The Senate Republican Policy Committee is the policy research arm of the Republican Conference. Its predecessor, the Senate Republican Steering Committee was formed in March 1944 after Leader

Charles L. McNary Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874February 25, 1944) was an American Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the U.S. Senate from 1917 to 1944 and was Senate Minority Leader from 1933 to 1944. In the Senate, McNary helped to pass leg ...

's death. It became formally funded and renamed the Policy Committee in 1947 along with its Democratic counterpart, the

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, after the

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. Funding for staff of both party policy committees comes directly from the legislative branch. According to ''

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'', "the Policy Committee is in effect a legislative

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. The committee organizes the prominent Tuesday lunches with summaries of major bills, analysis of roll call votes and distribution of issue papers."

List of chairs

References

External links

Official website
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