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House Republicans are quietly ramping up their intra-party persuasion campaign to get the votes they need to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas — and backers insist they’re making progress. GOP leaders are facing serious pressure from conservatives eager to fulfill a big promise to the party’s base by voting to recommend the Homeland Security… Read more »

The largest bloc of House conservatives offered up a fiscal blueprint Wednesday that promises to balance the federal budget in seven years, make GOP tax cuts permanent, and slash domestic spending. The plan offered by the 175-member Republican Study Committee would gradually raise the age at which future retirees can start claiming full Social Security benefits from 67 to 69, a… Read more »

The Republican Study Committee (RSC), the largest conservative caucus in the House, put a heavy focus on opposing “woke” policies in its annual model federal budget, while proposing $16.3 trillion in spending cuts over a decade. The model budget for fiscal 2024, first shared with The Hill, includes policies that oppose gender-affirming health care for transgender youth and… Read more »

The Republican Study Committee, the largest ideological caucus in Congress, released its annual budget proposal on Wednesday that would cut spending by $16.3 trillion over 10 years and take aim at Democratic policies. The RSC's budget is comprised of over 200 conservative priorities to rein in spending, cut taxes, fund Republican initiatives such as border security, take aim at… Read more »

EXCLUSIVE: The House Republican Study Committee (RSC) will roll out a budget plan on Wednesday afternoon that calls for fully funding a wall along the southern border and cutting funding for the Biden administration’s clean energy policies and "radical woke agenda." The budget plan from the RSC, made up of 156 House Republicans, calls for $16.3 trillion in cuts to planned… Read more »

EXCLUSIVE: The House Republicans who forced a legislative stalemate earlier this week want written assurances from Speaker Kevin McCarthy that conservatives will get more of a say in what the chamber does after their trust in him had been "shattered" over the debt limit bill, Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., said on Thursday. "I mean, it's obvious to everyone that the trust between members of the… Read more »

Although the FBI has decided to allow the full House Oversight Committee to see a document concerning bribery allegations against President Joe Biden, the fact remains that the document is not a confidential item, but committee members won't get to make it public, Rep. Ben Cline said Thursday on Newsmax. "It's a shame that it's come to this, a staredown that ultimately resulted in the… Read more »

Congressional lawmakers told Fox News they're concerned about how artificial Intelligence will impact the job market, but were unsure how to approach the issue. ... Republican Rep. Ben Cline of Virginia said he was less concerned. "New technologies have come and gone, and with them you have displacement, not necessarily jobs lost, but jobs added and jobs shifting," he said. "For AI,… Read more »

Members of Congress were split on whether President Biden or House Speaker Kevin McCarthy caved during the debt ceiling negotiations. ... Rep. Ben Cline echoed his fellow Republican's sentiments. "The [original] bill was a strong conservative bill," he told Fox News. "It is not a strong conservative bill anymore." Rep. Ben Cline echoed his fellow Republican's sentiments. "The… Read more »

Arguing it does not do enough to rein in federal spending, Rep. Ben Cline (R-6th) on Wednesday voted against a bill to suspend the nation’s debt ceiling that passed the U.S. House with support from a bipartisan coalition. The House’s 314-117 vote sends the bill to the Senate, where leaders hope to get the legislation onto President Joe Biden’s desk by a Monday deadline,… Read more »