Republican Governance Group
Informal American congressional caucus
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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.[7] 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.[8] It has historically been considered a center[6][4][9] to center-right congressional caucus, with its members primarily from competitive House districts.[8][10] However, it has shifted further to the right in recent years under Trumpism. In January 2025, member Carlos A. Giménez stated: "Our goals are the same as President Trump's goals."[11]
ChairDavid Valadao (CA–22)
Founded1995
Republican Governance Group | |
|---|---|
| |
| Chair | David Valadao (CA–22) |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Preceded by | Wednesday Group (1961–2001)[1] Tuesday Lunch Bunch (1995–1997)[2] Tuesday Group (1997–2020) |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Center-right[4] to right-wing[5] Historical: Center[6] to center-right[6] |
| National affiliation | Republican Party |
| Seats in House Republican Conference | 46 / 218[a] |
| Seats in the House | 46 / 435[a] |
| Website | |
| Campaign website | |
In 2007, the Tuesday Group founded its own political action committee.[12] 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.[13]
Another major group of Republican moderates in Congress is the Republican Main Street Caucus, which existed briefly from 2017 to 2019 and was re-formed in 2021.[14]
Wednesday Group
Its predecessor, the Wednesday Group, was first founded in the House between 1961 and 1963 and then in the Senate around 1969.[15][16][17]
Wednesday Group membership
- George Aiken (VT)[18]
- John Anderson (IL)[19]
- Mark Andrews (ND)[20]
- Glenn Beall (MD)[21]
- Alphonzo Bell (CA)[16]
- Doug Bereuter (NE)[22]
- Edward Biester (PA)[23]
- Caleb Boggs (DE)[21]
- Edward Brooke (MA)[17][24]
- Caldwell Butler (VA) – House chair[25]
- William Cahill (NJ)[26]
- Clifford Case (NJ)[17]
- John Chafee (RI)[17]
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)[27]
- Rod Chandler (WA)[28]
- Dick Cheney (WY)[19]
- Bill Clinger (PA) – House chair (1981–1987/1991)[15]
- Thad Cochran (MS)[20]
- Marlow Cook (KY) – Senate founding chair[17]
- John Cooper (KY)[21]
- Bill Cohen (ME)[17]
- Barber Conable (NY)[19]
- Sil Conte (MA)[16]
- Larry Coughlin (PA)[29]
- Jim Coyne (PA)[29]
- Tom Curtis (MO)[30]
- Jack Danforth (MO)[24]
- Tom Delay (TX)[28]
- John Dellenback (OR)[26]
- Robert Ellsworth (KS)[16]
- Marvin Esch (MI)[31]
- Paul Findley (IL)[26]
- Hamilton Fish IV (NY)[22]
- Peter Frelinghuysen (NJ)[16]
- Bill Frenzel (MN)[20]
- Charles Goodell (NY)[16]
- Slade Gorton (WA)[17]
- Bill Gradison (OH) – House chair (1991–1993)[15][32][33]
- Fred Grandy (IA)[28]
- Bill Green (NY)[19]
- Gil Gude (MD)[23]
- Orval Hansen (ID)[23]
- James Harvey (IL)[26]
- Mark Hatfield (OR)[20]
- Margaret Heckler (MA)[20]
- John Heinz (PA)[17]
- Paul Henry (MI)[28]
- Bud Hillis (IN)[22]
- Dave Hobson (OH)[28]
- Amo Houghton (NY)[28]
- Andy Ireland (FL)[28]
- Jacob Javits (NY)[20]
- Jim Jeffords (VT)[22]
- Nancy Johnson (CT)[22]
- Nancy Kassebaum (KS)[17]
- Jim Kolbe (AZ) – House chair (1993–2001)[28][1]
- Jim Leach (IA)[19]
- John Lindsay (NY)[15]
- Bob Livingston (LA)[29]
