Today’s Wall Street Journal takes a look at how House Republicans are reasserting themselves in pushing forward the conservative agenda:

“Next week, House Republicans plan to vote to cut $50 billion from federal spending over the next five years, $15 billion more than they planned to cut a few weeks ago. Before the end of the year, House Republicans also will take votes on an across-the-board cut in federal spending, legislation to extend Mr. Bush's 15% tax rates on capital gains and dividends and a border-security bill that has been celebrated by conservatives.”

“Republican leaders hope the votes can unite a political base that has turned rebellious over issues such as deficit spending and the nomination of Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court. Republicans are ‘more invigorated now, we have something to fight for,’ said Rep. Jack Kingston, a conservative from Georgia. ‘We have moved from the second tier of our issues for our base to our first tier.’"