KEY VOTE ALERT
"YES" ON DEMINT AMENDMENT (#2844) TO THE T-HUD APPROPS BILL (H.R. 3074)

The Club for Growth urges members of the Senate to vote "YES" on the DeMint amendment (#2844) to the Transportation-HUD Appropriations bill (H.R. 3074). This vote will be included in the Club for Growth's 2007 Congressional Scorecard.

The amendment would waive the Davis-Bacon mandate for repairing bridges that are classified as "structurally deficient" or "functionally obsolete".

Davis-Bacon sets artificially higher wages, usually corresponding to union wage rates, and would result in a higher cost to taxpayers, fewer safer bridges per dollar spent, and fewer jobs. It would also shield unions from much-needed competition.

Our Congressional Scorecard for the 110th 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.