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HISTORY The Republican Main Street Partnership was formed following the 1994 House Elections , in which right-wing Republicans were swept into power. An informal discussion group formed by Representatives Nancy Johnson , Steve Gunderson , and Fred Upton became a large group of moderate Republicans. The Republican Main Street Partnership is somewhat analagous to the Blue Dog Democrats or the New Democrats in the U.S. Democratic Party 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 . The Republican Main Street Partnership is a rather big-tent group that includes most liberal Republicans in Congress, such as Lincoln Chafee and Chris Shays , and some members who would fit most of the criteria of a conservative, such as Norm Coleman and Jerry Weller . The group's intent is to represent the moderate wing of the Republican Party (" Rockefeller Republicans "). 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. NOTABLE MEMBERS Senators
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