Name: _____________________________ American Studies II Who has the Power? Using the internet, identify the person who holds each important congressional leadership position listed below [last name is sufficient]. (HINT: Go to congress.org. Go to the bottom of the page and under “Directories” click on Congress for help). Vice President Joseph Biden – Senate Majority Leader Reid – Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin – Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell – Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn – President Pro Tempore Patrick Leahy – Chairman of Senate Commerce Committee John D. Rockefeller IV – Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Robert Menendez – Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee Carl Levin – House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy – House Majority Whip Steve Scalise – House Minority Leader - Nancy Pelosi House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer – Speaker of the House - John Boehner Chairman of the and Committee Dave Camp – Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee Hal Rogers – US Senator (PA): Robert Casey, Jr. US Senator (PA): Patrick Toomey US Representative: Jim Gerlach or Patrick Meehan
Name: _____________________________ American Studies II Who has the Power? Using the internet, identify the person who holds each important congressional leadership position listed below [last name is sufficient]. (HINT: Go to congress.org. Go to the bottom of the page and under “Directories” click on Congress for help). Vice President – Joseph Biden Senate Majority Leader – Reid Senate Majority Whip – Richard Durbin Senate Minority Leader – Mitch McConnell Senate Minority Whip – John Cornyn President Pro Tempore – Patrick Leahy Chairman of Senate Commerce Committee – John D. Rockefeller IV Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee – Robert Menendez Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee – Carl Levin House Majority Leader – Kevin McCarthy House Majority Whip – Steve Scalise House Minority Leader - Nancy Pelosi House Minority Whip – Steny Hoyer Speaker of the House - John Boehner Chairman of the and Committee – Dave Camp Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee – Hal Rogers US Senator (PA): Robert Casey, Jr. US Senator (PA): Patrick Toomey US Representative: Jim Gerlach or Patrick Meehan
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