The Club for Growth, with its 35,000 members, plans to score a "YES" vote as a pro-economic growth vote in its annual rating of Congress on ALL of the amendments offered by Rep. Jeff Flake that strike earmarks from the FY2007 Agriculture Appropriations bill (H.R. 5384).

Congress needs to get serious about removing the wasteful earmarks that are contained in spending bills. Despite a public outcry demanding that the abuse stop, the funding of pet projects has remained a favorite habit of too many lawmakers. By approving all of Congressman Flake's amendments that would strip the bill of various earmarks, the House would be providing the public with strong evidence that it is regaining some fiscal sanity.

Likewise, Citizens Against Government Waste, a non-profit watchdog group that monitors the wasteful spending in Congress, has issued a "Pork Alert" for the Agriculture Appropriations bill. For more details, go here.

Our Congressional Scorecard for the 109th Congress provides a comprehensive rating of how well or how poorly each member of Congress supports pro-growth, free-market policies and will be distributed to our members and to the public.