# Republican Study Committee The largest conservative caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives, founded in 1973 to pull the [[Republican Party]] rightward on fiscal and social policy. The RSC develops annual alternative budget proposals that typically call for deeper spending cuts than leadership supports, and it has served as an incubator for conservative policy ideas that later enter the mainstream — often in coordination with the [[Heritage Foundation]] and [[Club for Growth]]. Its membership has included the majority of House Republicans, making it a key institutional node in [[Movement Conservatism]].