The House Republican Conference is the

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for Republicans in the

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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

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. The current chair is

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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, John B. Anderson, Dick Cheney, Jack Kemp,

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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, the conference leadership is as follows: *

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( CA) as

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( LA) as

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( NY) as

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* 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

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( MN) as Chair of the

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* 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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of Vermont (1971) * Samuel L. Devine of Ohio (1971–1979) * Jack Edwards of Alabama (1979–1985) *

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of Illinois (1985–1989) *

Bill McCollum Ira William McCollum Jr. (born July 12, 1944) is an American lawyer and Republican Party politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 2001, representing Florida's 5th congressional district, which was la ...

of Florida (1989–1995) *

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of New York (1995–1997) *

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of Washington (1997–1999) *

Tillie Fowler Tillie Kidd Fowler (December 23, 1942 – March 2, 2005) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 2001. Her father and brother served as s ...

of Florida (1999–2001) * Deborah Pryce of Ohio (2001–2003) *

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of Georgia (2003–2007) *

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of Texas (2007–2009) * Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington (2009–2013) *

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of Kansas (2013–2017) * Doug Collins of Georgia (2017–2019) * Mark Walker of North Carolina (2019–2021) * Mike Johnson of Louisiana (2021–present)

Secretaries

References

External links

Republican Conference
{{USCongress Republican Conference Conference, House