DemDaily: Our New Senate Leadership
Position
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Role
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Name
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Senate Minority Leader & Floor Leader |
Chief Senate spokesperson for the Democratic Party, manages and schedules the legislative and executive business of the Senate
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Chuck Schumer (NY) |
Senate Democratic Whip |
Responsible for tracking or "whipping" votes on major legislation. If the floor leader is not present, the whip may become acting floor leader
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Dick Durbin (IL) |
Assistant Minority Leader |
A newly created position that split the previously joint Whip and Asst Leader position | Patty Murray (WA) |
Senate Democratic Conference Secretary | Responsible for managing the policy agenda for the Senate Democratic Conference | Tammy Baldwin (WI) |
Chair, Democratic Policy and Communications Committee | In charge of coordinating the floor and messaging strategies | Debbie Stabenow (MI) |
Vice Chair, Democratic Policy and Communications Committee | In charge of coordinating the floor and messaging strategies | Joe Manchin (WV) |
Vice Chair, Senate Democratic Conference
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Party's Caucus in charge of electing floor leaders, making committee assignments, and setting legislative agendas | Mark Warner (VA) |
Vice Chair, Senate Democratic Conference | Party's Caucus in charge of electing floor leaders, making committee assignments, and setting legislative agendas | Elizabeth Warren (MA) |
Chair, Steering Committee |
Responsible for fostering relations between Senate Democrats and community leaders and interest groups. Formerly Steering & Outreach, the position has been separated into two
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Amy Klobuchar (MN) |
Chair, Outreach | A new position responsible for working on organizing grassroots activism around the country on behalf of progressive principles | Bernie Sanders (VT) |
Chair, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) | Responsible for overseeing efforts to elect Democrats to the Senate | TBD (election for Chair has not been schedule) |
Agriculture | Debbie Stabenow (MI) | Indian Affairs | Tom Udall (NM) | |
Armed Services | Jack Reed (RI) | Judiciary | Dianne Feinstein (CA) | |
Appropriations | Patrick Leahy (VT) | Rules | Amy Klobuchar (MN) | |
Banking | Sherrod Brown (OH) | Small Business | Jeanne Shaheen (NH) | |
Budget | Bernie Sanders (VT) | Veterans Affairs | Jon Tester (MT) | |
Commerce | Bill Nelson (FL) | Aging | Bob Casey (PA) | |
Energy | Maria Cantwell (WA) | Ethics | Chris Coons (DE) | |
Environment & Public Works | Tom Carper (DE) | Intelligence | Mark Warner (VA) | |
Finance | Ron Wyden (OR) | Joint Economic | Martin Heinrich (NM) | |
Foreign Relations | Ben Cardin (MD) | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions | Patty Murray (WA) |