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Club for Growth PAC Congratulates John Ratcliffe
Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “Congratulations to John Ratcliffe, a constitutional conservative with a backbone who will fight the Obama agenda at every turn.” Washington, DC – The Club for Growth PAC congratulated Congressman-elect John Ratcliffe on his victory today in Texas’ Fourth Congressional District. Club for Growth Action, the Club’s Super-PAC, independently spent […]
Club for Growth PAC Congratulates Barry Loudermilk
Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “We were happy to support Barry Loudermilk’s campaign for Congress this year, and we have no doubt he’ll be a fighter for economic freedom when he gets to Washington.” Washington, DC – The Club for Growth PAC today Congratulated Barry Loudermilk on his election to Congress today in Georgia’s […]
What’s the Right Minimum Wage?
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 […]
Shake It Off – Obama Version
Club for Growth President Chris Chocola on the Gas Tax
Club for Growth President Chris Chocola has an OpEd in USA TODAY this morning about the gas tax: Not only is raising the gas tax misguided, but we should not even have a federal gas tax to begin with because it finances a program that is inherently broken. The Highway Trust Fund — into which […]
Club for Growth Action To Spend $750,000 On TV and Mail Campaign For Marilinda Garcia
Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “Annie Kuster wants higher taxes for us, but she doesn’t pay her own.” Washington, DC – Club for Growth Action today announced a $750,000 TV and direct mail campaign for taxpayer hero Marilinda Garcia, the Republican nominee in New Hampshire’s Second Congressional District. The TV buy, which starts tomorrow, […]
Wal-Mart and ObamaCare
From Reuters, via the Washington Post “WalMart, the biggest private sector employer in the country, said Tuesday it would raise health insurance premiums for its 1.3 million workers beginning in January by 19 percent, and it will end health care coverage for about 30,000 part-time employees who work fewer than 30 hours a week. Companies […]
Club for Growth President Chris Chocola Appears on C-Span’s Washington Journal
@andyroth tweets: Tax measures are…
@andyroth Tax measures are on the ballot in 9 states. Here are the details: http://www.ncsl.org/blog/2014/10/03/tax-measures-on-the-ballot-in-nine-states.aspx #CFG
George Will on Campaign Finance Reform
Who is Joe Biden?
Club for Growth Action Starts TV Ad Campaign In LA-5
Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “Everyone knows about Vance McAllister’s personal problems — what’s far less known is Vance McAllister’s extremely liberal record.” Washington, DC – Club for Growth Action today released a TV ad in Louisiana’s Fifth Congressional District discussing incumbent Republican Congressman Vance McAllister’s liberal voting record and support for expanding ObamaCare […]
“Winning without a declared governing purpose is a ticket to nowhere.”
In today’s Wall Street Journal Peggy Noonan has a column on the GOP and the elections that’s well worth reading. Here’s an excerpt: … Both parties in Washington use stasis as a strategy. I suspect there are Republicans on the ground who intuit the Republican version of this. Republican inertia was outlined to me this spring, […]
ReasonTV: Chris Hedges at Flood Wall Street: “Capitalism Exploits Humans”
Key Vote Update – FY15 Continuing Resolution (H.J.Res. 124)
The Club for Growth is withdrawing its key vote against the FY15 Continuing Resolution (H.J.Res. 124). While we remain strongly opposed to the CR and to the language extending the charter of the Export-Import Bank (among other things), the addition of the ISIS language does not make this a revealing vote about economic policy. Instead, […]
Club for Growth PAC Endorses Zach Dasher For Congress
Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “Zach Dasher is a constitutional conservative who will never stop fighting for economic liberty.” Washington, DC – The Club for Growth PAC today announced that it is endorsing Zach Dasher for Congress in Louisiana’s Fifth Congressional District. The seat is currently held by incumbent Congressman Vance McAllister (R-LA). “Zach […]