noun, plural subsidies. 1. a direct pecuniary aid furnished by a government to a private industrial undertaking, a charity organization, or the like. 2. a sum paid, often in accordance with a treaty, by one government to another to secure some service in return. 3. a grant or contribution of money.
Brady Postma, No expertise, just good arguments. The Speaker of the House is clearly the most powerful position in the US House of Representatives. The Senate Majority Leader is, in most senses, the most powerful person in the US Senate.
As of June 2014, the Majority Leader for the US House of Representatives is Republican Kevin McCarthy from the 23rd Congressional District of California. He succeeded Eric C â¦ antor, who was the Majority Leader for most of the 113th Congress (2013-2014) but lost his party's nomination for his district in the November 2014 election.