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.
Best Answer: Each party selects, by popular vote, a leader, assistant leader and/or a whip. The House also selects a speaker, once again by popular vote of his or her party. The Speaker of the House is a member of the majority party. The current Congress leadership is as follows: Senate: Majority, Democratic party, leader is Harry Reid with the whip, also called the Assistant Majority Leader, being Durbin. Minority, Republican party, leader is McConnell with the whip being Kyl.