Liberty Caucus

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.cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/22/magazine/22Paul-t.html?ei=5124&en=22ee37525a9fc4f5&ex=1343016000&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink&pagewanted=all|title=The Antiwar, Anti-Abortion, Anti-Drug-Enforcement-Administration, Anti-Medicare Candidacy of Dr. Ron Paul|first=Christopher|last=Caldwell|work=New York Times Magazine|date=2007-07-22|accessdate=2007-07-21]

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. [cite news|title=Meet the Liberty Committee: Current, former members of Congress, citizens join forces|url=http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=23636|author=Foster, Julie|work=WorldNetDaily|date=2001-07-14|accessdate=2008-03-17]

Members

Past and present members of the Caucus include: [cite web|url=http://www.afr.org/caucus.html|title=A Message from Congressman Ron Paul|author=Paul, Ron|publisher=Americans for a Free Republic|date=2004|accessdate=2008-03-17]

*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, headed by aide, Kent Snyder
*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

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