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  • Republican Study Committee Circulates First Monthly Newsletter Offering Better Approaches to Solving Poverty
    Nov 29, 2012  - After nearly 50 years of the War on Poverty, 46.2 million Americans remained below the poverty line in 2011, according to the Census Bureau. While talk of poverty in America were largely absent during the 2012 presidential campaign, the Republican Study Committee says they have been working to... More
  • Rep. Jordan Demands Update on Export Bank Talks
    Oct 5, 2012  - Conservatives fought hard to try to put the Export-Import Bank on the road to extinction last spring and they are now clamoring for a progress update from the Obama administration on talks to end global export subsidies. Republican Study Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) asked Treasury... More
  • GOP Lawmakers Aim to Convert SNAP Into Block Grants
    Sep 21, 2012  - A conservative Republican lawmaker filed legislation Friday to convert funding for the nation’s largest domestic food aid program and five other farm bill nutrition programs into block grants to states. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, would be... More
  • Republicans Begin to Confront Poverty at the Grassroots
    Sep 13, 2012  - The week the Census Bureau reported that the number of people in the United States living in poverty is at its highest level since 1993, the Republican Study Committee and Washington-based Center for Neighborhood Enterprise wrapped up their two-day Anti-Poverty Summit on Capitol Hill. Launching an... More
  • Ryan Latest in Long Line of VP Candidates from Conservative House Caucus
    Aug 15, 2012  - While many presidential candidates head to the convention podium with an Ivy League degree in their back pockets, a majority of Republican vice presidential candidates in the last 24 years have come with a common qualification on their resumes. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney‘s... More
  • Chairman Jordan at The Heritage Foundation's Blogger's Briefing
    Jun 19, 2012  - RSC Chairman Jim Jordan discussed the economy, ObamaCare, cutting spending, preventing tax increases, reforming the tax code and the coming debt ceiling debate at The Heritage Foundation’s weekly Blogger’s Briefing. This event can be viewed below. Rep. Jordan begins speaking at approximately 29... More
  • Constitution 101
    Jun 12, 2012  - With any luck, the Supreme Court will soon declare Obamacare unconstitutional. Nevertheless, conservatives think it's not a good idea to rely on the courts to prevent the next congressional overreach from becoming law. House Republicans did their best when they took over in January 2011 in adopting... More
  • House GOP Revisits Ryan Medicaid Block Grant Idea
    Mar 8, 2012  - Two Republican supporters of a measure that would turn Medicaid into a state block grant program expect that the idea will be incorporated into the forthcoming House GOP budget proposal. House Budget Committee member Tim Huelskamp is one of four cosponsors of the Medicaid legislation, which was... More
  • House Conservatives’ New Emphasis on Economic Growth
    Jan 6, 2012  - You can’t turn around these days without bumping into public resentment against Congress. The legislative branch’s approval rating is at an all-time low at 11 percent. Voter displeasure is not unfounded. Facing a divided government and vastly disparate visions for the country, Congress last year... More
  • 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