Symptoms of significant brain atrophy include progressive cognitive impairment involving multiple cognitive functions, otherwise known as dementia, seizures and aphasia, which is the disruption in the understanding or production of language or both.
The Senate majority leader has somewhat less official power than the Speaker of the House. This is because the vice president is technically the Senate's presiding officer, a ceremonial position that calls chiefly for casting a vote in the event of a tie.
Website for the Speaker of the House. Website for the Speaker of the House: Hon. John Boehner. House Majority Leader. The Majority Leader, the second most senior official in the House, is by recent practice the day-to-day manager of business on the House Floor. In concert with other elected leaders, the Majority Leader has also assumed responsibilities for building and managing Republican Conference consensus on legislation.