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Key Vote Alert – “NO” on the Farm Bill Conference Report (HR 2642)

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KEY VOTE ALERT “NO” on the Farm Bill Conference Report (HR 2642) The Club for Growth urges all members of Congress to vote “NO” on the conference report to the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (HR 2642). We expect a vote in the House later this week, with a vote in […]

“The Kronies”

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Big Government and Income Inequality

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Economist David Malpass offers a good rebuttal to Democrats who are trying (yet again) to exploit income inequality this election year: Conservatives need to champion economic growth as Reagan did, but they also need to make a more forceful connection between the government’s centralization of power and income inequality.  

Club for Growth Action Ads in Michigan Highlight Pro-Tax Increase and Big Government Record of Brian Ellis

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 Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “Brian Ellis is a tax-hiking, corporate welfare-loving, big-spending politician. A record like that belongs in the Democratic primary, not the Republican one.”   Washington, DC – Today, Club for Growth Action announced a new TV and radio ad campaign in Michigan’s 3rd congressional district. The ads criticize congressional candidate Brian Ellis […]

Key Vote Alert – “NO” on the FY14 Omnibus (Senate Amdt. to HR 3547)

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KEY VOTE ALERT “NO” on the FY14 Omnibus (Senate Amdt. to HR 3547) The Club for Growth urges all members of Congress to vote “NO” on the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 (Senate Amdt. to HR 3547). Consideration of the plan will likely be later this week. The vote will be included in the Club’s […]

Club for Growth Calls Harry Reid’s Unemployment Insurance Offset a “Joke”

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 Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “Is Harry Reid’s proposal a joke? Only in Washington is a something considered an ‘offset’ when the spending cut is ten years from now but the spending increase is today.”  Washington, DC – The Club for Growth issued the following statement on Harry Reid’s proposal to offset an extension […]

Club for Growth’s Andy Roth appears on “Huckabee”

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Club for Growth’s Andy Roth Appears on C-Span

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Key Vote Alert – “NO” on Cloture for Extending Unemployment Benefits (S. 1845)

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KEY VOTE ALERT “NO” on Cloture for Extending Unemployment Benefits (S. 1845) The Club for Growth urges all Senators to vote “NO” on the motion to proceed to the Heller-Reed plan (S. 1845) to extend unemployment benefits for three months with no spending offset. Consideration of the bill will likely be today. The vote will […]

Key Vote Alert – “NO” on the Ryan-Murray Budget Deal

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KEY VOTE ALERT “NO” on the Ryan-Murray Budget Deal The Club for Growth urges all Senators to vote “NO” on the Ryan-Murray budget deal. Consideration of the plan will likely this week. The vote will be included in the Club’s 2013 Congressional Scorecard. This deal is the “same old same old” that Americans have come […]

Key Vote Alert – “NO” on Ryan-Murray Budget Deal

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KEY VOTE ALERT “NO” on the Ryan-Murray Budget Deal The Club for Growth urges all House members to vote “NO” on the Ryan-Murray budget deal. Consideration of the plan will likely be today. The vote will be included in the Club’s 2013 Congressional Scorecard. This deal is the “same old same old” that Americans have […]

Club for Growth Responds To Boehner Comments

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Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “After carefully reviewing the budget deal, on which we never commented until it was complete, we determined that it would increase the size of government.”  Washington, DC – Today, the Club for Growth issued the following response to Speaker John Boehner’s comments on the budget deal:  “We stand with […]

Club for Growth Opposes Ryan-Murray Budget Proposal

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 Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “Apparently, there are some Republicans who don’t have the stomach for even relatively small spending reductions that are devoid of budgetary smoke and mirrors.”  Washington, DC – Today, the Club for Growth issued the following statement on the Ryan-Murray budget proposal:  “This proposal swaps debt reduction today and next […]

Club for Growth PAC Statement On The Texas Senate Race

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 Washington, DC – The Club for Growth PAC issued the following statement in response to news that Congressman Steve Stockman is challenging Senator John Cornyn in the Republican Primary:  “While Congressman Stockman has a pro-economic growth record, so does Senator Cornyn, as witnessed by his 87% lifetime Club for Growth score,” said Club for Growth […]

Club for Growth PAC Statement On Mississippi’s Senate Race

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 Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “Republicans in Mississippi have a real choice for the United States Senate this year.”  Washington, DC – The Club for Growth PAC issued the following statement in response to news that Senator Thad Cochran will seek re-election in Mississippi:  “Throughout his over forty years in Washington, Senator Thad Cochran […]

Mike Simpson’s Pro-Bailout, Pro-Obama Stimulus, Pro-Debt Allies Try To Save His Flailing Candidacy

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 Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “I guess pro-bailout, pro-Obama stimulus spending, pro-debt birds of a feather flock together.”  Washington, DC – The Club for Growth PAC issued the following statement in response to the Chamber of Commerce ad campaign in Idaho’s Second Congressional District on behalf of liberal Republican Mike Simpson. The Club’s PAC […]

Is Mike Simpson an “Alec Baldwin Republican”?

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 Club for Growth Spokesman Barney Keller: “Mike Simpson’s big-government voting record is more in touch with the values of Hollywood liberal Alec Baldwin than it is with the people of Idaho.”  Washington, DC – Today, the Club for Growth PAC asked if Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson is an “Alec Baldwin Republican” – noting that Simpson […]

Obamacare Website Crashes In Front Of Sebelius In Miami

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Yet another H/T to WFB:  

Mike Simpson Backed By Group That Supports ObamaCare Expansion In Idaho

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 Club for Growth Spokesman Barney Keller: “Conservatives across the country are rejecting ObamaCare’s Medicaid expansion, and Mike Simpson should have to answer if he joins with the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry in supporting ObamaCare’s Medicaid expansion in Idaho.”  Washington, DC – Today, the Club for Growth PAC noted that the Idaho Association of […]

Nancy Pelosi struggles to defend ObamaCare

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"It’s not that it’s not correct…" Um, yes.