Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky easily won election by fellow Republicans on Thursday to become Senate majority leader when the new Congress convenes in January, fulfilling a long-held ambition. As majority leader, McConnell will set the Senate's agenda. Along with House Speaker John Boehner, who was reelected to the top spot in the House today, McConnell will decide what legislation is sent to the White House in the final two years of President Barack Obama's term. Also reelected to his party's leadership today was current Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who will slide into the minority leader position at the beginning of next year.
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Sen. Mitch McConnell easily won election by fellow Republicans  to become Senate majority leader when the new Congress convenes in January
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Also reelected to his party's leadership was current  Majority Leader Harry Reid, who will slide into the minority leader position next year
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Senate Democrats and Republicans reelected all other party leaders who wanted to continue on
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Democrats created a position in leadership for progressive icon and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren
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House Republicans again picked John Boehner as speaker, Kevin McCarthy as majority leader and Steve Scalise as whip
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Democrats in the House will not hold their leadership elections until next week
The end result of the three and a half-hour meeting was that Sen. Elizabeth Warren of @placeholder, a progressive favorite, was given a seat at the leadership table in a newly created position.