Conservative House GOP group links top players in Republicans' speaker fight
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The Republican Study Committee was once a fringe group in the House Republican conference, but is now the main link between top players in the speaker race.
It’s also the place where several names mentioned in the ongoing House speaker race got their starts in leadership. Elizabeth Elkind is a reporter for Fox News Digital focused on Congress as well as the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and politics. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, served as the group’s leader from 2011 until 2012, later going on to be one of the co-founders of the House Freedom Caucus over concerns the RSC was not conservative enough.