The McConnell “deal” sells out conservative principles
By: Chris Chocola (Diary) | July 15th at 02:04 PM |
Folks, I don’t want to repeat a lot of the great points that Erick has made already about the McConnell “contingency deal.” The proposal is a dereliction of duty and everything that we all hate about Washington. It punts responsibility at exactly the point when Republicans want Americans to give them more. The Club for Growth has announced that we oppose the McConnell-Reid-Pelosi deal and | Read More »
End subsidies to ethanol
By: Chris Chocola (Diary) | June 13th at 02:06 PM |
We’ve Key Voted a “Yes” vote to Senator Coburn’s Amendment to kill Ethanol Subsidies. Bad economic policy should be eliminated. Period. Exclamation point. End of story. We have an opportunity to strike deep into the heart of Big Ethanol – Senator Coburn’s Amendment repeals not only the tax credit, but it also repeals the tariff on imported ethanol. It’s a great first step on the | Read More »
A dumping ground for pork projects
By: Chris Chocola (Diary) | June 6th at 09:22 PM |
The Senate is going to take up a bill tomorrow that fiscal conservatives need to be aware of. It’s S. 782, the “Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011″ We’ve issued a Key Vote Alert calling for a “NO” vote on S. 782. This bill reauthorizes the US Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), which costs $500 million a year, and has proven to be | Read More »
Why Conservatives should oppose The NAT GAS Act
By: Chris Chocola (Diary) | May 26th at 12:55 PM |
This is my first post on Red State – I’m looking forward to being a part of this community and I look forward to keeping you informed of the Club’s ongoing activities to defend economic liberty. I want to use my first post to talk about HR 1380. HR 1380, otherwise known as the “NAT GAS Act”, is bipartisan legislation (sponsored by 105 Democrats, 83 | Read More »