House Republican Conference

The House Republican Conference is the party caucus for Republicans in the United States House of Representatives. 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.

House Republican Conference

Elise Stefanik (NY)

United States House of Representatives

Mike Johnson (LA)

Steve Scalise (LA)

Tom Emmer (MN)

Blake Moore (UT)

Conservatism
Trumpism

Republican Party

Red

218 / 435

When the conference holds the majority of seats, it is usually led by the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives who is assisted on the floor by the House Majority Leader and the party's Chief Whip. When in the minority, it is led by the House Minority Leader, assisted by the Chief Whip. The conference has a chair who directs day-to-day operations and who is assisted by an elected vice chair and a secretary. The current chair is Elise Stefanik of New York, who assumed the position after a vote of the House Republican Conference on May 14, 2021.^[1]^[2] Former chairs include Gerald Ford, John Boehner, Mike Pence, John B. Anderson, Dick Cheney, Jack Kemp, J. C. Watts, Deborah D. Pryce, Adam Putnam, Jeb Hensarling, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Liz Cheney, and Kevin McCarthy. As a result of the 2022 elections, the party holds a narrow majority in the House of Representatives in the 118th Congress, which was reduced from 222 to 221 after the expulsion of Republican George Santos on December 1, 2023. It was reduced additionally upon the resignation of Kevin McCarthy on December 31, 2023.

(LA) as Speaker of the House (Conference leader)

Mike Johnson

(LA) as House Majority Leader

Steve Scalise

(MN) as House Majority Whip

Tom Emmer

(NY) as Chair of the House Republican Conference

Elise Stefanik

(UT) as Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference

Blake Moore

(MI) as Secretary of the House Republican Conference

Lisa McClain

(AL) as Chair of the House Republican Policy Committee

Gary Palmer

(NC) as Chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee

Richard Hudson

(PA) as House Republican Chief Deputy Whip

Guy Reschenthaler

As of November 8, 2023, the conference leadership has been as follows:

of Vermont (1971)

Robert Stafford

of Ohio (1971–1979)

Samuel L. Devine

of Alabama (1979–1985)

Jack Edwards

of Illinois (1985–1989)

Lynn Morley Martin

of Florida (1989–1995)

Bill McCollum

of New York (1995–1997)

Susan Molinari

of Washington (1997–1999)

Jennifer Dunn

of Florida (1999–2001)

Tillie Fowler

of Ohio (2001–2003)

Deborah Pryce

of Georgia (2003–2007)

Jack Kingston

of Texas (2007–2009)

Kay Granger

of Washington (2009–2013)

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

of Kansas (2013–2017)

Lynn Jenkins

of Georgia (2017–2019)

Doug Collins

of North Carolina (2019–2021)

Mark Walker

of Louisiana (2021–2023)

Mike Johnson

of Utah (2023-present)

Blake Moore

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.^[4]

House Republican Conference