KEY VOTE ALERT
"NO" on Farm Bill Cloture Vote (H.R. 2419)

The Club for Growth urges Members of the U.S. Senate to vote "NO" on the cloture vote for the proposed Farm Bill (HR 2419). The vote is expected to take place today, Friday, November 16, 2007. This key vote will be part of our 2007 Congressional Scorecard.

The proposed Farm Bill is filled to the brim with anti-growth, big government policies, such as new and expanded crop subsidies that are massive in scale, expanded social programs, and burdensome tax hikes.

Even at a time when commodity prices are high, taxpayers are forced to pay subsidies that distort the market and prevent real progress for securing global free trade agreements. Additionally, accounting gimmicks and tax hikes are used to increase the size of this proposal while hiding the true cost from the public. Instead, what is truly needed is real reform that would reduce, and ultimately eliminate, these subsidies, allowing the free market to work its magic at lowering costs and creating a higher standard of living for everyone.

This proposal should be vigorously opposed.

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.