Tuesday Group

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Republican Governance Group
Founded1994;27 years ago (1994)
Preceded byWednesday Group
Ideology Conservative liberalism [1] [2] [3]
Moderate conservatism [1] [4]
Political position Center [5] [6] to center-right [7]
National affiliation Republican Party
Colors  Red
Seats in House Republican Conference
29 / 211
Seats in the House
29 / 435

The Republican Governance Group (Formerly the Tuesday Group until 2020) is an informal caucus consisting of the more moderate to liberal Republican members in the United States House of Representatives. [1] [8] It was founded in 1994 in the wake of the Republican takeover of the House; the Republican House caucus was dominated by conservatives. [9] In 2007, the Tuesday Group founded its own political action committee. [10]

Contents

Former co-chairs include Charlie Bass, Mike Castle, Jo Ann Emerson, and Mark Kirk. [9] [11] Members have included Judy Biggert, Sherwood Boehlert, Tom Davis, Mike Fitzpatrick, Mark Foley, Jim Gerlach, Nancy Johnson, Sue Kelly, Jim Kolbe, Ray LaHood, Leonard Lance, Jim Leach, John McKernan, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Bob Michel, Todd Platts, Jim Ramstad, Dave Reichert, Joe Schwarz, Chris Shays, Rob Simmons, Olympia Snowe, James Walsh, and Heather Wilson. [9] [10] [12]

The other major group of Republican moderates in Congress was the Republican Main Street Caucus, but it dissolved in 2019.

Membership

Current members

Arkansas

California

Florida

Illinois

Indiana

Michigan

Nebraska

New Jersey

New York

Ohio

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

Texas

Puerto Rico

Washington

Former members

Predecessor

Members of its predecessor, the Wednesday Group, first founded in the House between 1961 and 1963 and then in the Senate around 1969, included John Anderson, Alphonzo Bell, Edward Brooke, Clifford Case, John Chafee, Dick Cheney, Bill Clinger (chair), Thad Cochran, Marlow Cook (Senate founder), John Cooper, John Dellenback, Slade Gorton, William Cohen, Barber Conable, Silvio Conte, Robert Ellsworth, Marvin Esch, Peter Frelinghuysen, Charles Goodell, Bill Gradison, Bill Green, Mark Hatfield, Margaret Heckler, John Heinz, Jack Javits, Nancy Kassebaum, Jim Leach, John Lindsay, Charles Mathias, Stewart McKinney, Pete McCloskey, Brad Morse (House founder), Bob Packwood, James Pearson, Charles Percy, Joel Pritchard, Ralph Regula, Ogden Reid, William Saxbe, Herman Schneebeli, Richard Schweiker, Hugh Scott, Abner Sibal, Arlen Specter, Robert Stafford, Charles Whalen and Lowell Weicker. [49] [50] [51] [52] [53]

See also

Notes

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