This section describes leadership positions in the House and Senate and lists current and former congressional leaders. Several samples of their comments about the job of leading Congress are also posted.

Resources

Leaders for Today’s Congress
Leadership Overview
Leadership Offices in the House
Leadership Positions
Speakers of the House
House Majority and Minority Leaders
Senate Majority and Minority Leaders
Senate Presidents Pro Tempore
Vice Presidents of the U.S.
Congressional Leadership Statements
Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership Press Statements, 1961-68
The Speaker of the House on the Nature of His Office, 2003
Robert H. Michel Leadership Statements, 1980-92
The 1960s:  A Multi-Media View from Capitol Hill
Congressional Research Service Reports on Congress

Expert Views

Overview of Senate Leadership

In the Shadow of Watergate: Bob Michel Becomes a Congressional Leader
An 8,000 word essay about Bob Michel's first contest for a formal leadership post in the House of Representatives, the chairmanship of the National Republican Congressional Committee, in 1973.