Describe the responsibilities of a legislative leader.
What will be an ideal response?
Varies. A leader's job is to keep his or majority in power or to regain majority status. Nonstop fund-raising, policymaking, rulemaking, and deal-making all serve that overarching objective. Party leaders oversee their caucus and help shape the electorate's understanding of what it means to support their respective parties. Leaders also negotiate budgets, bills, and policies, make themselves available to the press, and help cultivate a distinct culture within the houses they lead. They raise campaign funds and distribute them to their fellow party members as rewards or withhold them as punishments. The Speaker and President Pro Tem appoint committee chairs and make committee assignments. (Leaders of the Assembly are the Speaker and the Assembly minority leader; in the Senate, it is the President Pro Tem and the Senate minority leader.)
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