- William Mailliard (CA)[26]
- Richard Mallary (VT)[23]
- Lynn Martin (IL)[22]
- Mac Mathias (MD)[16]
- Joe McDade (PA)[22]
- Jock McKernan (ME)[22]
- Stew McKinney (CT)[15]
- Pete McCloskey (CA)[20]
- Chester Mize (KS)[26]
- Sid Morrison (WA)[22]
- Brad Morse (CA) – House founding chair (1961–1972)[16][21]
- Charles Mosher (OH)[26]
- Bob Packwood (OR)[20]
- James Pearson (KS)[24]
- Charles Percy (IL)[17]
- Tom Petri (WI)[29]
- Joel Pritchard (WA) – House chair (1977–1980)[20][34][35]
- Carl Pursell (MI)[28]
- Al Quie (MN)[26]
- Jim Ramstad (MN)[28]
- Ralph Regula (OH)[20]
- Tom Railsback (IL)[36]
- Ogden Reid (NY)[16]
- Tom Ridge (PA)[22]
- Howard W. Robison (NY)[26]
- Marge Roukema (NJ)[22]
- Ronald Sarasin (CT)[37]
- Hal Sawyer (MI)[29]
- Bill Saxbe (OH)[21]
- Herman Schneebeli (PA)[16]
- Richard Schweiker (PA)[20]
- Fred Schwengel (IA)[26]
- Hugh Scott (PA)[18]
- Clay Shaw (FL)[22]
- Garner Shriver (KS)[26]
- Abner Sibal (CT)[16]
- Lamar Smith (TX)[28]
- Peter Smith (VT)[38][39]
- Olympia Snowe (ME)[18][22][27]
- Arlen Specter (PA)[17][27]
- Bob Stafford (VT)[16]
- William Stanton (OH)[26]
- Alan Steelman (TX)[37]
- Ted Stevens (AK)[24]
- Robert Taft (OH)[26]
- Bill Thomas (CA)[40]
- Craig Thomas (WY)[28]
- Charley Thone (NE)[20]
- Stan Tupper (ME)[41]
- Fred Upton (MI)[28]
- Vin Weber (MN) – House chair (1991–1992)[33][32]
- Lowell Weicker (CT)[17]
- Chuck Whalen (OH)[26]
- Bill Whitehurst (VA)[22]
Membership
The caucus and its predecessors have never published membership lists, unlike the associated PAC, which openly presents its roster of congressional members. Most (but not all) are from competitive House districts.
Leadership
| Start | End | Co-Chair | Co-Chair | Co-Chair | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2005 | Mike Castle (DE) |
Nancy Johnson (CT) |
Fred Upton (MI) |
[42][8][43][44] |
| 2005 | 2007 | Charlie Bass (NH) |
– |
[8] | |
| 2007 | 2010 | [8][45] | |||
| 2010 | 2011 | [46] | |||
| 2011 | 2013 | – | |||
| 2013 | 2015 | Adam Kinzinger (IL) |
Erik Paulsen (MN) |
[47] | |
| 2015 | 2017 | Bob Dold (IL) |
[7] | ||
| 2017 | 2019 | Elise Stefanik (NY) |
[48][49] | ||
| [50] | |||||
| 2019 | 2021 | Susan Brooks (IN) |
Fred Upton (MI) |
[51] | |
| 2021 | 2022 | – |
– |
[52] | |
| 2022 | 2025 | [53] | |||
| 2025 | present | David Valadao (CA) |
[54] | ||
Current members
American Samoa
- Amata Coleman Radewagen (AS-AL)[55]
- Juan Ciscomani (AZ-6)[55]
- Steve Womack (AR-3)[55]
- Kevin Kiley (CA-3)[55]
- David Valadao (CA-22)[55]
- Jay Obernolte (CA-23)[55]
- Young Kim (CA-40)[55]
- Ken Calvert (CA-41)[55]
- Jeff Hurd (CO-3)[55]
- Gabe Evans (CO-8)[55]
- John Rutherford (FL-5)[55]
- Laurel Lee (FL-15)[55]
- Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26)[55]
- María Elvira Salazar (FL-27)[55]
- Carlos A. Giménez (FL-28)[55]
- Buddy Carter (GA-1)[55]
- Rich McCormick (GA-7)[55]
- Mark Messmer (IN-8)[55]
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-1)[55]
- Julia Letlow (LA-5)[55]
- Pete Stauber (MN-8)[55]
- Don Bacon (NE-2)[55] (Retiring at the end of the 119th Congress)
- Tom Kean Jr. (NJ-7)[55]
- Mark Amodei (NV-2)[55]
- Nick LaLota (NY-1)[55]
- Andrew Garbarino (NY-2)[55]
- Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11)[55]
- Mike Lawler (NY-17)[55]
