Category: Entitlement Reform

Memo on Way Forward with Obamacare Repeal

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  MEMO   To: Interested Parties From: Club for Growth Date: March 25, 2017 Re: Memo on Way Forward with Obamacare Repeal After weeks of holding their ground, conservatives saved Republicans from voting for their own version of Obamacare. Their bill wasn’t real repeal.  As the CBO noted, Speaker Ryan’s health care bill would have […]

Club for Growth on the Way Forward for Obamacare Repeal

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“Take the three phases of President Trump’s agenda and put them all into a new House bill.”   Washington, DC – Club for Growth president David McIntosh released the following statement after House Speaker Paul Ryan announced that there would be no vote on his health care bill: “There is a way forward: Take the […]

Club for Growth Praises White House Support of Conservative Health Care Reform

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“President Trump campaigned on interstate competition, and should continue to pressure House leadership to include it in the Republican bill.” Washington, DC – Club for Growth president David McIntosh released the following statement in response to published reports that the White House is urging conservative-backed changes to the House Obamacare alternative: “Health care reform must […]

Club for Growth Releases Annual Congressional Scorecard

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Washington, DC – Today, the Club for Growth released its 2015 Congressional Scorecard, which ranks the voting behavior of Members of Congress based on issues relating to limited government and economic growth. To view the Club for Growth’s 2015 Congressional Scorecard and all prior scorecards, click here. “Despite slight progress in 2015, Congress has a […]

Club Responds to NAM Threat

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Club for Growth president David McIntosh released a statement after the National Association of Manufacturers said it would stop all donations to Republicans while it fights for renewal of the corrupt Export-Import Bank: “It makes no sense that NAM wants to punish pro-growth lawmakers who are fighting to lower corporate tax rates, stop the EPA, and […]

Economist Greg Mankiw on the Export-Import Bank:

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Economist Greg Mankiw, a former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush, recently came out against the Export-Import Bank. See his short blog post below. I just got back from Utah, where I was one of the speakers at a conference that has been dubbed “Club Mitt.” One of the other speakers–this […]

Club for Growth Starts New TV Ad Campaign against Ex-Im in Arkansas and Tennessee

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Washington, DC – The Club for Growth today released TV ads urging two more Members of Congress to join conservatives and end the Export-Import Bank. The ads are airing in the congressional districts of Representatives Bruce Westerman (AR-4) and Phil Roe (TN-1). They are on broadcast and cable TV in Little Rock and Fort Smith, […]

Club for Growth Applauds Senator Shelby for Opposing Export-Import Bank

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Washington, DC – The Club for Growth today released the following statement after Senator Richard Shelby (AL), Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, announced his opposition to reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank: “Chairman Shelby is exactly right that ‘we really won’t miss’ the Export-Import Bank when its charter expires,” said Club for Growth President David […]

An Open Letter to Republicans on the Ex-Im Bank by Rep. Jeb Hensarling (TX-5)

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The following was published in The Wall Street Journal on June 4, 2015   By Rep. Jeb Hensarling The 80-year old Export-Import Bank will begin to wind down on June 30, unless Congress renews it again. Republicans in the House and Senate need to let it expire—and as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, […]

Club for Growth TV Ad Applauds Opposition to Ex-Im by Democrat Alan Grayson

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Washington, DC – The Club for Growth today announced the release of a TV ad urging Florida Democrats to support Representative Alan Grayson’s (FL-9) opposition to the Export-Import Bank, over Representative Patrick Murphy’s (FL-18) support for the bank and its corporate welfare. The ad will begin airingtomorrow statewide on MSNBC and other outlets in Florida, […]