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  2. Minority leader - Wikipedia

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    The minority leader in U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system) is the floor leader of the second largest caucus in a legislative body. [1] Given the two- party nature of the U.S. system, the minority leader is almost inevitably either a Republican or a Democrat .

  3. Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives

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    The Minority Leader also speaks for the minority party in the House and its policies, and works to protect the minority party's rights. [2] The assistant majority leader and assistant minority leader of the House, commonly called whips, are the second-ranking members of each party's leadership. The main function of the majority and minority ...

  4. Party leaders of the United States Senate - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. United States House of Representatives - Wikipedia

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    The leadership structure of the House also developed during approximately the same period, with the positions of majority leader and minority leader being created in 1899. While the minority leader was the head of the minority party, the majority leader remained subordinate to the speaker.

  6. Whip (politics) - Wikipedia

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    Unlike the Senate's presiding officer, the Speaker is the leader of his or her party's caucus in the House. In both the House and the Senate, the minority whip is the second highest-ranking individual in the minority party (the party with the lesser number of legislators in a legislative body), outranked only by the minority leader.

  7. Mitch McConnell to step down as US Senate minority leader - AOL

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    After serving as the Republican Party's leader in the Senate during four presidential administrations, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is planning to step down from his leadership ...

  8. Steering and Policy Committees of the United States House of ...

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    When the Republicans are in the minority, the Policy Committee chair ranks fourth, behind the Minority Leader, Minority Whip and Conference Chairman. Statutory members include the full conference leadership, the committee chairs or ranking members (depending on a majority or minority) of Appropriations, Budget, Energy, Rules, and Ways and Means ...

  9. Parliamentary leader - Wikipedia

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    In the Philippines, each body of the bicameral Congress has a majority floor leader and a minority floor leader. For the Senate, there is the majority floor leader of the Senate and the minority floor leader of the Senate. For the House of Representatives there is the majority floor leader of the House and the minority floor leader of the House ...