Leadership
- The Lieutenant Governor serves as President of the Senate but only casts a vote in the case of a tie and has rarely presided since the 1960s. The President Pro Tempore is the one who serves as leader of the Senate and is the head of the majority party. The President Pro Tempore appoints the Majority Floor Leader and the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee. Along with the elected officers of the majority caucus (Caucus Chair, Caucus Vice Chair, three Assistant Majority Leaders and four Majority Whips), they comprise the leadership of the Senate majority. The minority caucus prefers to be called by their party instead of the term "Minority." When Democrats controlled the Chamber, the minority leader was called the "Republican Leader." Today, with the Republicans in the majority, the leader of the minority is called the "Democratic Leader." Along with elected Assistant Democratic Leaders and Democratic Whips and the Caucus Chair, they comprise the Senate minority leadership team.
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