Each party elects a leader, generally a senator of considerable influence in his or her own right, to coordinate Senate activities. The leader of the largest party is known as the majority leader, while the opposition leader is known as the minority leader. The Senate leaders also play an ...
Arlen Specter was an American lawyer and politician who was a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania (1981–2011). Originally a Democrat, he became a Republican in the 1960s before switching back to the Democratic Party in 2009. Specter, the son of Russian Jewis
Each party elects a leader, generally a senator of considerable influence in his or her own right, to coordinate Senate activities. The leader of the largest party is known as the majority leader, while the opposition leader is known as the minority leader. The Senate leaders also play an ...
United States senator Also known as: Elizabeth Hanford, Liddy Dole, Mary Elizabeth Alexander Dole Written by Caroline Heldman Contributor toEncyclopedia of Political Communication. Caroline Heldman Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica ...
North DakotaJohn Hoeven(R)20112029 Kevin Cramer (R)20192025 OhioSherrod Brown(D)20072025 J.D. Vance (R)20232029 OklahomaJames Lankford(R)20152027 Markwayne Mullin (R)20232029 OregonRon Wyden(D)1996162029 Jeff Merkley(D)20092027 PennsylvaniaBob Casey, Jr.(D)20072025 ...
The SHIP Act includes sanctions on entities involved in ship-to-ship transfers of oil, entities that own refineries that process Iranian oil as well as entities included on the Treasury Department's Specially Designated Nationals list, according to US Senator Kevin Cramer, Republican-North Dakota, ...
North DakotaJohn Hoeven(R)20112029 Kevin Cramer (R)20192025 OhioSherrod Brown(D)20072025 J.D. Vance (R)20232029 OklahomaJames Lankford(R)20152027 Markwayne Mullin (R)20232029 OregonRon Wyden(D)1996162029 Jeff Merkley(D)20092027 PennsylvaniaBob Casey, Jr.(D)20072025 ...
Lloyd Bentsen was an American Democratic politician who was a longtime U.S. senator (1971–93) before serving as secretary of the treasury (1993–94) in the presidential administration of Bill Clinton. Bentsen was also the unsuccessful Democratic nominee
Senator John Cornyn of Texas Senator Kevin Cramer of North Dakota Senator Mike Rounds of South Dakota Senator Jim Risch of Idaho Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Governor Larry Hogan of Maryland Governor Charlie Baker of Massachusetts Governor Phil Scott of Vermont ...
Vance, who was the No. 2 favorite in the final Republicanvice president odds, is in his first term as a senator from Ohio. He gained national prominence for his 2016 memoirHillbilly Elegy, which detailed cultural and economic issues in his hometown of Middletown, Ohio. He was a Trump criti...