Ep. 150: Congress & The Constitution: The Leadership

There are 535 members of Congress: 435 in the House and 100 in the Senate.  Each member has their own priorities and agenda. With so many differing priorities, how does anything get done?  Enter party leadership.  Regular Constituting America viewers know the roles of a U. S. Representative and Senator, but how much do you know about the congressional leadership?  There's a Speaker of the House, House and Senate Majority and Minority leaders, Majority and Minority Whips.  There's a President Pro Tempore in the Senate.  What exactly do they do and how are they selected? Joining our student panel, we are excited to have Marc Lampkin, Capitol Hill veteran and aide to former House Speaker John Boehner, to help us understand how the congressional leadership functions.