RSC Republican Study Committee

• Mayors Angry With White House No-show Jun 16, 2009  - America’s big-city mayors are steaming over what they view as “a very dangerous precedent” set by the Obama administration in its decision to shun the U.S. Conference of Mayors annual meeting in Providence, R.I., this week. In its attempt to honor the picket line of a local firefighters union... More

• Checking Out on Card Check Jun 5, 2009  - American presidents usually have a fairly brief honeymoon period during which they can get almost anything on their agenda enacted. After that, a degree of healthy skepticism sets in, and Congress starts to dig in its heels. As he demonstrated Thursday in Cairo, Egypt, President Barack Obama is... More

• 'Free Choice Act' Removes Workers' Choices Apr 20, 2009  - When union organizers started pestering them at home after work, Cintas workers in Pennsylvania went to court. Five years later, the Supreme Court has announced that the workers won $5 million. Advertisement The union invaded their privacy by illegally using license plates to track them... More

• Price Op-ed: Time to Pick Up the Pieces Apr 6, 2009  - Congress recessed Friday on the 73rd day that President Obama has been in office.  The day before – Thursday -- was typical of many other days we’ve seen since January 20:  the Democrats passed yet another huge piece of legislation that burdens our economy with more debt, spending and more... More

• Editorial: Ballot Privacy for Workers Apr 5, 2009  - Abill that would diminish worker privacy has stalled in Congress thanks to the opposition of one key lawmaker, Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. The bill should remain on hold, permanently. The legislation would do away with an employer's right to demand a fair, secret-ballot election when... More

• Heartbeat of America: Without a Doubt, Americans Reject the Democrats’ Secret Ballot Destruction Scheme Feb 19, 2009  - “There is a bill in Congress called the Employee Free Choice Act which would effectively replace a federally supervised secret ballot election with a process that requires a majority of workers to simply sign a card to authorize organizing a union and the workers’ signatures would be made... More

• H.R. 12—the Paycheck Fairness Act of 2009 Jan 8, 2009  -   Legislative Bulletin………………………………….………January 8, 2009 Contents:  H.R. 12—the Paycheck Fairness Act of 2009 Key Conservative Concerns Take-Away Points --H.R. 12 serves as a boon to trial lawyers, making it easier to sue, creating more conditions under which suits are allowed, and making it... More

• H.R. 11 – Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 Jan 8, 2009  -     Legislative Bulletin……January 8, 2009   Contents:                 H.R. 11 – Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009     Key Conservative Concerns Take-Away Points   --H.R. 11 invites the filing of stale claims.  By eliminating any statute of limitation on employment discrimination... More

• Statement on Use of TARP Funds for Auto Bailout Dec 19, 2008  - Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman of the House Republican Study Committee, today issued the following statement after the Bush administration announced its intention to use taxpayer funds allotted to the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to bailout domestic auto companies: “I am... More

• H.R. 1424—Emergency Economic Stabilization Act & The Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Oct 3, 2008  - Legislative Bulletin………………………………….………October 3, 2008   Contents:  H.R. 1424—Emergency Economic Stabilization Act & The Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum     Tax Relief Act     H.R. 1424—Emergency Economic Stabilization Act & The Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief... More

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