Club PAC Endorses Hackett in PA-10
Club for Growth PAC Endorses Chris Hackett in PA-10
Washington – Today, the Club for Growth PAC endorsed Chris Hackett in the Republican primary in Pennsylvania’s Tenth Congressional District.
While Hackett does not have a voting record, he has quickly demonstrated a commitment to pro-growth issues on the campaign trail. Taking the lead against congressional pork, he wrote an op-ed for the local Scranton Times, criticizing Democratic Representative Chris Carney’s record of voting for such wasteful earmarks as California’s Mule and Packers Museum. He recently signed Citizens Against Government Waste’s Earmark Reform Pledge and challenged both Carney and his primary opponent, Dan Meuser, to sign the pledge as well. Hackett is also a strong supporter of tax cuts, school choice, and tort reform.
The current Democratic congressman in the tenth district, Rep. Chris Carney, has a very liberal economic record, voting for the Democratic budget which contained the largest tax hike in U.S. history and voting for a slew of outrageous pork projects. He also voted for the pro-union “card check” bill, barring secret ballots in union elections, and for a proposal to pressure companies to limit CEO pay. Overall, in 2007, Carney voted with Nancy Pelosi 88% of the time.
“With his business background and his pro-growth campaign platform, Chris Hackett has demonstrated an intuitive understanding of the importance of limited-government, free-market policies in advancing economic growth,” said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey. “We are confident Chris Hackett will fight for lower taxes and an end to wasteful government spending if elected to Congress. He is exactly the kind of principled conservative Pennsylvania taxpayers deserve to have representing them.”
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