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TheSenate Republican Policy Committee is the policy research arm of theRepublican Conference. Its predecessor, theSenate Republican Steering Committee was formed in March 1944 after LeaderCharles L. McNary's death. It became formally funded and renamed the Policy Committee in 1947 along with itsDemocratic counterpart, theSenate Democratic Policy Committee, after theLegislative Reorganization Act of 1946. Funding for staff of both party policy committees comes directly from the legislative branch.[1]
According toCongressional Quarterly, "the Policy Committee is in effect a legislativethink tank. The committee organizes the prominent Tuesday lunches with summaries of major bills, analysis of roll call votes and distribution of issue papers."[2]
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