Effective as of January 3, 2023 , the conference leadership is as follows:
• Mitch McConnell (KY) as Senate Minority Leader (retiring in January 2025)
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The Republican Conference of the United States Senate is a descendant of the early American party caucus that decided party policies, approved … See more

The Republican Conference has never been a caucus in the dictionary sense, that is, a "partisan legislative group that uses caucus procedures … See more

The Republican conference of the United States Senate chooses a conference chairperson. The office was created in the mid-19th century with the founding of the Republican party See more

1. ^ Warren Austin (Vermont) was acting Leader from 1940-1941.
2. ^ Ted Stevens (Alaska) was acting Leader from 1979-1980
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The form and frequency of conference meetings has depended upon leadership personalities and legislative circumstances. Since the late 1950s, the conference has met at the beginning of each United States Congress to elect the leadership, approve … See more

The Vice Chair of the Senate Republican Conference, also known previously as the Conference Secretary until 2001, is the fifth-ranking … See more