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: null Support is provided by Voqal: http://www.voqal.org/ Chapters: Introduction: Leadership Structure of Congress 00:00 Leadership in Congress 0:22 Speaker of the House 0:50 Majority & Minority Whips & Leaders 1:20 Senate leadership 2:05 How congressional leaders exercise power 3:03 Who controls the congressional agenda? 3:28 Access to press 4:13 Fundraising 4:43 Why political parties matter in Congress 5:26 Understanding congressional leadership 6:54 Credits 7:39 Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thecrashcourse/ CC Kids: null