House Minority Whip

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legislative leadership position party leadership role position in the United States House of Representatives

The House Minority Whip is the second-ranking leader of the minority party in the U.S. House of Representatives, responsible for party discipline and coordinating votes on key legislation.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
House Democratic Whip 3
House Republican Whip 3
Minority Whip 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative leadership position ⓘ
party leadership role ⓘ
position in the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
alsoKnownAs House Minority Whip ⓘ
surface form: Minority Whip

House Minority Whip ⓘ
surface form: U.S. House Minority Whip
associatedWith U.S. political parties ⓘ
congressional party caucus ⓘ
belongsTo minority party in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch ⓘ
chamber House of Representatives ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eligibleOfficeholder member of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
exercisesPowerThrough control of information about legislative scheduling and vote expectations ⓘ
persuasion and negotiation with party members ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver members of the minority party in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
hasSubordinatePosition assistant whips ⓘ
deputy whips ⓘ
historicalOrigin adapted from British parliamentary practice of party whips ⓘ
influences legislative outcomes involving the minority party ⓘ
party strategy in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
levelOfGovernment United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
locatedIn United States Capitol ⓘ
meetsIn House chamber ⓘ
partOf United States House of Representatives ⓘ
legislative branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
positionInOrganization minority party leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
primaryObjective maintain party unity on key votes ⓘ
maximize minority party influence on legislation ⓘ
rankingWithinParty second-ranking leader of the minority party in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
reportsTo House Minority Leader ⓘ
requires support of a majority of the minority party caucus ⓘ
responsibleFor assisting the House Minority Leader in managing the legislative agenda of the minority party ⓘ
communicating minority party leadership strategy to rank-and-file members ⓘ
coordinating votes on key legislation for the minority party ⓘ
ensuring minority party members are present for important votes ⓘ
gathering information on member positions on pending legislation ⓘ
organizing the minority party’s floor strategy in the House ⓘ
party discipline in the minority party in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
persuading minority party members to support party positions ⓘ
vote counting among minority party members ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority internal party organization and voting within the minority party in the House ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by the minority party caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
termLength varies according to party rules and House terms ⓘ
typeOf whip (parliamentary role) ⓘ
worksWith House Minority Leader ⓘ
assistant whips ⓘ
committee ranking members from the minority party ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House Minority Whip → alsoKnownAs → House Minority Whip ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minority Whip
House Minority Whip → alsoKnownAs → House Minority Whip ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. House Minority Whip
United States House leadership → hasRole → House Minority Whip ⓘ
United States House leadership → hasRole → House Minority Whip ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Republican Whip
United States House leadership → hasRole → House Minority Whip ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Democratic Whip
Senate Minority Whip → isAnalogousTo → House Minority Whip ⓘ
House Majority Whip → oppositeNumber → House Minority Whip ⓘ
Dennis Hastert → positionHeld → House Minority Whip ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minority Whip of the United States House of Representatives
Dick Cheney → positionHeld → House Minority Whip ⓘ
Nancy Pelosi → positionHeld → House Minority Whip ⓘ
House Democratic Caucus Chair → worksWith → House Minority Whip ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Democratic Whip
this entity surface form: House Democratic Whip
House Minority Leader → worksWith → House Minority Whip ⓘ
House Republican Conference Chair → worksWith → House Minority Whip ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Republican Whip
this entity surface form: House Republican Whip