The House Republican Conference is the
party caucus for
Republicans in the
United States House of Representatives
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. It hosts meetings and is the primary forum for communicating the party's message to members. The Conference produces a daily publication of political analysis under the title ''
Legislative Digest''.
The conference has a
chair who directs day-to-day operations and who is assisted by an elected
vice chair and a
secretary
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. The current chair is
Elise Stefanik of
New York, who assumed the position after a vote of the House Republican Conference on May 14, 2021.
Former chairs include
Gerald Ford,
John Boehner,
Mike Pence
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,
John B. Anderson
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,
Dick Cheney,
Jack Kemp,
J. C. Watts
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,
Deborah D. Pryce,
Adam Putnam,
Jeb Hensarling,
Cathy McMorris Rodgers, and
Liz Cheney.
Current hierarchy
Effective with the start of the
117th Congress
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, the conference leadership is as follows:
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Kevin McCarthy (
CA) as
House Minority Leader
*
Steve Scalise (
LA) as
House Minority Whip
*
Elise Stefanik (
NY) as
Chair of the House Republican Conference
*
Mike Johnson (
LA) as
Vice Chairman of the House Republican Conference
*
Richard Hudson (
NC) as
Secretary of the House Republican Conference
*
Gary Palmer (
AL) as Chair of the
House Republican Policy Committee
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*
Tom Emmer (
MN) as Chair of the
National Republican Congressional Committee
*
Drew Ferguson (
GA) as
House Republican Chief Deputy Whip
Leaders of the House Republican Conference
Notes
Conference chairs
The conference chair is elected each Congress.
Vice chairs
The vice chair is next in rank after the House Republican Conference Chair. Like the chair, the vice chair is elected by a vote of all Republican House members before each Congress. Among other duties, the vice chair has a seat on both the
Steering and Policy Committees.
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Robert Stafford
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of Vermont (1971)
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Samuel L. Devine of Ohio (1971–1979)
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Jack Edwards of Alabama (1979–1985)
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Lynn Morley Martin of Illinois (1985–1989)
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Bill McCollum of Florida (1989–1995)
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Susan Molinari of New York (1995–1997)
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Jennifer Dunn of Washington (1997–1999)
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Tillie Fowler
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of Florida (1999–2001)
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Deborah Pryce of Ohio (2001–2003)
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Jack Kingston of Georgia (2003–2007)
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Kay Granger of Texas (2007–2009)
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Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington (2009–2013)
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Lynn Jenkins of Kansas (2013–2017)
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Doug Collins of Georgia (2017–2019)
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Mark Walker of North Carolina (2019–2021)
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Mike Johnson of Louisiana (2021–present)
Secretaries
References
External links
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