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whip  

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  • Whips are the members of the party leadership in legislatures who are charged to organize members to vote and to enforce party discipline. The term originated in the British Parliament from the phrase “whipper in,” a hunting assistant who was charged with keeping the dog pack together. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Whip]

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