RSC in the News
  • RSC Gets Meeting With Sebelius
    Oct 5, 2009  - By Jackie Kucinich Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will meet Wednesday with members of the conservative Republican Study Committee to discuss health care reform. The meeting comes at the invitation of RSC Chairman Tom Price (Ga.). “We are pleased to welcome Secretary... More
  • Piling Trouble on a Torn Net
    Sep 21, 2009  - The Price Plan Price, head of the conservative House Republican Study Committee, is concerned about the proposed Medicaid expansion, in part because he says patients may suffer. Changing Medicaid to cover a wider population, Price said, “would be a remarkably regrettable action on the part... More
  • Power to the Patients, Please
    Sep 9, 2009  - President Obama has made the calculated political decision to sell the Democrats' heavy-handed government revamp as the one and only possible reform to our medical delivery system. He has also consistently mischaracterized our healthcare system as thoroughly broken, a veritable healthcare crisis. ... More
  • Democrats are the ideologues on health care
    Sep 8, 2009  - In the health-care debate, like the just-begun football season, everything that happened in August was mere prelude to September, when the real games and head-knocking get under way. As in football, however, there are some lessons from August that we ought to keep in mind going forward. One is... More
  • House Republicans Unveil $700B Health Care Plan
    Jul 29, 2009  - House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a $700 billion health care plan that would offer tax credits to help people buy insurance, yet unlike Democratic proposals, wouldn't require either individuals or employers to get coverage. Some of the ideas in the plan appeal to moderate Democrats, but... More
  • House Conservative Group Asserts Relevance
    Mar 16, 2009  - Since its creation as an internal conservative watchdog decades ago, the House Republican Study Committee has been transformed into a mainstream institution, with nearly two-thirds of the House GOP Conference claiming membership, including nearly all of the GOP’s elected leadership. But the... More
  • 'Wonderful Time' for Conservatives Despite Poll Losses
    Feb 3, 2009  - They are out of power after consecutive Election Day beatings, and recession has made the concept of fiscal restraint an even tougher sell than in years past. Yet Tom Price says it's a "wonderful time" to be a conservative. The Georgia congressman recently took over as chairman of the Republican... More
  • Price Sends Open Letter to GOP
    Feb 3, 2009  - Georgia Rep. Tom Price, the chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, used Bill Bennett’s morning talk show to reveal an “Open Letter to Conservatives” he was sending to fellow RSC members. In the letter, Price argues that, “by firmly embracing conservative solutions-based... More
  • Stimulus Debate: Critical Review Missing
    Jan 30, 2009  - If you've been watching how the nightly news shows have been reporting (promoting?) President Obama's economic stimulus plan, is seems abundantly clear that no one questions the wisdom of his recovery package except the Republicans who apparently have no proposals of their own. There has been a... More
  • Voting 'No' on the Stimulus: Republicans Get Ready for an Obamanomics Meltdown
    Jan 28, 2009  - President Obama's $825 billion (and counting) "stimulus" is steamrolling through Congress. One group of conservative Republicans is betting that it will only worsen the country's economic plight. That's where the House Republican Study Committee comes in. "No Trillion Dollar Spending Spree" is the... More

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