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The House Republican Conference, sometimes known as the House Republican Leadership Conference, is an organization 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 Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ...
The chamber of the United States House of Representatives is located in the south wing of the Capitol building, in Washington, D.C.. This photograph shows a rare glimpse of the four vote tallying boards (the blackish squares across the top), which display each members name and vote as...
The conference has a chairman who directs day-to-day operations and who is assisted by an elected vice-chairman and a secretary. A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ...
As of November 2002, the chair is Deborah D. Pryce of Ohio. Prior chairs include John B. Anderson, Richard B. Cheney, Jack Kemp, and J.C. Watts, Jr.. Deborah D. Pryce (born July 29, 1951) is an American politician from Ohio. ...
Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus (largest metropolitan area is Cleveland) Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 34th 116,096 km² 355 km 355 km 8. ...
John Bayard Anderson (born February 15, 1922) was a liberal Republican U.S. Representative from Illinois and presidential candidate in the 1980 election. ...
Richard Bruce Dick Cheney (born January 30, 1941) is the 46th Vice President of the United States, serving under President George W. Bush. ...
Jack Kemp Jack French Kemp, Jr. ...
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. ...
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