Symptoms of significant brain atrophy include progressive cognitive impairment involving multiple cognitive functions, otherwise known as dementia, seizures and aphasia, which is the disruption in the understanding or production of language or both.
The Senate majority leader has somewhat less official power than the Speaker of the House. This is because the vice president is technically the Senate's presiding officer, a ceremonial position that calls chiefly for casting a vote in the event of a tie.
In the Senate, however, with its emphasis on minority rights, the role of the minority leader is equally important. The minority leader cannot only obstruct and stall the majorityâs agenda; the minority leader must provide an alternative vision.