Especially this bit of history
The Whip has a bit of power - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Scalise#House_Minority_Whip
Thanks for posting that article by Sean Davis.
I vaguely remembered how Steve Scalise had fired Paul Teller and the Republican Study Committee (RSC) staff. It was disgraceful. Scalise is an enemy of conservatism. He’s no different than Boehner, Ryan and McCarthy.