Senate Minority Whip

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United States Senate position legislative leadership position party leadership role

The Senate Minority Whip is the second-ranking leader of the minority party in the U.S. Senate, responsible for mobilizing votes and maintaining party discipline on key legislative issues.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Senate Minority Whip canonical 10
Minority Whip 2
Senate minority whip 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Senate position ⓘ
legislative leadership position ⓘ
party leadership role ⓘ
appointedBy Senate minority party conference ⓘ
canBeHeldBy any sitting United States senator of the minority party ⓘ
category United States Senate leadership ⓘ
surface form: United States Senate leadership positions

United States federal government positions ⓘ
chamber upper house of the United States Congress ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
establishedIn 20th century ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
hasOppositeRole Majority Whip ⓘ
surface form: Senate Majority Whip
hasTitleVariant Assistant Minority Leader ⓘ
Senate Minority Whip self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Minority Whip
influences voting behavior of minority party senators ⓘ
isAnalogousTo House Minority Whip ⓘ
isCounterpartOf Majority Whip ⓘ
surface form: Senate Majority Whip
jurisdiction federal legislature of the United States ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Senate ⓘ
location United States Capitol ⓘ
officeType partisan office ⓘ
participatesIn Senate floor proceedings ⓘ
party leadership meetings ⓘ
partyRoleInChamber minority party leadership ⓘ
powerDependsOn internal party rules ⓘ
size of the minority party caucus ⓘ
primaryGoal advance the minority party’s legislative and political objectives ⓘ
rankInMinorityParty second-ranking leader ⓘ
reportsTo Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
requires affiliation with the Senate minority party ⓘ
membership in the United States Senate ⓘ
responsibility assisting in managing the minority party’s legislative agenda ⓘ
communicating party strategy to members ⓘ
counting votes ⓘ
enforcing party discipline on key legislative issues ⓘ
gathering information on member positions ⓘ
liaison between party leadership and rank-and-file senators ⓘ
maintaining party discipline ⓘ
mobilizing votes on legislation ⓘ
negotiating vote commitments ⓘ
organizing party members for key floor votes ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority members of the Senate minority party ⓘ
seat Washington, D.C. ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by the Senate minority party members ⓘ
supports Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
termLength depends on party conference rules ⓘ
worksOn legislative strategy for the minority party ⓘ
worksWith committee chairs and ranking members of the minority party ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Senate Minority Leader → subordinatePosition → Senate Minority Whip ⓘ
Senate leadership offices → occupantRole → Senate Minority Whip ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate party whips
United States Senate leadership → hasRole → Senate Minority Whip ⓘ
Senate Minority Whip → hasTitleVariant → Senate Minority Whip self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minority Whip
Senate minority party conference → hasPart → Senate Minority Whip ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate minority whip
Senate minority party conference → elects → Senate Minority Whip ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate minority whip
Harry Reid → positionHeld → Senate Minority Whip ⓘ
Ted Stevens → positionHeld → Senate Minority Whip ⓘ
Alan K. Simpson → positionHeld → Senate Minority Whip ⓘ
Assistant Minority Leader of the United States Senate → alsoKnownAs → Senate Minority Whip ⓘ
Assistant Minority Leader of the United States Senate → hasTitleForm → Senate Minority Whip ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minority Whip
Mike Mansfield → positionHeld → Senate Minority Whip ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate Minority Whip of the United States
United States Senate Democratic Caucus → hasLeaderTitle → Senate Minority Whip ⓘ
John Cornyn → positionHeld → Senate Minority Whip ⓘ
Robert P. Griffin → positionHeld → Senate Minority Whip ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minority Whip of the United States Senate
Harry Mason Reid → positionHeld → Senate Minority Whip ⓘ
Don Nickles → positionHeld → Senate Minority Whip ⓘ