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How long can Harry Reid stay Senate Majority Leader? Is there a term limit if the Democrats stay in power?
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According to the US Senate website (http://www.senate.gov/general/common/generic/officer_responsiblities.htm ) Senate majority and minority leaders are elected by their respective caucuses, customarily for a two year term. However, there do not appear to be term limits, so the same senator could remain as majority leader as long as (1) s/he remained a senator, (2) her/his party retained the majority in the US Senate, and (3) her/his caucus felt s/he was doing a good job.
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The floor leaders of each party today are elected by a majority vote of all the Senators of the said party assembled in a conference or, as it sometimes is called, a caucus. The practice has been to choose the leader for a two-year term at the beginning of each Congress. After the parties have held their elections, the selection is made known through the press or by announcement to the Senate. The majority and minority leaders are the elected spokesmen on the Senate floor for their respective political parties, having been elected by their fellow Senators of the same party to whom they are responsible...
Excerpted From: Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, Floyd M. Riddick, Parliamentarian Emeritus. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. April 3, 1985. Senate Document 99-3.
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You can read some more about the US Senate and its leadership at http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_govt.html#Senate .
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The floor leaders of each party today are elected by a majority vote of all the Senators of the said party assembled in a conference or, as it sometimes is called, a caucus. The practice has been to choose the leader for a two-year term at the beginning of each Congress. After the parties have held their elections, the selection is made known through the press or by announcement to the Senate. The majority and minority leaders are the elected spokesmen on the Senate floor for their respective political parties, having been elected by their fellow Senators of the same party to whom they are responsible...
Excerpted From: Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, Floyd M. Riddick, Parliamentarian Emeritus. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. April 3, 1985. Senate Document 99-3.
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You can read some more about the US Senate and its leadership at http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_govt.html#Senate .
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