| House Republican Conference | |
| Chairperson: | Elise Stefanik (NY) |
| Leader1 Title: | Part of |
| Leader1 Name: | United States House of Representatives |
| Leader2 Title: | House Speaker |
| Leader2 Name: | Mike Johnson (LA) |
| Leader3 Title: | Floor Leader |
| Leader3 Name: | Steve Scalise (LA) |
| Leader4 Title: | Floor Whip |
| Leader4 Name: | Tom Emmer (MN) |
| Leader5 Title: | Vice Chair |
| Leader5 Name: | Blake Moore (UT) |
| Ideology: | Conservatism |
| Affiliation1 Title: | Affiliation |
| Affiliation1: | Republican Party |
| Seats1 Title: | Seats |
| Colors: | Red |
| Position: | Center-right to right-wing |
| Website: | https://www.gop.gov |
| Country: | United States |
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.
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.
As of November 8, 2023, the conference leadership has been as follows:
The conference chair is elected each Congress.[3]
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]
| Position established | |||||
| 90th | Virginia | January 3, 1967 | August 29, 1972 | ||
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| 92nd | |||||
| Jack Edwards[5] [6] | Alabama | August 29, 1972 | January 3, 1979 | ||
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| 96th | Clair Burgener | California | January 3, 1979 | January 3, 1985 | |
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| 99th | January 3, 1985 | January 3, 1989 | |||
| 100th | |||||
| 101st | Minnesota | January 3, 1989 | January 3, 1993 | ||
| 102nd | |||||
| 103rd | Tom DeLay | Texas | January 3, 1993 | January 3, 1995 | |
| Barbara Vucanovich | Nevada | January 3, 1995 | January 3, 1997 | ||
| Jennifer Dunn | Washington | January 3, 1997 | July 17, 1997 | ||
| Florida | July 17, 1997 | January 3, 1999 | |||
| 106th | Ohio | January 3, 1999 | January 3, 2001 | ||
| 107th | Barbara Cubin | Wyoming | January 3, 2001 | January 3, 2003 | |
| 108th | John Doolittle | California | January 3, 2003 | January 3, 2007 | |
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| 110th | Texas | January 3, 2007 | January 3, 2013 | ||
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| 113th | Virginia Foxx | North Carolina | January 3, 2013 | January 3, 2017 | |
| 114th | |||||
| 115th | Jason Smith | Missouri | January 3, 2017 | January 3, 2021 | |
| 116th | |||||
| 117th | Richard Hudson | North Carolina | January 3, 2021 | January 3, 2023 | |
| 118th | Lisa McClain | Michigan | January 3, 2023 | present | |