Talk:Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives/Archive 1

"Democrat" vs. "Democratic"?

Shouldn't the party listings be Republican and Democrat, not Republican and Democratic?

• Negative. The formal title of the leader of the Democrats is the "Democratic Leader" --Daysleeper47 03:05, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

How the leader is chosen

The article makes no mention of whether the Majority/Minority Leader is chosen by the Speaker or some other mechanism, or is elected within the party, etc. MKV 15:38, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

• OK, done.—Markles 15:42, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Where does authority stem from?

In a variety of places in the US Code, the terms "Majority Leader" and "Minority Leader" are used, including allowing them a higher pay rate than other senators and representatives. However, I couldn't figure out where these terms are defined or where they gain their authority to demand the benefits accorded to them. What prevents, for example, an "independent" member of Congress from declaring himself the minority leader of his party? A reference to the provisions that grant this preferred status would be a good addition to this article. --Dachannien^Talk_Contrib 20:24, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

blunt NOT a pretender

roy blunt had written in parenthesis under his name that he was "pretending" majority leader. that's a bad choice of words. i changed it to "acting". he wasn't pretending to be anything. EATC 00:59, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Declaration of Leaders

The truth is, we do not know who the actual leaders of the parties will be. Therefore, the statement about who will be speaker of the house, as well as the next leaders, will be unknown until the final declaration of the incoming class. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tms9753 (talk • contribs) 20:07, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Eric Cantor?

Shouldn't John Boehner be shown instead of Cantor, since he is anda the highest ranking member of the House? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.106.224.246 (talk) 05:28, 21 January 2011 (UTC)