The Republican Main Street Partnership (RMSP) is a group of moderate members of the United States Republican Party. They tend away from the dominant social conservatism of many Republicans and towards a moderate fiscal conservatism and limited government to a degree. The group is the rough equivalent of the Blue Dog Democrats.[1]
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History
The Republican Main Street Partnership was formed following the 1994 House elections, in which conservative Republicans were swept into power. An informal discussion group formed by Representatives Nancy Johnson, Steve Gunderson, and Fred Upton later became somewhat of an organized bloc with the intent on representing the moderate wing of the Republican Party. The partnership is currently composed of moderates such as Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe; some members would fit most of the criteria of a conservative, such as Thad McCotter, Dean Heller, and Brian Bilbray. Members of the group are often labeled as RINO's by conservatives and are often challenged in Republican primaries by the Club for Growth.
The Republican Main Street Partnership has allied with other moderate Republican groups, including Christine Todd Whitman's It's My Party Too, Ann Stone's Republicans for Choice, the Log Cabin Republicans, the Republican Majority For Choice, The Wish List, Republicans for Environmental Protection, and the Kansas Traditional Republican Majority.
In May 2005, the Republican Main Street Partnership helped pass the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act in the House Of Representatives; 50 Republicans voted in support of the bill, which passed 238-194.
Current members
Board of directors
- Charles Foster Bass - former Representative from New Hampshire
- Sherwood Boehlert - former Representative from New York
- John Danforth - former Senator from Missouri, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
- Tom Davis - President and CEO, former Representative from Virginia
- Amo Houghton - chairman and founder, former Representative from New York
- Nancy Johnson - former Representative from Connecticut
- Doug Ose - former Representative from California
- Warren Rudman - former Senator from New Hampshire
Senators
- Susan Collins, Maine
- John McCain, Arizona
- Olympia Snowe, Maine
Representatives
- Steve Austria, Ohio
- Roscoe Bartlett, Maryland
- Judy Biggert, Illinois
- Brian Bilbray, California
- Mary Bono Mack, California
- Ginny Brown-Waite, Florida
- Ken Calvert, California
- Dave Camp, Michigan
- Joseph Cao, Louisiana
- Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia
- Mike Castle, Delaware
- Charlie Dent, Pennsylvania
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Florida
- Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida
- David Dreier, California
- Vern Ehlers, Michigan
- Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri
- Rodney Frelinghuysen, New Jersey
- Jim Gerlach, Pennsylvania
- Lynn Jenkins, Kansas
- Tim Johnson, Illinois
- Mark Kirk, Illinois
- Leonard Lance, New Jersey
- Steve LaTourette, Ohio
- Chris Lee, New York
- Jerry Lewis, California
- Frank LoBiondo, New Jersey
- Thad McCotter, Michigan
- Candice Miller, Michigan
- Tim Murphy, Pennsylvania
- Erik Paulsen, Minnesota
- Tom Petri, Wisconsin
- Todd Platts, Pennsylvania
- Dave Reichert, Washington
- Aaron Schock, Illinois
- Lee Terry, Nebraska
- Pat Tiberi, Ohio
- Mike Turner, Ohio
- Fred Upton, Michigan
- Greg Walden, Oregon
- Ed Whitfield, Kentucky
- Frank Wolf, Virginia
Governors
- Linda Lingle, Hawaii
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, California
References
- ^ Lucas, DeWayne; Iva Deutchman (June 19, 2008). "Looking for the Productive Center in the 2006 Elections: Running for Congress as a Blue Dog or Main Streeter". http://rockefeller.dartmouth.edu/assets/pdf/gte_lucasdeutchman.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
See also
External links
- Official website
- http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/30/washington/30mainstreet.html?pagewanted=all
- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00E4DD1739F93AA25756C0A9639C8B63
- http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-8704953_ITM
- http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/washington/stories/010706dnnatdelay.219b67b6.html
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4864591/
- http://www.businessweek.com/1998/35/b3593062.htm
- http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/27/us/politics/27web-hulse.html
- http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0131/p03s01-uspo.html
- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9905E1D91F3AF937A15757C0A9659C8B63
- http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/situation.room/blog/2006/07/dont-call-me-moderate-im-centrist.html
- http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2006/11/gop-pac-begins-blame-game.html
- http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/24921.php
- http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000444,00.html
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