The democrats are the majority party in the senate and the house. The democrats are majority party in the congress of 2007.
Congresswoman, House Minority Whip, House Minority Leader, and Speaker of the House.
minority whip
The Speaker of the House is the leader of the House of Representatives. As of June 2014, it is Speaker John Boehner.
Leader of the Opposition is the House Minority leader. Nancy Pelosi serves as the House Minority Leader in 2011.
House Democrats have elected Nancy Pelosi as Minority Leader and Steny Hoyer as Minority Whip for the 112th Congress (2011-2012, give or take a few days).
Pelosi was the House minority leader from 2003-2007.
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 Speaker of the House is the highest ranking member of the majority party, currently Paul Ryan. The highest ranking member of the minority party is the Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi. There is not a minority Speaker of the House.
minority leader
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.
There are several leadership roles within the U.S. House of Representatives. The leaders in the House are the Speaker of the House, the Majority and Minority Leaders, the majority and minority whips and chief deputy whips, the Assistant Minority Leader, the Party Conference Chairs, and finally the leaders over various party and standing committees.
The House minority whip is not chosen by the president. He or she is elected by congresspeople of the same political party. Furthermore, Obama is a Democrat and both houses of Congress are majority Democratic. The minority whip would be a Republican.