August Pfluger elected Republican Study Committee chair

Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) was elected on Friday to chair the Republican Study Committee (RSC), the largest conservative caucus in the House, for the 119th Congress. Pfluger, who had led the caucus’s energy-focused task force, ran for the role against Rep. Ben Cline (R-Va.), who headed its budget task force. The vote was 80-57, two sources told...