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Summary

Each major party in the House has a leadership hierarchy. This fact sheet summarizes the election, duties, and responsibilities of the Speaker of the House, the majority and minority leaders, and the whips and the whip system. For a listing of all past occupants of congressional party leadership positions, see CRS Report RL30567, Party Leaders in Congress, 1789-2006. For more information on legislative process, see [http://www.crs.gov/products/guides/guidehome.shtml].

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