Republican Governance Group

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Republican Governance Group
ChairJohn Katko
Founded1995; 26 years ago (1995)
Preceded byWednesday Group (1961–2001)[1]
Tuesday Lunch Bunch (1995–1997)[2]
Tuesday Group (1997–2020)
Ideology
Political positionCenter[6][7] to center-right[8]
National affiliationRepublican Party
Seats in House Republican Conference
43 / 212
Seats in the House
43 / 435
Website
Campaign website
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  • Elections

The Republican Governance Group, originally the Tuesday Lunch Bunch and then the Tuesday Group until 2020, is a group of moderate Republicans in the United States House of Representatives.[9] It was founded in 1994 in the wake of the Republican takeover of the House; the Republican House caucus came to be dominated by conservatives.[3]

In 2007, the Tuesday Group founded its own political action committee.[10] The name of the PAC was "Tuesday Group Political Action Committee" but has since changed to "Republican Governance Group/Tuesday Group Political Action Committee". It is based in Tampa, Florida.[11]

Another major group of Republican moderates in Congress was the Republican Main Street Caucus, which existed briefly from 2017 to 2019.

Wednesday Group[]

Members of its predecessor, the Wednesday Group, first founded in the House between 1961 and 1963 and then in the Senate around 1969.[12][13][14]

Wednesday Group membership[]

Membership[]

The Republican Governance Group and its predecessors have never published its membership lists. Those who are known members are sourced below.

Leadership[]

Term start Term end Chair(s) Ref(s)
1995 2005
Mike Castle
Fred Upton
[39][3][40][41]
2005 2007
Mark Kirk
Resigned November 29, 2010
N/A
[3]
2007 2010
Charlie Dent
Resigned May 12, 2018
[3][42]
2010 2011
Jo Ann Emerson
Appointed June 15, 2010
[43]
2011 2013
N/A
2013 2015 [44]
2015 2017 [9]
2017 2019
Tom MacArthur
Resigned May 23, 2017
[45][46]
John Katko
Appointed November 7, 2017
[47]
2019 2021
Fred Upton
[48]
2021 present
N/A
N/A
[49]

Current members[]

Arkansas

California

Florida

Illinois

Minnesota

Michigan

North Dakota

Nebraska

New Jersey

New York

Nevada

Ohio

Oregon

Puerto Rico

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

Texas

Utah

Washington

Wisconsin


West Virginia

Former members[]

See also[]

References[]

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