Downsize DC is a policy advocacy organization which aims to limit the size of government

Government

Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...

 in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 through awareness and petition

Petition

A petition is a request to do something, most commonly addressed to a government official or public entity. Petitions to a deity are a form of prayer....

ing. Though it claims to be non-partisan, it does have strong political ties to the libertarian movement. It was founded by two-time Libertarian presidential candidate Harry Browne

Harry Browne

Harry Browne was an American libertarian writer, politician, and free-market investment analyst. He ran for President of the United States as the nominee of the Libertarian Party in 1996 and 2000....

, his former campaign staff members Perry Willis and Jim Babka

Jim Babka

Jim Babka is a writer, activist, and former radio talk-show host. He currently serves as president of the Downsize DC Foundation and DownsizeDC.org, Inc.-Early life and education:...

, and former National Chair of the Libertarian Party Steve Dasbach

Steve Dasbach

Steve Dasbach was the national director of the Libertarian Party of the United States from 1998 to 2002. He was chair of the Libertarian National Committee from 1993 to 1998 and national executive director from 1998-2002. In 1986, he was the Libertarian Party of Indiana candidate for Indiana's 4th...

. It is split into two organizations, the Downsize DC Foundation and DownsizeDC.org, for tax purposes.

The President of Downsize DC is Jim Babka. Harry Browne served for over a year as the Director of Public Policy

Public policy

Public policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...

. The Chair of DownsizeDC.org is Gary Nolan

Gary Nolan (radio host)

Gary Nolan is an American talk radio host and a former candidate for the Libertarian Party nomination for President of the United States....

. Mark Cenci and David Page

David Page

David C. Page, MD, is a professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the director of the Whitehead Institute, where he has a laboratory devoted to the study of the Y-chromosome. His lab mapped the human Y chromosome in 1992. In 2003, his research group sequenced the human...

 both also serve on the Board of Directors

Board of directors

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.

The chair of the Downsize DC Foundation is Jack Mullen. Along with Jim Babka, Laura Carno, John McAlister, and David Ruprecht

David Ruprecht

David Martin Ruprecht is an American actor/writer primarily known for his work as host of the Lifetime/PAX game show, Supermarket Sweep. He has hosted the live stage show version of The Price Is Right at casinos in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Mississippi and Connecticut. He has also hosted Family...

 also serve on the Downsize DC Foundation Board of Directors.

DownsizeDC.org focuses both on preventing what it considers "bad" legislation - generally, legislation that grows government - from passing through Congress and on pushing for legislation that would reduce the size of or constrain the growth of government.