minority whip
The Speaker of the House is the leader of the House of Representatives. Each party has a leader, the party in the minority has a minority leader, and the party in the majority has a majority leader who is also speaker of the house.
The leader of the opposition
The leader of the minority party in the lower house responsible for informing members and organizing resistance to the majority is the whip. Whips exist in both houses and both the majority and minority parties to get party members on the same page.
The leader of the party with the second most members in Congress is called the Senate Minority leader for the Senate and House Minority Leader in the House of Representatives. There may be third party members with just a few members and they might have a leader but that leader is not referred to as the Minority Leader of that House of Congress.
The 'leader' of the US House of Representatives is known as the Speaker of the House. The Speaker is elected by the Party (Democrat or Republican) that controls the most seats in the House, known as the majority party. The Speaker is also therefore, the majority leader. The Party with fewer seats in the House than the other Party is known as the minority party, and the minority party elects its own leader, known as the minority leader. The current Speaker and majority leader is John Boehner, a Republican.
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The Majority Leader is speaks on behalf of the majority party in the House whereas the Minority Leader speaks for the minorty party.
D. the majority party
The Majority Leader is speaks on behalf of the majority party in the House whereas the Minority Leader speaks for the minorty party.
The top leaders of the major parties are called the minority and the majority leader. The minority leader heads the party in the minority in a particular House and the majority leader heads the majority party.
the minority leader
Minority Leader