Category: Government Spending
What you need to know about the Omnibus bill (2015)
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
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, […]
Club for Growth, Heritage Action Oppose Debt and Budget Deal
Washington – Late Monday night, the House Rules Committee released text of a massive deal that would increase the debt ceiling by at least $1.5 trillion and increase spending by at least $80 billion over the next two years in exchange for promises of spending reductions in the last few years of the ten-year budget window. The zombie budget deal […]
Key Vote Alert – “NO” on TAA Reauthorization (HR 1314)
KEY VOTE ALERT “NO” on TAA Reauthorization (HR 1314) The Club for Growth urges all House members to vote “NO” on the bill that reauthorizes Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA). A vote on this is expected today as part of the debate on the Trade Act of 2015 (HR 1314). This vote will be included in […]
Key Vote Alert – “NO” on Adding Ex-Im to the Defense Bill (HR 1735)
KEY VOTE ALERT “NO” on Adding Ex-Im to the Defense Bill (HR 1735) The Club for Growth urges all Senators to vote “NO” on any amendment to the National Defense Reauthorization Act (HR 1735) that would reauthorize the Export-Import Bank. This includes all procedural votes. If such an amendment passes, the Club for Growth will […]
Club for Growth Applauds Boehner And House Republicans On Earmark Ban
Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “Earmarks of any kind are simply a gateway drug to more spending, which is something that Speaker Boehner has long recognized.” Washington, DC – The Club for Growth today released the following statement on news that House Republicans, along with Speaker John Boehner, voted to keep an earmark ban […]
Should Taxpayers Pay for Rabbit Massages?
Senator Coburn releases Wastebook 2014: What Washington doesn’t want you to read.
Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), long a champion of limited government and fiscal responsibility, has released his annual “Wastebook” (his last one, unfortunately, as Dr. Coburn is retiring this year) on government waste. Per Senator Coburn’s office, some examples include: Coast guard party patrols – $100,000 Watching grass grow – $10,000 State department tweets @ terrorists […]
More on Ebola…
In a follow-up from the last blog post, here’s this news item about what the private sector is doing about Ebola. Johnson & Johnson will begin safety testing in early January on a vaccine combination that could protect people from a strain of the deadly Ebola virus. The health care products maker said Wednesday that […]
Is More Money Needed for Ebola?
There’s two sides to every coin. On one side ($): “The CDC and NIH clearly do not have the resources they need,” said Rosa DeLauro, ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, said in a statement to CQ Roll Call. “Congress should immediately come back to Washington and […]