Category: Government Spending

New Club for Growth TV Ad Campaign: Thank Marilinda Garcia For Opposing Higher Taxes And Spending

Barney Keller  |   July 21, 2014

Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “Concerned citizens should encourage Marilinda to keep standing strong against higher taxes.” Washington, DC – The Club for Growth, the nation’s leading group promoting economic freedom, announced today a six-figure TV ad campaign in the state of New Hampshire. The ads encourage people across New Hampshire to call State […]

Key Vote Alert – “NO” on Senate TRIA Bill (S. 2244)

Andrew Roth  |   July 17, 2014

KEY VOTE ALERT “NO” ON SENATE TRIA BILL (S. 2244) The Club for Growth urges all Senators to vote “NO” on the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (S. 2244) sponsored by Sen. Chuck Schumer. A vote is expected later today. This vote will be included in the Club for Growth’s 2014 Congressional Scorecard. This program was […]

Club for Growth: Don’t Bail Out Highway Fund With Phony Offset

Barney Keller  |   June 10, 2014

 Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “There’s simply no reason to keep kicking the can down the road.”   Washington, DC – The Club for Growth released the following statement on plans by House GOP leaders to offset a bailout of the Highway Trust Fund by counting savings from a “not as large bailout” of the United States Postal […]

Flake Rails Against Earmarks

Andrew Roth  |   May 23, 2014

House Violates the Hastert Rule…Again.

Andrew Roth  |   May 8, 2014

House Republican leaders, ignoring a majority of its members yet again, went ahead and passed the Electrify Africa Act, which included the reauthorization of OPIC, the lesser known cousin of the Ex-Im Bank.   Even though it passed, Republicans opposed it 106-116.   Hastert Rule violation!

Who’s Lost Credibility Now?

Barney Keller  |   February 13, 2014

In the National Review today, Club for Growth President Chris Chocola takes house GOP leadership to task for abandoning all pretense of principle on the heels of their decision to put a "clean" debt limit increase on the floor: Let’s review: The Republicans voted for the sequester. Then they spent two years talking about how they didn’t […]

Senator Mike Lee: The Farm Bill vs. America

Andrew Roth  |   February 4, 2014

The Great Food Stamp Binge

Andrew Roth  |   August 14, 2013

Rep. Trey Radel (R-FL) tries to “Shear” Spending in the Farm Bill

Barney Keller  |   June 19, 2013

 

Jay Leno’s View on Big Sugar

Andrew Roth  |   March 20, 2013

From Jay Leno: “I saw this in the paper today, the Department of Agriculture wants to use our tax money to buy 400,000 tons of sugar to limit supply and boost prices so sugar producers can pay back government loans that they could default on. You follow me here on this? We loaned them money […]