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U.S.House Democratic Leadership

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Position and Links	Name, Email and Links	State	Year of entry into Leadership Position/Year of entry into House of Reps.	Summary of Position Duties
Minority Leader Minority Leader Homepage	Nancy Pelosi Official House Website	California	2002/1987	The Minority Leader is the top Democrat in the House. He deals with most of the daily responsibilities of scheduling and driving the party's legislation in the House. If/when the Democrats retake control of the House, the Minority Leader is the most likely choice for the Speakership.
Minority Whip** Minority Whip Homepage	Steny Hoyer Official House Website	Maryland (5th District)	2002/1981	The Whip keeps track of party support for major bills and issues in the House and ensures that party members are present for votes.
Democratic Caucus Chair House Democratic Caucus Homepage	James E. Clyburn Official House Website	South Carolina (6th District)	2002/1992	The House Democratic membership is known as "the Party Caucus." The Causus Chair's duties incudes keeping Democratic Representatives up to date on legislation and influences the setting of Party rules. Also works to build party unity and deals with the media and the country in a variety of public relations functions.
Democratic Congressional Committee Chair Website	Rahm Emanuel Official House Website	Illinois (5th District)	2002/2005	The DCCC is a political committee devoted to increasing the Democratic membership in the U.S. House of Representatives.

**The term "whip" comes from an old English expression used in the fox hunt where the "whipper in" was charged with keeping the dogs together in pursuit of the prize