Congress Holds Leadership
Elections
November 15, 2002 - There were no surprises when the
Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate met to select
their leaders for the 108th Congress, which will convene in
January. Senate Republicans selected Trent Lott (R-Miss.)
to serve as Majority Leader and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to
serve as Majority Whip. McConnell takes over the number two
slot for Senate Republicans from Don Nickles (R-Okla.), who
was term limited. However, Nickles will play a major role
in the new Congress as Chair of the Senate Budget Committee.
Senate Democrats kept their leadership team in place, with
Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) as Minority Leader and Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
as Minority Whip.
In the House, Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) was re-elected to serve
as Speaker. As expected, Tom DeLay (R-Texas) moves up from
the Whip position to replace Dick Armey (R-Texas), who retired,
as Majority Leader. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) was selected to take
DeLay's place as Majority Whip. House Democrats selected Nancy
Pelosi (D-Calif.) as Minority Leader, replacing Richard Gephardt
(D-Mo.), who resigned the position after the Nov. 5 election.
Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) was picked to replace Pelosi as Minority
Whip.
Dave Moore, Senior Associate Vice President
AAMC Government Relations
dbmoore@aamc.org
(202) 828-0525
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