In addition, he joined the moderate Republican Main Street Partnership.[2] In 2006, he attained the chairmanship of the House Republican Policy Committee, and two years later was named head of his party's Fiscal Integrity Task Force. On the task force, he gained a reputation as a leading opponent of pork barrel spending.[3] He voted against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and the Affordable Health Care for America Act of 2010,[4] but supported the bailout of the automobile industry in 2009. He also supported an increase in the minimum wage and advocated fair trade with China.