How to Use majority leader in a Sentence

majority leader

noun

• But the next day, Devin LeMahieu, the majority leader in the Senate, shot down the idea of impeachment.
  — Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2023
• Her view finds an echo with Mike Schultz, the House majority leader.
  — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 13 May 2022
• And we are joined now by the senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer.
  — ABC News, 12 Feb. 2023
• But Dodd said McGuire has had no problem telling him no over the years as majority leader.
  — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
• In 1973, she was elected as the majority leader, becoming the first woman to hold the post in any state.
  — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• Standing in a small cafe after dusk, Denys held the phone in his hand as the majority leader thanked him for his service.
  — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
• Schumer, who has spent 40 years on Capitol Hill, is in his first year as majority leader.
  — John Harwood, CNN, 26 Sep. 2021
• In this case, that court would comprise the state Senate — minus its majority leader — and the seven judges of the state’s highest court.
  — Anna M. Phillips, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
• Re-elected in 1992, she was named the House majority leader.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2021
• Now, the likelihood of Scalise helping Jordan win over the majority leader's allies on the House floor is slim.
  — Reese Gorman, Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2023
• Here is a look at the life of Bill Frist, heart and lung transplant surgeon and former Senate majority leader.
  — CNN, 13 Feb. 2022
• Look, the Senate majority leader is not known as a fashion icon.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 29 Apr. 2021
• Emmer would be in line to run for majority leader if Scalise ascends to the speaker's office.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2023
• Last year, her peers elected her majority leader of the state senate, the first woman and first openly gay person to serve in that role.
  — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
• But that did not matter to Trump and McConnell, who was Senate majority leader at that time.
  — Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2022
• The majority leader has the ability to determine which proposals do and don't come up for a vote in the Senate.
  — Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal, 14 Nov. 2022
• The Hill reported that Sen. Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, at that point, is expected to force a vote on the filibuster rule.
  — Jack Durschlag, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2022
• The Senate majority leader was in the House in 1994, got some big legislation through.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 31 Oct. 2022
• The majority leader laid out a two-punch strategy on the Senate floor on Monday night.
  — Lauren Fox, CNN, 20 July 2021
• Two were fired by the majority leader and then rehired later.
  — Marie Sapirie, Forbes, 6 May 2021
• The bill originated in the Senate, where the majority leader, Tom Takubo, is a lung doctor.
  — John Raby, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024
• Costello, a former teacher, served two terms in the House, then moved to the Senate in 2015 for two terms there, which included a stint as majority leader.
  — Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2022
• Schumer has served as majority leader since 2021 and now heads into his fifth term as a senator.
  — Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2022
• John Coghill served for more than 20 years in the Legislature, with a stint as Senate majority leader.
  — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Feb. 2023
• Schumer, the Senate majority leader, hopes to have votes on potential amendments and the overall bill by week’s end.
  — Matt Canham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Aug. 2021
• Benninghoff was elected to the majority leader post in June 2020.
  — NBC News, 13 Jan. 2022
• In the Senate, the typical practice is for the majority leader to make motions to proceed.
  — Lindsay Wise, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2022
• The politics of pique gets you Mitch McConnell back as majority leader in 2023.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 1 Nov. 2021
• But that, for history, was a very momentous meeting, in the sense of you were the Senate Democratic leader, the majority leader, meeting with the president to discuss the presidential race.
  — CBS News, 28 July 2024
• Midnight was the deadline for the Legislature to pass any bills, and majority leaders accused minority Republicans of trying to run out the clock with debate.
  — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 20 May 2024

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024