Category: Entitlement Reform
Club for Growth & Heritage Action statement on the Export-Import Bank
Washington – Following Senate passage of the Trade Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314), Club for Growth President David McIntosh and Heritage Action CEO Michael A. Needham issued a joint statement: “Yesterday, Senator Maria Cantwell leveraged her vote on Trade Promotion Authority to open up Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s playbook on the Export-Import Bank. It […]
Club for Growth Applauds Congressmen Rob Bishop and Chris Stewart for Opposing Export-Import Bank
Washington, DC – The Club for Growth today released the following statement after Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-1) and Representative Chris Stewart (UT-2) announced their opposition to re-authorization of the Export-Import Bank: “The Club for Growth applauds Chairman Bishop and Congressman Stewart for declaring their opposition to re-authorization of the Export-Import Bank,” said Club for Growth […]
Club for Growth Launches Round Two of Ex-Im TV Ad Campaign in Four More Congressional Districts
Washington, DC – The Club for Growth today announced the release of TV ads urging four Members of Congress to join conservatives and end the Export-Import Bank. The ads will air, starting tomorrow, in the congressional districts of Chairmen Rob Bishop (UT-1) and Bill Shuster (PA-9), and Representatives David McKinley (WV-1) and Chris Stewart (UT-2), […]
Club for Growth Launches Ex-Im TV Ad Campaign in Four Congressional Districts
Washington, DC – The Club for Growth today released TV ads urging four Members of Congress to join conservatives and end the Export-Import Bank. The ads will air in the congressional districts of Representatives Buddy Carter (GA-01), Renee Ellmers (NC-02), Stephen Fincher (TN-08) and Bill Flores (TX-17). The six-figure ad buys in all four districts […]
Coalition of 50+ Orgs to Congress: Let the Export-Import Bank Expire
On April 21, 2014, the Club for Growth and 52 other organizations wrote to Members of Congress urging them to oppose reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. Here is the letter: Dear Members of Congress: On behalf of our groups and organizations, together representing millions of Americans, we urge you to oppose the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. […]
50 Reasons to End the Export-Import Bank
#50 – There are more than 30 active investigations of alleged fraud by Ex-Im bank employees. Washington, DC – Today the Club for Growth is launching a new phase in its opposition to reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. Each weekday the Club will tweet (@Club4Growth) a new reason why the Export-Import Bank, and its corruption […]
Export-Import Bank on the Firing Line on Capitol Hill
Washington, DC – The Club for Growth commented on today’s joint House committee hearing on the Export-Import Bank: “One after another House Republicans exposed the hazards caused by the taxpayer-supported Export-Import Bank,” said Club for Growth President David McIntosh. “Widespread corruption, fraud, missing data, corporate welfare, and a federal agency competing against the private sector […]
Paul Ryan on the Export-Import Bank: “Let it go”
The Club for Growth stands with Ryan, McCarthy, Scalise, Hensarling, and many others in calling for an end to Ex-Im. Washington, DC – The Club for Growth thanked Congressman Paul Ryan, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, for his published remarks today on the Export-Import Bank. When asked by reporters what Congress should […]
Club for Growth Responds to Latest Defenders of the Export-Import Bank
99% of American companies doing business in world markets don’t get federal handouts from Ex-Im in order to compete. Washington, DC – The Club for Growth today commented on recent efforts by special interest groups to defend the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im): “Special interests claim that 3,000 American companies depend on the Export-Import Bank to […]