Once again, conservative members of the House are leading the push for process changes that would end up implementing spending caps and making it much more difficult to increase funding for programs. Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), chairman of the Rules Committee, is responsible for resurrecting the fight for budget process reform. Budget process reform has been an ongoing issue of contention between the conservative rules committee and the House leadership. Conservatives say that the leadership has committed to a vote on reform during the 109th Congress, meaning that we could see this battle played out again. The specific legislation being reintroduced is the Family Budget Protection Act. This harmful act would not protect families; instead it would forcibly hold down federal spending and give the budget the force of the law.