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A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline (that members of the party vote according to the party platform rather than their individual beliefs or that of donors or constituents) in a legislature.
The assistant majority leader and assistant minority leader of the United States Senate, commonly called whips, are the second-ranking members of each party's leadership. The main function of the majority and minority whips is to gather votes of their respective parties on major issues.
The Chief Deputy Whip is the primary assistant to the whip, who is the chief vote counter for their party. The current chief deputy majority whip is Republican Guy Reschenthaler. Within the House Republican Conference, the chief deputy whip is the highest appointed position and often a launching pad for future positions in the House Leadership.
U.S. Sen. John Thune, of South Dakota, was chosen by his peers to lead his Republican colleagues in the 119th U.S. Congress. Thune, currently the Senate whip, will replace Kentucky Sen. Mitch ...
House Republican Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) sees an advantage in wrangling the tiny House GOP majority this year, despite having a historically narrow margin and fewer members than last time ...
Cornyn, a former Republican whip, has previously argued that Trump cannot win a 2024 general election due to his inability to appeal to voters outside his core base. Now, he's now one of 30 ...
Senate Democratic Chief Deputy Whip: Brian Schatz: Hawaii: Is the Chief Deputy to the Democratic Whip and chief of the democratic whip organization. They are responsible for aiding in gathering the votes (or "whip up" support for the party position) of the Democratic party on major issues. [12] – Senate President pro tempore emerita: Patty ...
Senate Republican Whip John Thune (S.D.) famously declared in December 2020 that efforts to block the certification of Biden’s victory would “go down like a shot dog” in the Senate.