The Republican Stuy Committee is a caucus of conservative members of the Republican Party in the United States House of Representatives. Though the primary functions of the Republican Study Committee vary from year to year, it has always pushed for significant cuts in non-defense spending, advocating socially conservative legislation, and protecting rights such as the right to keep and bear arms. It has proposed an alternative budget every year since 1995, with notable decreases in pork spending. It has unveiled its plan to balance the budget without increasing taxes. Its alternative budget proposals are regularly praised by the editors of National Review, a leading conservative journal of opinion.