To encourage party members to vote with party leaders.
To encourage party members to vote with party leaders.
To encourage party members to vote with party leaders.
To encourage party members to vote with party leaders.
Each party has a whip in each house of Congress. He is an assistant to the party leader and his job is to make sure that each member of his party is present to vote, and to vote the way the party wants.
The whip Majority whip and minority whip
The party's Whip. In the United States, each party has a whip in both the Senate and the House.
majority whip
Whether it's the majority whip or the minority whip, this is the person who makes sure members of his or her party are rounded up for important votes; the whip also tries to make sure those members vote the way party leadership wants them to vote. The majority whip is from the party in power; the minority whip is from the party not in power. Currently (2012), the majority party in the House is the Republicans, so the majority whip would be a Republican. The party out of power is the Democrats, so the minority whip would be a Democrat.
Party Whip(whips)
Party Whip(whips)
It is the Whip's job to keep everyone in his or her party voting the way the party wants.Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) was elected Democratic Whip by acclamation on November 14, 2002. Steve Scalise is the (R-LA) was elected Republican Whip since the 113 Congress.
Your party whip is here