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Since 1947, the Republican members of the United States Senate have elected a policy committee chairman, who is the fourth-ranking Republican, behind the Republican Leader, Republican Whip, and Republican Conference Chairman.

According to Congressional Quarterly, "Created in 1947, the Policy Committee is in effect a legislative think tank. The committee organizes the prominent Tuesday lunches with summaries of major bills, analysis of roll call votes and distribution of issue papers." [1]

List of Republican Policy Committee Chairmen in the United States Senate

Dates	Name	State	Notes
1947-1952	Robert A. Taft I	Ohio
1953	William F. Knowland	California
1954	Homer Ferguson	Michigan
1955-1961	H. Styles Bridges	New Hampshire
1962-1968	Bourke B. Hickenlooper	Iowa
1969-1972	Gordon Allott	Colorado
1973-1985	John Tower	Texas
1985-1990	William L. Armstrong	Colorado
1991-1996	Donald Lee Nickles	Oklahoma
1996-2003	Larry Craig	Idaho
2003-2007	Jon L. Kyl	Arizona
2007-2009	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Texas	First woman to hold position
2009	John Ensign	Nevada	Resigned
2009-Present	John Thune	South Dakota

v • d • e Party caucuses and conferences in the United States Congress
Senate Republican Conference	Senate	Senate Democratic Caucus
Conference Chair	Chairperson	Caucus Chair
Conference Vice-Chair/Secretary	Secretary	Caucus Secretary
Policy Committee Chair	Policy Committee	Policy Committee Chair
House Republican Conference	House of Representatives	House Democratic Caucus
Conference Chair	Presiding Officer	Caucus Chair
Vice-Chair	Vice Chair	Vice-Chair / Secretary
Conference Secretary	Secretary	Vice-Chair / Secretary
Policy Committee Chair	Policy Committee	Policy Committee Co-Chair

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Leaders	House: Speaker (list), Party leaders, Party whips, Dem. caucus, Rep. conference, Dean \| Senate: President pro tempore (list), Party leaders, Assistant party leaders, Dem. Caucus (Chair, Secretary, Policy comm. chair), Rep. Conference (Chair, Vice-Chair, Policy comm. chair), Dean

Groups	African Americans, Asian Pacific Americans, Caucuses, Committees, Hispanic Americans, Senate Women, House Women

Agencies, Employees & Offices	Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Guide Service (board), Capitol Police (board), Chiefs of staff, GAO, Government Printing Office, Law Revision Counsel, Librarian of Congress, Poet laureate \| House: Chaplain, Chief Administrative Officer, Clerk, Doorkeeper, Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and Operations, Historian, Interparliamentary Affairs, Page (board), Parliamentarian, Postmaster, Reading clerk, Recording Studio, Sergeant at Arms \| Senate: Chaplain, Curator, Historian, Librarian, Page, Parliamentarian, Secretary, Sergeant at Arms

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Buildings	Botanic Garden, Capitol, Capitol Complex, Office buildings (House: Cannon, Ford, Longworth, Rayburn, O'Neill (demolished), Senate: Dirksen, Hart, Russell)

Research	Biographical directory, Congressional Quarterly, Congressional Record, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress (Law Library, Copyright Office), The Hill, Roll Call, THOMAS

Misc	List of lists, Congressional districts (by area), Power of enforcement, Scandals

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