide more evidence of the claims within. I have a source that may be of use. See: Party Leaders in the House Election, Duties, and Responsibilities.pdf --108.18.136.66 (talk) 09:06, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

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