Assistant Minority Leader of the United States Senate
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The Assistant Minority Leader of the United States Senate, commonly known as the Senate Minority Whip, is the second-ranking member of the minority party responsible for party discipline, vote counting, and strategy coordination.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Assistant Minority Leader of the United States Senate canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Senate leadership position
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parliamentary whip position ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Senate Minority Whip ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
legislative strategy
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party discipline ⓘ party-line voting ⓘ |
| associatedWithProcess |
legislative decision-making in the Senate
ⓘ
party caucus meetings of the Senate minority ⓘ |
| chamber | upper house of the United States Congress ⓘ |
| contrastWith |
Assistant Majority Leader of the United States Senate
ⓘ
Majority Whip ⓘ
surface form:
Senate Majority Whip
|
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| eligibleHolder | United States senator ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | legislative branch of the United States federal government ⓘ |
| hasTitleForm |
Assistant Minority Leader
ⓘ
Senate Minority Whip ⓘ
surface form:
Minority Whip
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| inceptionQualifier | position exists when there is a defined Senate minority party ⓘ |
| influences |
legislative agenda of the Senate minority party
ⓘ
negotiations with the Senate majority leadership ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | members of the Senate minority party ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States Senate ⓘ |
| officeType | partisan leadership office ⓘ |
| partOf |
Senate minority party leadership team
ⓘ
United States Senate leadership ⓘ
surface form:
United States congressional party leadership structure
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| partyRole | leadership of the minority party in the Senate ⓘ |
| positionInHierarchy |
above other minority party whips and deputy whips
ⓘ
below Senate Minority Leader ⓘ |
| rankInParty | second-ranking member of the Senate minority party ⓘ |
| reportsTo | Senate Minority Leader ⓘ |
| requires | membership in the Senate minority party ⓘ |
| responsibility |
assisting in managing floor debate for the minority party
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communicating minority party leadership positions to members ⓘ counting likely votes before floor action ⓘ helping enforce party caucus decisions ⓘ liaison between Senate Minority Leader and rank-and-file senators ⓘ organizing minority party support or opposition to legislation ⓘ party discipline in the Senate minority caucus ⓘ persuading undecided senators within the minority party ⓘ strategy coordination for the Senate minority party ⓘ vote counting for the Senate minority party ⓘ whipping votes on key legislation ⓘ |
| scopeOfAuthority | limited to the United States Senate ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | elected by the Senate minority party conference ⓘ |
| termLength | serves at the pleasure of the Senate minority party conference ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Senate party conference chair of the minority party
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Senate party whips and deputy whips ⓘ |
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