Ben Cline

U.S. Rep. Ben Cline had wanted the coveted post of chairman of the Republican Study Committee, the largest of any caucus in the House.

House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James R. Comer, R-Ky., talks with reporters before a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on Tuesday.

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A hunger to be more aggressive and authoritative in the biggest policy fights in Congress is defining the race to lead the Republican Study Committee (RSC), the largest conservative caucus in the House. Reps. Ben Cline (R-Va.), 52, and August Pfluger (R-Texas), 46, are seeking the chairmanship for the group in the next Congress — [...]

Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) move to bring a clean, short-term government funding stopgap — his plan B after his first gambit failed — is upsetting conservative House Republicans, who will be key in deciding the top lawmaker’s fate as GOP leader next year. The disappointment has, thus far, not bubbled up into a revolt, with [...]

Pending expiration of the 2017 tax cuts would hammer small businesses in Virginia, the National Federation of Independent Business' Julia Hammond writes in a guest column.