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Club for Growth On The Doc Fix: Don’t Gruber The Offset
Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “Republicans should absolutely offset a Doc Fix with real spending cuts, but they shouldn’t ‘Gruber’ the offset.” Washington, DC – The Club for Growth today released the following statement on the ongoing debate over replacing the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate, or “Doc Fix”: “Republicans should absolutely offset a Doc […]
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 […]
Club for Growth: Export-Import Bank “Grubered” Their Data
Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “Does Jonathan Gruber consult for the Export-Import Bank as well?” Washington, DC – The Club for Growth released the following statement in response to a Reuter’s news report that the Export-Import Bank classified several companies owned by billionaires like Warren Buffett as “small businesses” when fighting for reauthorization by […]
Club for Growth PAC Gears Up For 2016: Endorses Six U.S. Senators For Re-Election
Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “The pro-growth class of 2010 has done excellent work in the United States Senate. Our members want to make sure they stay there for another six years.” Washington, DC – The Club for Growth PAC today announced that it is endorsing the following Senators for re-election: Ron Johnson (WI), […]
Club for Growth PAC Congratulates Dan Sullivan
Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “Senator-elect Dan Sullivan will be an excellent addition to the pro-growth caucus and the Club for Growth PAC was honored to support his campaign.” Washington, DC – The Club for Growth PAC today congratulated Senator-elect Dan Sullivan on his victory today in Alaska’s Senate race. Club for Growth Action, […]
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Club for Growth Opposes Obama On “Net Neutrality”
Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “The IRS is corrupt, ObamaCare is a disaster and its website was laughably terrible, the debt goes up year after year, and we’re supposed to trust the government to regulate the Internet?” Washington, DC – The Club for Growth today issued the following statement on President Obama’s decision to […]
Club for Growth PAC Congratulates Mike Pompeo
Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “Congratulations to Mike Pompeo, a rising star in the Republican Party and a fighter for limited government and economic freedom.” Washington, DC – The Club for Growth PAC today Congratulated Mike Pompeo on his re-election to Congress in Kansas’ Fourth Congressional District. Club members donated over $80,000 to Pompeo’s […]
Club for Growth PAC Congratulates Justin Amash
Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “Justin is a tireless advocate for the constitution and economic freedom, and we were happy to support his campaign.” Washington, DC – The Club for Growth PAC congratulated Justin Amash on his re-election to Congress tonight. The Club’s Super-PAC, Club for Growth Action, independently spent nearly $500,000 in support […]
Club for Growth PAC Congratulates Ben Sasse
Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “Congratulations to Ben Sasse, a constitutional conservative who will lead the fight to repeal and replace ObamaCare.” Washington, DC – The Club for Growth PAC congratulated Senator-elect Ben Sasse on his victory tonight in Nebraska’s Senate Race. The Club’s Super-PAC, Club for Growth Action, made a critical independent investment […]
Club for Growth PAC Congratulates Tom Cotton
Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “Congratulations to Tom Cotton, a constitutional conservative and man of principle who demonstrated tonight that voters are tired of liberals running the United States Senate.” Washington, DC – The Club for Growth PAC today congratulated Senator-elect Tom Cotton on his victory today in Arkansas’ Senate race. Club for Growth […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]