The RSC Budget Primer

From the same pro-growth lawmakers who launched "Operation Offset" comes the "Contract with America Renewed" proposal. This is a lean, mean budget bill offered by the Republican Study Committee (the fiscally conservative wing of the House GOP). In the days and weeks ahead, I'm hopefully going to be talking a lot about this proposal, which is exactly the kind of budget we should expect from a Republican majority in Congress. I know, I know...budgets are boring. Especially congressional budgets which have all the intricacies of Bob Graham's diary. But the RSC budget is unique because it aims to make government more simple. It does this by making government smaller. This budget cuts a lot of fat off of the bloated federal bureaucracy. It's the kind of budget that was offered in 1995 when the Contract with America Republicans came into power (remember the good ol' days?). It's also similar to the budget offered by House Republicans when Reagan was first elected. With this budget, the Republican Study Committee is attempting to resurrect the limited government ideals that the Republican Party should still be fighting for. And that's far from boring. That being said, I want to help make this budget more topic-friendly to Club blog readers. Townhall.com's Tim Chapman offers bullet points on what the budget does. Human Events' Right Angle Blog also offers a good breakdown of the budget including a photo gallery from the RSC's press conference. And one thing I definitely want to do is salute the brave Republicans who have signed on as sponsors of "Contract II". So far, there are 22 congressmen, all listed below. I'm also including the nifty counter you see below as well. Each time a sponsor joins the team, I'll post an updated sign. House Lawmakers Mike Pence (IN-06) Jeb Hensarling (TX-05) Virginia Foxx (NC-05) Trent Franks (AZ-02) Gresham Barrett (SC-03) Louie Gohmert (TX-01) John Shadegg (AZ-03) Tom Price (GA-06) Patrick McHenry (NC-10) Paul Ryan (WI-01) Eric Cantor (VA-07) Phil Gingrey (GA-11) Gil Gutknecht (MN-01) Todd Akin (MO-02) Scott Garrett (NJ-05) Sue Myrick (NC-09) Joe Wilson (SC-02) Jeff Flake (AZ-06) Tom Feeney (FL-24) Steve King (IA-05) Roscoe Bartlett (MD-06) John Campbell (CA-48) Congressmen listed in BOLD were originally elected with Club member support.