republican has majority in the house and senate.
republican has majority in the house and senate.
who has majority in the house and senate?
republican
on the first day of a regular session, the senate elects the non-member, nonpartisan administrative officers including the secretary of the senate and the senate sergeant at arms. the secretary of the senate serves as the parliamentarian and chief administrative officer of the senate and the sergeant at arms is chief of decorum and order for the senate floor, galleries, and committee rooms. claire j. clift was originally appointed by then republican senate majority leader william raggio. the democratic party took the majority in 2008 and she was retained until 2010. in august 2010, then senate majority leader steven horsford appointed david byerman as the 41st secretary of the senate. the day after the 2014 general election, david byerman was removed from his position and the previous secretary, claire j. clift was re-appointed. retired chief of police, robert g. milby was chosen as the senate sergeant at arms for the 78th legislative by the republican majority leader. both of the elected non-member officers serve at the pleasure of the senate, thus they have a two-year term until the succeeding session. the senate also approves by resolution the remainder of the nonpartisan senate session staff to work until the remainder of the 120 calendar day session.
nevada senate
chandler was the 94th president of the massachusetts senate. prior to this she was the senate majority leader. she was also the senate chair of the joint committee on redistricting and co-chair of the special senate committee on citizen engagement. she was recently vice-chair of the special senate committee on housing and member of the senate committee on ethics, senate committee on rules, and joint committee on housing. she previously served as senate assistant majority leader and the vice-chair of the senate steering and policy committee. she was the second woman in massachusetts history to serve as assistant majority leader and is also the second woman in massachusetts history to serve as majority leader. chandler also served as the senate majority whip, assistant majority whip, vice-chair of the joint committee on public health, assistant vice-chair of the senate committee on ways and means, vice-chair of the joint committee on federal stimulus oversight, and the vice-chair of the joint committee on veterans and federal affairs.
harriette l. chandler