Majority Coalition Caucus

The MCC, operating much like a coalition government, offered an equal number of committee leadership positions to Republicans and Democrats.

[4] However, by December 2014 Hobbs, Hatfield, and Eide's roles had been reduced to "ranking minority member" on each of their committees in favor of Republican leadership.

[2][6] The election of Republican Jan Angel in 2013 to the Senate gave the MCC 26 of the 49 seats.

[7] In the 2014 election Rodney Tom decided not to seek re-election because of family problems.

[11] Democratic leaders denounced the MCC as "the exact opposite of collaboration" and denied that it was bi-partisan.