RSC Republican Study Committee

• RSC One-Pager: Mandatory Binding Arbitration and the Employee Free Choice Act Sep 2, 2009  - RSC One-Pager: Mandatory Binding Arbitration and the Employee Free Choice Act It has been widely speculated that a “compromise” the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) will likely exclude card check and maintain mandatory binding arbitration – forcing employers and unions into “agreements” with which... More

• RSC Heads-Up: Minimum Wage Increase and Unemployment Jul 22, 2009  - In light of the scheduled minimum wage increase this Friday, please see the attached RSC Heads-Up bulletin.  Conservatives have long argued that increasing the minimum wage impedes growth and is anti-free market.  The empirical evidence shows that a raise will be particularly harmful during this... More

• RSC Policy Brief: District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act Feb 27, 2009  -     RSC Policy Brief: District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act February 27, 2009   Next week, the House is scheduled to consider the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act.  While it is unclear whether the House will take up the Senate-passed bill (S. 160), the House version... More

• Highlights of the President's FY 2009-2019 Budget Proposal Feb 26, 2009  -                                                                                                                                                                                 RSC Policy Brief: Highlights of the President’s FY 2009-2019 Budget Proposal February 26,... More

• Energy and Natural Resources Outlook Feb 9, 2009  -     RSC Outlook: Energy & Natural Resources February 2009   In response to last year’s record high crude oil prices, energy and resources issues dominated much of the debate in the House during the waning summer months of the 110th Congress.  In August of last year, House Republicans, led... More

• Motion to Commit S. 352 Feb 4, 2009  - Motion to Commit S. 352 February 4, 2009   Summary of Motion:  The motion would commit S. 352, the DTV Delay Act, to the House Committee on Energy & Commerce with instructions that the committee report the bill back to the House floor forthwith (i.e. instantaneously) with an amendment to... More

• Top Ten Reasons NOT to Support a Medicaid Bailout Nov 12, 2008  - Top Ten Reasons NOT to Support a Medicaid Bailout (H.R. 5268—Frank Pallone)   1.      States Already Received a Medicaid Bailout.  In June 2008, the wartime supplemental blocked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) from issuing six regulations cracking down on state transactions... More

• Updated RSC Policy Brief: Vote Fraud in 2008 Oct 28, 2008  - See... More

• Status of the FY 2009 Appropriations Process Aug 22, 2008  - RSC Policy Brief: Status of the FY 2009 Appropriations Process August 2008 “Furthermore, let me just remind you, and I’m sure you recall this, that we took 50 hours longer to do the appropriations bills last year than we did in 2006 when your side was in charge. And we had extensive... More

• H.R. 6599 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act for FY 2009 Jul 30, 2008  - Appropriations Policy Brief H.R. 6599 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act for FY 2009 Earmarks: P. 65-92 of the committee report contains a list of earmarks. According to Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), the committee report includes... More

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