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This week Craig Benzine explores the leadership structure of congress. We’ll break out the clone machine to examine the responsibilities of the speaker of the house, the majority and minority leaders, and the majority and minority whips in both the Senate and the House. As the leadership heavily influences assignments to committees and acts as the primary point of contact with the media, they wield significant power in influencing public dialog. Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios: http://youtube.com/pbsdigitalstudiosSupport is provided by Voqal: http://www.voqal.orgChapters:Introduction: Leadership Structure of Congress 00:00Leadership in Congress 0:22Speaker of the House 0:50Majority & Minority Whips & Leaders 1:20Senate leadership 2:05How congressional leaders exercise power 3:03Who controls the congressional agenda? 3:28Access to press 4:13Fundraising 4:43Why political parties matter in Congress 5:26Understanding congressional leadership 6:54Credits 7:39Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourseWant to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet?Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourseTwitter - http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourseInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/thecrashcourse/CC Kids: http://www.youtube.com/crashcoursekids Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
