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Update from the House Republican Study Committee (RSC):
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Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), Chairman
The House was out of session last week and will return on December 6, 2005.
"You can't get your finger on the problem if you've got it in the wind."
--Former House Majority Leader, Dick Armey (R-TX)
Contents--December 5, 2005
* Capitol Christmas Tree
* Budget Reconciliation
* Conservative Activity
* The Money Monitor
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Capitol Christmas Tree
In light of House Speaker Dennis Hastert's (R-IL) request that the Capitol Holiday Tree be restored to its original name, "The Capitol Christmas Tree," the RSC prepared the following one-pager on the history of the tree. The tree will be lit at 5:00pm on Thursday, December 8th.
http://johnshadegg.house.gov/rsc/CapitolChristmasTree.doc
--Rep. Ernest Istook (R-OK) issued the following statement strongly supporting Speaker Hastert's efforts on the Capitol Christmas Tree:
http://johnshadegg.house.gov/rsc/word/Istook--Christmas.doc
Budget Reconciliation
The RSC prepared the following one-pager of talking points about and the final House-passed numbers from the Deficit Reduction Act (H.R. 4241), the budget reconciliation passed by the House before Thanksgiving:
http://johnshadegg.house.gov/rsc/Sensibly%20Saving%20Taxpayer%20Dollars.doc
Conservative Activity
--Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) wrote the following op-ed in The Washington Times, criticizing the Democrat strategy for Iraq of "lose, leave, and wait":
http://johnshadegg.house.gov/rsc/word/Kingston--IraqWT..pdf
--RSC Chairman Mike Pence (R-IN) and former RSC Chairman John Shadegg (R-AZ) were invited by the White House to attend President Bush's address last week at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, about the strategy for defeating terrorism in Iraq. Click here to read Rep. Pence's blog on the speech:
http://mikepence.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=37348
--Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA) wrote the following op-ed about the need to complete the mission in Iraq:
http://johnshadegg.house.gov/rsc/word/Pitts--mission.pdf
--Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) touted the national gains in private-sector employment and the need to extend any expiring tax cuts. Click here for the full statement:
http://johnshadegg.house.gov/rsc/word/Diaz-Balart--jobs.doc
--Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) are seeking co-sponsors on their resolution (H.Res. 575) asserting that terrorist organizations, such as Hamas, should not be permitted to participate in Palestinian elections until such organizations recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state, cease incitement, condemn terrorism, and permanently disarm and dismantle their terrorist infrastructure. Learn more here:
http://johnshadegg.house.gov/rsc/word/Cantor-McCaul--Hamas.doc
--Rep. Jo Ann Davis (R-VA) is seeking original co-sponsors on the following resolution supporting the symbols and traditions of Christmas:
http://johnshadegg.house.gov/rsc/word/CA_120505_davis_christmas.pdf
--Rep. Mark Green (R-WI) declared "partial victory" following an announcement by the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire that it would temporarily suspend a ban on resident-assistant-led Bible studies at the university. For more information, click here:
http://johnshadegg.house.gov/rsc/word/Green--BibleStudy.doc
--Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) spotlighted the following "egregious earmark of the week," which could put a chill on fiscal discipline in Washington:
http://johnshadegg.house.gov/rsc/word/Flake--rink.doc
For information on other activities of conservatives in the House, click here: http://johnshadegg.house.gov/RSC/activity.htm
The Money Monitor
Each week in "The Money Monitor," the RSC tracks how the bills passed by the House would affect authorizations, mandatory spending, appropriations, and federal government revenue. Because the House was out of session last week, no new spending was authorized. For more information, view "The Money Monitor" for the week of November 28-December 2, 2005, which includes year-to-date totals, here:
http://johnshadegg.house.gov/rsc/MoneyMonitor112805.doc
To access earlier editions of "The Money Monitor," click here: http://johnshadegg.house.gov/RSC/moneymonitor.htm
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Paul S. Teller, Deputy Director
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