Category: Government Spending

Club for Growth Opposes Obama’s Last Ditch End-Around for Export-Import Bank

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“The Export-Import Bank is exactly the kind of bureaucratic swamp that the American people want drained.”   Washington, DC – Club for Growth president David McIntosh released the following statement in response to reports that the Obama administration wants Congressional Republicans to change the rules for how the Export-Import Bank operates:   “The Export-Import Bank […]

David On WSJ Opinion Journal Re: Earmarks

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Club for Growth Says “No” to Republican Effort to Restore Earmarks

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“Voters believed that Republicans would ‘drain the swamp,’ not redirect it for their own benefit.” Washington, DC – Club for Growth president David McIntosh released the following statement in response to reports that a group of House Republicans wants a secret vote to end the ban on congressional earmarks: “This is a test of whether […]

In the Student Debt Crisis, the Worst Solution is Debt Forgiveness

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It’s been conclusively proved that federally subsidizing higher education is one of the driving forces behind untenable tuition prices and an increasing debt load on students, but as Mary Clare from the Daily Signal points out, these debt forgiveness plans “do nothing to address price increases and shift more of the financial burden onto taxpayers”. […]

Ray LaHood Is Still Wrong About Raising the Gas Tax

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“Only a DC bureaucrat would think that throwing more money at an inefficient program is a good idea.” Washington, DC – The Club for Growth released the following statement in response to today’s remarks by former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who again called for an increase in the gas tax:   “Google ‘Ray LaHood’ and […]

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 […]

David McIntosh On Fox Business To Discuss Why Trump Is Not A Conservative

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Freedom Caucus Rejects Budget From Republican Leadership

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Announcement from the House Freedom Caucus on March 14, 2016 “From the beginning of the budget process, the House Freedom Caucus has called for a Republican budget that shows the American people we are serious about addressing Washington’s out-of-control spending problem. Our Members have put forward multiple proposals that would rein in spending through real […]

What you need to know about the Omnibus bill (2015)

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In October, Congress agreed to suspend the debt limit by more than a trillion dollars and increase federal spending by $80 billion over the next two years, smashing the spending caps set in 2011 by the Budget Control Act. But that was just the beginning. What Congress did in October was to draw a blueprint […]

Conservatives to Ryan & McConnell: No Obamacare Bailout

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Today, conservative leaders, including Club for Growth President David McIntosh, sent a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urging them to continue the policy contained in recent appropriations bills restricting the use of Obamacare’s “Risk Corridor” program:   November 24, 2015   Speaker Paul Ryan H-232, The Capitol Washington, […]