Category: Federal Budget
ICYMI: CfG President McIntosh Op-Ed: ‘Democrats Fight to Keep COVID-era Handouts for the Rich, Illegal Immigrant Health Care’
Washington, D.C. – In case you missed it, Club for Growth President David McIntosh published an op-ed in The Hill, calling out Democrats for shutting down the government to preserve temporary COVID subsidies and provide free healthcare to illegal immigrants. These demands amount to a massive $1.5 trillion expansion of government welfare programs and would […]
CfG President McIntosh Statement on Rescission Package, $9B Spending Cut
Washington, D.C. – Club for Growth President David McIntosh issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 4, President Trump’s $9 billion rescission package: “President Trump and Republicans across all levels of government vowed in 2024 to reign in reckless spending and restore economic order in the United States. Tonight, conservatives on Capitol Hill […]
Club for Growth Applauds President Trump’s FY2026 Budget for Advancing Pro-Growth, Pro-Taxpayer Priorities
Washington, D.C. – Club for Growth today praised President Donald Trump’s Fiscal Year 2026 skinny budget request as a major step toward restoring fiscal discipline. The President’s budget reduces non-defense discretionary spending by $163 billion — a 22.6% cut — while removing costly and ineffective programs that subsidize ideological policy experiments. Notably, the budget eliminates […]
CfG President McIntosh Statement on President Trump, OMB $3B Spending Cuts
Washington, D.C. – Club for Growth President David McIntosh issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s work to cut $3 billion in “emergency” spending from Biden’s Fiscal “Responsibility” Act: “Fake emergency spending designations have allowed big spenders in Congress to bypass responsible spending controls and abuse the process that accommodates real emergency supplemental spending. […]
Senate Must Prevent Biggest Tax Hike In History
Washington, D.C. — Club for Growth President David McIntosh issued the following statement on Congressional budget negotiations: “Senate Republicans must take immediate action to pass one big, beautiful budget resolution with a full and permanent extension of the Trump tax cuts because failure to do so is unacceptable and will spell disaster in the midterms,” […]
ICYMI: McIntosh & Cass Debate Pro-Growth Vs. Populist Policies & The Deficit
Washington, D.C. – In case you missed it, David McIntosh, President of the free-market Club for Growth, debated populist economist and Executive Director of American Compass Oren Cass on Open To Debate. McIntosh and Cass discussed if higher taxes should be used to bring down the deficit. Cass supported raising taxes to close the deficit, […]
Club for Growth President David McIntosh Issues Statement on House Passage of the Limit, Save, and Grow Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Club for Growth President David McIntosh issued the following statement on the House successfully passing the Limit, Save, and Grow Act. “House passage of the debt limit increase is evidence that Republicans have a fiscally responsible plan to deal with the debt and the votes to pass it. President Biden and Democrats’ position […]
Club for Growth Statement on Biden’s Bankrupt Budget
Washington, D.C. – Joe Biden released the details of his budget, and it includes $58.3 trillion in total taxes over the next 10 years, which would be the highest sustained tax burden in American history. “Make no mistake: this plan is not a budget—it is a plan to bankrupt America,” said Club for Growth President […]
Statement on CBO Score of Biden’s Build Back Better
Washington, D.C. – Club for Growth released the following statement in response to the CBO score on the so-called Build Back Better legislation. “The CBO has spoken: Biden’s so-called “Build Back Better” Bill will add $367 billion to the deficit over 10 years. Representatives Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), Ed Case (HI-01), Stephanie Murphy (FL-07), Kurt Schrader (OR-05), […]
New Ads In 6 Congressional Districts On Proposed Taxes And IRS Spying
Washington, D.C. – Club for Growth will launch a new round of television advertisements in six Congressional Districts across the country asking constituents to contact their representative in the U.S. House Representative and ask them to oppose the reconciliation legislation. The Hill’s Tal Axelrod published an exclusive report on the announcement. “Despite what Speaker Pelosi is […]