Informal American congressional caucus
TheRepublican Governance Group , originally theTuesday Lunch Bunch and then theTuesday Group until 2020, is a group ofmoderate Republicans in theUnited States House of Representatives .[ 7] [ 8] center [ 6] [ 4] [ 9] center-right congressional caucus, with its members primarily fromcompetitive House districts .[ 8] [ 10] Trumpism . In January 2025, memberCarlos A. Giménez stated "Our goals are the same as President Trump’s goals."[ 11]
In 2007, the Tuesday Group founded its ownpolitical action committee .[ 12] Tampa, Florida .[ 13]
Another major group of Republican moderates in Congress is theRepublican Main Street Caucus , which existed briefly from 2017 to 2019 and was re-formed in 2021.[ 14]
Members of its predecessor, theWednesday Group , first founded in the House between 1961 and 1963 and then in the Senate around 1969.[ 15] [ 16] [ 17]
Wednesday Group membership [ edit ] The caucus and its predecessors have never published membership lists, unlike the associatedPAC , which openly presents its roster of congressional members. Most (but not all) are fromcompetitive House districts .
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Senate Caucuses with no known membership as of the 117th Congress do not have memberships listed.
