Liberty Caucus
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This article is about the U.S. Congressional organization. For the political action organization, see Republican Liberty Caucus.
The Liberty Caucus is a group of Republican members of the United States House of Representatives. It hosts a luncheon in Washington, D.C., every Thursday.[1]
The Congressional-membership Caucus was founded concurrently with the grassroots lobbying organization for citizen activists, the Liberty Committee of Falls Church, Virginia. The two groups have partnered on efforts to reduce the size and scope of government.[2]
Past and present members of the Caucus include:[3]
- Roscoe Bartlett of Maryland
- Chris Cannon of Utah
- Jo Ann Davis of Virginia
- Jimmy Duncan of Tennessee
- Jeff Flake of Arizona
- Trent Franks of Arizona
- Scott Garrett of New Jersey
- Virgil Goode of Virginia
- John Hostettler of Indiana
- Walter B. Jones of North Carolina
- Jack Kingston of Georgia
- Jeff Miller of Florida
- Marilyn Musgrave of Colorado
- Butch Otter of Idaho
- Ron Paul of Texas
- Richard Pombo of California
- Denny Rehberg of Montana
- John Shadegg of Arizona
- Tom Tancredo of Colorado
- Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania
- Zach Wamp of Tennessee
- Dave Weldon of Florida
[edit] References
- ^ Caldwell, Christopher. "The Antiwar, Anti-Abortion, Anti-Drug-Enforcement-Administration, Anti-Medicare Candidacy of Dr. Ron Paul", New York Times Magazine, 2007-07-22. Retrieved on 2007-07-21.
- ^ Foster, Julie. "Meet the Liberty Committee: Current, former members of Congress, citizens join forces", WorldNetDaily, 2001-07-14. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
- ^ Paul, Ron (2004). A Message from Congressman Ron Paul. Americans for a Free Republic. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
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