Question

Members called the majority whip and the minority whip assist the majority and minority party leaders in both houses. What is their role? A. to apply pressure and persuasion to keep party members in the chamber in line. B. to oversee the security of the Capitol building complex. C. to chair specific committees within their chamber of Congress. D. to speak with the president about the legislation being considered in Congress

Answer 1

A. to apply pressure and persuasion to keep party members in the chamber in line. 

Whips are a party's "enforcers", who typically offer inducements and threaten party members to ensure that they vote according to the official party policy. 

Answer 2

the answer is committee chair