KEY VOTE ALERT
"YES" on the House GOP Alternative Budget

The Club for Growth urges Members of the House to vote "YES" on the House GOP alternative budget, which will be offered as a substitute amendment to the Democrats' official budget resolution (H. Con. Res 312). This key vote will be scored on the Club for Growth's 2008 Congressional Scorecard.

Unlike the Democratic budget, this proposal does NOT raise taxes. It also makes all of the Bush tax cuts permanent and it phases in full repeal of the AMT by 2013. On the spending side, this budget includes a one-year moratorium on earmarks, a modest increase in discretionary spending, and strong reforms that will rescue out of control entitlement programs.

This is a pro-growth bill. With a struggling economy, the last thing we need to do is raise taxes and increase the size of government, which is what the Democrats' proposal would do. Instead, the GOP budget cuts taxes and holds the line on spending. Congress should adopt this initiative immediately.