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Budget and Spending Task Force

The RSC Budget and Spending Task Force leads the development of the RSC’s budget proposal. Every year, the Task Force presents a balanced budget to RSC Members with the goal of getting the budget to the House floor for a full House vote. During the four years of Nancy Pelosi’s speakership from 2019-2022, the RSC budget was the only budget presented to Congress.

MEET CHAIRMAN BEN CLINE: 

Ben Cline represents Virginia’s 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he is a member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, the House Committee on Appropriations and the House Committee on the Budget. He previously served as a Member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 24th District from 2002-2018. In the Virginia House, Cline chaired the Committee on Militia, Police, and Public Safety.

Prior to his election to the House of Representatives in 2018, Ben was an attorney in private practice. From 2007 until 2013, he served as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney for Rockingham County and the City of Harrisonburg.

Ben also worked for Congressman Bob Goodlatte, beginning as a member of his legislative staff in 1994 and ultimately serving as the Congressman’s Chief of Staff.

Ben grew up in Rockbridge County, Virginia, and is a 1990 graduate of Lexington High School. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Bates College and his law degree from the University of Richmond. Ben and his wife Elizabeth live in Botetourt County with their two daughters.

 

MEET OUR MEMBERS: 

Rep. Ralph Norman

Rep. Byron Donalds

Rep. Beth Van Duyne

Rep. Pat Fallon

Rep. Rich McCormick

Rep. Eric Burlison

Rep. Bob Good

Rep. Roger Williams

Rep. Josh Breechen

Rep. Tom Tiffany

Rep. August Pfluger

Rep. Michael Cloud

 

Here is the RSC’s FY 2023 Budget.

Here is the RSC’s FY 2022 Budget.

 

“I am honored to serve as the new chair of the Republican Study Committee’s Budget and Spending Task Force, and I look forward to working alongside the RSC Chair, Congressman Kevin Hern, to get our Nation back on track. With a new Republican majority, we have an opportunity to make this the budget that is used as a blueprint for advancing conservative principles and common-sense policies. By championing fiscal responsibility, I am confident we can take the steps necessary to restore economic prosperity to our great Nation.”

-BSTF RSC Chairman Ben Cline

 

More on Budget and Spending Task Force

Mar 15, 2023 Press Release


WASHINGTON, DC – As the United States approaches a do-or-die debt crisis, Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) has led RSC Members in pursuit of commonsense spending reforms that should be prioritized in any legislation that increases the federal debt limit.

 

Mar 8, 2023 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) released a list of policy proposals sourced from Members of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) to help accomplish the seven priorities previously announced from RSC for debt limit negotiations.

Feb 21, 2023 Press Release

ICYMI: A clean debt ceiling is a gift to China

By Chairman Kevin Hern and Congressman Mark Alford

Feb 6, 2023 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) and RSC Budget and Spending Task Force Chairman Ben Cline (VA-06) led a letter to President Biden this afternoon with members of the Budget and Spending Task Force: Bob Good (VA-05), Roger Williams (TX-25), August Pfluger (TX-11), Ralph Norman (SC-05), Tom Tiffany (WI-07), Beth Van Duyne (TX-24), Byron Donalds (FL-19), Michael Cloud (TX-27), Josh Brecheen (OK-02), Rich McCormick (GA-06), Pat Fallon (TX-04), and Eric Burlison (MO-07).

Jan 5, 2023 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) announced today that Representative Ben Cline (VA-06) will chair the RSC’s Budget and Spending Task Force, a panel previously chaired by Chairman Hern.