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A '''caucus chair''' is a person who chairs the meetings of a [[caucus]]. Often, the caucus chair is assinged other duties as well. In common U.S. Congressional Republican caucus legislative usage, the caucus chair is styled [[conference chairman]]and is outranked by the Speaker or Senate President pro-tempore, and the the leader or whip of his or her party. |
A '''caucus chair''' is a person who chairs the meetings of a [[caucus]]. Often, the caucus chair is assinged other duties as well. In common U.S. Congressional Republican caucus legislative usage, the caucus chair is styled [[conference chairman]] and is outranked by the Speaker or Senate President pro-tempore, and the the leader or whip of his or her party. |
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The duties of a caucus chair depend upon the political party caucus. In the Republican conference in the U.S. House of Representatives, for instance, the caucus chair is in charge of coordinating the party's overall message. |
The duties of a caucus chair depend upon the political party caucus. In the Republican conference in the U.S. House of Representatives, for instance, the caucus chair is in charge of coordinating the party's overall message. |
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Revision as of 03:07, 10 November 2004
A caucus chair is a person who chairs the meetings of a caucus. Often, the caucus chair is assinged other duties as well. In common U.S. Congressional Republican caucus legislative usage, the caucus chair is styled conference chairman and is outranked by the Speaker or Senate President pro-tempore, and the the leader or whip of his or her party.
The duties of a caucus chair depend upon the political party caucus. In the Republican conference in the U.S. House of Representatives, for instance, the caucus chair is in charge of coordinating the party's overall message.
The position of caucus chair may or may not lead to higher office. Republican conference chair John Anderson and Democratic Caucus Chair Richard Gephardt unsuccessfully sought their party's Presidential nominations in 1980 and 1988 respectively. Anderson took his following and ran as a third party presidential candidate the same year, and never again achieved national prominence as a Republican. Gephardt though was elected as the Democratic leader of the House of Representatives in 1989, and stayed in that position through 2002, before stepping down to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for President again in 2004. Gephardt helped nominate John Kerry by promptly endorsing him after Kerry defeated him in the Iowa caucuses.