Meet Tom Emmer: lawyer, hockey player, father of seven and the new House majority whip
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The new House Majority Whip, Tom Emmer of Minnesota, is used to playing in barnburners as he takes the reins from now-House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La.
Coming into the position after leading the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) in the last election cycle, Emmer says he is a "team guy" who hails from a "big hockey factory." Houston Keene is a politics writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to Houston.Keene@Fox.com and on Twitter: @HoustonKeene
The House Majority Whip said he learned to negotiate through his work as an attorney, but starting a youth hockey team in Delano, Minnesota, in the 1990s is where he cut his teeth in getting people to work together.
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