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  • House Conservatives Unveil Jobs Agenda
    Nov 2, 2011  - An influential bloc of House conservatives unveiled a jobs plan Wednesday that one leader described as “the exact opposite” of the proposal President Obama is pushing. The Republican Study Committee plan combines a tax overhaul, reduced regulations and an expansion of domestic energy production.... More
  • Today’s RSC Courageously Stalks the House
    Oct 12, 2011  - Current arguments over the role of the Republican Study Committee should be kept in perspective. Having served as its first full-time executive director (1973-1977), I can help with that. Since its founding, the RSC has never relished bucking party leadership, but it has never shied away from it... More
  • Cut, Cap and Balance Pledge Gains Traction
    Jul 4, 2011  - On a sparkling Independence day in Clear Lake Iowa, Republican presidential candidate Michelle Bachman worked a parade crowd and asserted a bit of independence from the GOP pack of candidates. Bachmann, along with Republican Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, is one of only two Republican... More
  • Editorial: Debt-Limit Clock Ticking
    Jun 7, 2011  - Moody's Investors Service added urgency to the congressional debate over the debt limit by threatening to downgrade the nation’s credit rating unless a deal is struck in the coming weeks making a “substantive change in the debt trajectory.” That was Thursday. On Monday, more than 100 of the most... More
  • Balancing Act
    May 20, 2011  - House Republicans are starting to rally behind a strategy on the debt ceiling called "cut, cap and balance." This is the condition for an agreement to raise the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling that was recently laid out by House Republican Whip Kevin McCarthy of California. "What this means is we want... More
  • House Conservatives Demand Deficit Be Cut in Half Next Year
    May 11, 2011  - House conservatives want to cut the budget deficit in half next year and reduce spending by as much as $381 billion. Leaders in the Republican Study Committee are circulating a letter to their 176 House members seeking support for a concrete set of demands that must be met in return for raising the... More
  • Welfare Reform Redux
    Apr 11, 2011  - Ask Americans what federal spending they most want to cut, and many say “welfare.” Sixteen House conservatives introduced a thorough welfare-reform bill March 25. Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, incorporated major parts of the bill in his budget proposal last week. If... More
  • Conservatives Unveil Alternative Budget with $9.1 Trillion in Cuts
    Apr 8, 2011  - The House Republican Study Committee (RSC) on Thursday released an alternative to the 2012 budget resolution from Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) that would cut $9.1 trillion in spending over the next decade. The RSC, a 176-member caucus, will offer its “Honest Solutions” plan as a... More
  • Republicans Out to Trim Welfare Again
    Mar 23, 2011  - Just as they did the last time the party captured the House of Representatives, Republicans are pushing a major overhaul of the nation's welfare system. An influential group of conservative House Republicans have introduced a bill that would require a tally of the costs of some 70-plus federal... More
  • Welfare Reform Plan Aims to Cap Spending
    Mar 21, 2011  - When former President Bill Clinton signed the landmark 1996 welfare reform law, it was supposed to “end welfare as we know it.” Despite that pledge, spending on the 77 welfare programs administered by the federal government and the states has skyrocketed over the past 15 years. But legislation... More