Who Will Lead
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A lot of you still have questions about who Jeb Hensarling is. Rob Bluey has an excellent write up on Jeb and the race to lead the RSC. If you have questions, you should read this piece.
Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R.-Tex.), a fiscal conservative who currently serves as chairman of the RSC’s Budget & Spending Taskforce, has won the backing of Pence and former RSC Chairman John Shadegg (Ariz.). However, the four founders of the RSC have decided they want the group to take another direction. They are strongly backing Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R.-Kan.), a member of the Appropriations Committee.
Hensarling and Tiahrt have identical lifetime ratings from the American Conservative Union (97%), and both are strong social conservatives. Each scored 100% on the Family Research Council’s scorecard for 2006, and they have supported the same position as the National Right to Life Committee on all votes during their time in Congress.
But the similarities end there.
Go read the full thing here.