- Elise Stefanik (NY-21)[55]
- Chuck Edwards (NC-11)[55]
- Julie Fedorchak (ND-AL)[55]
- Mike Turner (OH-10)[55]
- Troy Balderson (OH-12)[55]
- Dave Joyce (OH-14)[55]
- Michael Rulli (OH-6)[55]
- Cliff Bentz (OR-2)[55]
- Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1)[55]
- Rob Bresnahan (PA-8)[55]
- Glenn Thompson (PA-15)[55]
- Beth Van Duyne (TX-24)[55]
- Rob Wittman (VA-1)[55]
- Jennifer Kiggans (VA-2)[55]
- Blake Moore (UT-1)[55]
- Dan Newhouse (WA-4)[55]
- Michael Baumgartner (WA-5)[55]
- Bryan Steil (WI-1)[55]
Former members
- Bill Johnson (OH)[56][57]
- Roscoe Bartlett (MD)[58]
- Charlie Bass (NH)[12]
- Judy Biggert (IL)[59]
- Mike Gallagher (WI)[60]
- Sherwood Boehlert (NY)[12]
- Mary Bono (CA)[59]
- Jeb Bradley (NH)[61]
- Susan Brooks (IN)[62]
- Ginny Brown-Waite (FL)[63]
- Tom Campbell (CA)[2]
- Eric Cantor (VA)[64]
- Joseph Cao (LA)[65]
- Mike Castle (DE)[12]
- Chris Collins (NY)[66]
- Mike Coffman (CO)[67]
- Carlos Curbelo (FL)[67]
- Barbara Comstock (VA)[67]
- Paul Cook (CA)[57]
- Ryan Costello (PA)[68]
- Tom Davis (VA)[69]
- Jeff Denham (CA)[57]
- Charlie Dent (PA)[70]
- Charles Djou (HI)[65]
- Bob Dold (IL)[8][45]
- Dan Donovan (NY)[71]
- Sean Duffy (WI)[57]
- Vern Ehlers (MI)[43]
- Renee Ellmers (NC)[72]
- Phil English (PA)[73]
- John Faso (NY)[67]
- Mike Fitzpatrick (PA)[12]
- Mark Foley (FL)[58]
- Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ)[74]
- Jim Gerlach (PA)[12]
- Chris Gibson (NY)[59]
- Wayne Gilchrest (MD)[75]
- Paul Gillmor (OH)[76]
- James C. Greenwood (PA)[77]
- Fred Grandy (IA)[78]
- Michael Grimm (NY)[59]
- Steve Gunderson (WI)[78]
- Gil Gutknecht (MN)[79]
- Richard Hanna (NY)[59]
- Nan Hayworth (NY)[59]
- Dave Hobson (OH)[76]
- Amo Houghton (NY)[80]
- Lynn Jenkins (KS)[57]
- Nancy Johnson (CT)[12]
- Tim Johnson (IL)[59]
- David Jolly (FL)[81]
- Ric Keller (FL)[76]
- Sue Kelly (NY)[80]
- Pete King (NY)[57]
- Mark Kirk (IL)[12]
- Jim Kolbe (AZ)[75]
- Randy Kuhl (NY)[76]
- Ray LaHood (IL)[80]
- Leonard Lance (NJ)[71]
- Steve LaTourette (OH)[82]
- Rick Lazio (NY)[78]
- Jim Leach (IA)[12]
- Chris Lee (NY)[65]
- Frank LoBiondo (NJ)[83]
- Tom MacArthur (NJ)[48]
- John McKernan (ME)
- Thad McCotter (TX)[82]
- Martha McSally (AZ)[57]
- Pat Meehan (PA)[71]
- Candice Miller (MI)[82]
- Shelley Moore Capito (WV)[59]
- Connie Morella (MD)[84][85]
- Tim Murphy (PA)[57]
- Erik Paulsen (MN)[59]
- Tom Petri (WI)[59]
- Bruce Poliquin (ME)[86]
- Jon Porter (NV)[79]
- Deborah Pryce (OH)[58]
- Jack Quinn (NY)[77]
- Todd Platts (PA)[80]
- Jim Ramstad (MN)[69]
- Ralph Regula (OH)[76]
- Dave Reichert (WA)[87]
- Jim Renacci (OH)[59]
- Tom Rooney (FL)[57]
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL)[71]
- Marge Roukema (NJ)[84]
- Jon Runyan (NJ)[88]
- Jim Saxton (NJ)[79]
- Bobby Schilling (IL)[88]
- Aaron Schock (IL)[88]
- Joe Schwarz (MI)[12]
- Chris Shays (CT)[89]
- Rob Simmons (CT)[80]
- Elise Stefanik (NY)[50]
- Steve Stivers (OH)[57]
- Lee Terry (NE)[82]
- Pat Tiberi (OH)[88]
- Dave Trott (MI)[87]
- Greg Walden (OR)[90]
- James Walsh (NY)[12]
- Jerry Weller (IL)[79]
- Ed Whitfield (KY)[59]
- Heather Wilson (NM)[12]
See also
Notes
- This figure does not include Amata Coleman Radewagen, a non-voting Delegate who is a member of the caucus.