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The leader of the Senate is called the President of the Senate, and the vice President of the United States performs that function of presiding.
The ceremonial leader of the senate is the President of the Senate. This role is filled by the Vice President of the United States.
The Vice President is considered to be president over the Senate and holds the deciding vote. The true leader of the senate, however, is the leader of the majority.
The U.S. Senate Majority leader is Harry Reid, a Democrat. He has been at this position in the Senate since 2007. The Minority Leader of the Senate is Mitch McConnell.
No. The president pro tempore of the Senate, the longest- serving member of the Senate, is third in the line of succession but the Senate majority leader is not on the list.
Senate Majority Leader. He is technically outranked by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, who is traditionally the most senior member of the majority party in the Senate (and is third in the line of succession after the Vice President and the Speaker of the House). However, the Senate Majority Leader wields much more actual power.
The scheduling of bills in the Senate is left up to the Senate majority leader.