Ranking member

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In the political system of the United States , ranking members are the highest-ranking MPs of a minority party (and thus also opposition leaders ) within the committees and subcommittees of the United States Congress .

If the majority ratio changes in favor of the previous minority party in a legislative chamber, the previous ranking members usually receive the chairmanship of the committee. Conversely, the previous committee chairman becomes a ranking member.

In many committees, the most senior minority member, together with the chairman of the committee, acts ex officio as a member of all sub-committees .

Senate committees

The following four United States Senate committees appoint the senior minority member as vice chairman.

The House of Representatives , as well as the following committees, do not follow this rule. There a politician from the majority party receives the seat of the deputy chairman.

Individual evidence

  1. ranking member | Politics Glossary | washingtonpost.com. July 1, 2011, accessed January 5, 2019 .
  2. United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs: Home . Banking.senate.gov. Retrieved October 18, 2013.