RealClearPolitics reports that the conservative Republican Study Committee will offer a new platform today
Last night, RSC chairman Jeb Hensarling sent a memo to committee members urging them to attend today’s conference meeting in order to make their voices heard. “Collectively, the Republican Conference needs to unify behind a handful of policy proposals that are bold, simple, and are truly part of our core identity,” Hensarling wrote. Hensarling and the RSC will urge fellow Republicans to adopt an “action plan” around easy-to-swallow bullet points that can serve as the framework for the party’s larger message heading into November.
The plan calls for Republicans to accept an immediate, unilateral earmark moratorium; holding the line on spending and cutting taxes; reforming health care; dropping gas prices by increasing domestic production; prohibiting interstate abortion; and reforming certain welfare work requirements.
This might have more credibility, and not a bait and switch, if the recent Farm Bill didn’t pass with a veto proof majority that spread pork so recklessly that even Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was even able to achieve subsidies for Racing Horse Breeders. It is easy to denounce earmarks while distributing favors directly in legislation.
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