“CLUB FOR GROWTH … IN GAS TAXES?”
Under pressure from S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley, the national Club for Growth is reportedly weighing an endorsement of Horry County councilman Tom Rice in the GOP runoff for the Palmetto State’s newly drawn seventh congressional district.
Will the organization pull the trigger, though? We think not … after all, Rice [...]
Gas Tax Impacting SC-7 Endorsement
Club For Growth Ranks “Tea Party” Lawmakers
Club for Growth analysis of voting records finds many Freshmen Republicans have abandoned “Tea Party” values of fiscal responsibility
Washington, DC – Today, the Club for Growth released a report based on its 2011 Congressional Scorecard focusing on the voting records of the so-called “Tea Party” freshmen Republican class of 2010. After a careful review to see [...]
SC Club For Growth Chairman Dies
The chairman of the South Carolina Club for Growth – an advocacy group which publishes legislative scorecards each year assessing state lawmakers’ performance on fiscal issues – is dead.
Bill McAfee – who was appointed chairman of the group’s board of directors just three months ago – died during a mountain climbing accident on New Year’s [...]
“T-Paw,” We Hardly Knew Ya
Less than three months after formally declaring himself a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has officially abandoned his bid.
The charisma-challenged Republican made his exit official on ABC’s This Week – mere hours after a disappointing third-place finish in the Ames Straw Poll (a key early test in the critical [...]
Club Blasts Spratt
The Club for Growth is up with a new hard-hitting ad that takes direct aim at embattled U.S. Rep. John Spratt on several of his most liberal votes.
The ad, entitled “Enough,” slams Spratt for his votes in support of President Barack Obama’s failed “stimulus,” the TARP bailout, “Obamacare” and a “Cap and Trade” energy tax [...]
Tim Scott: Emerging From The Field
By FITSNews || S.C. Rep. Tim Scott continues to emerge as the leading fiscal conservative candidate in the packed race for the Palmetto State’s First Congressional District, which is being vacated in 2011 by five-term RINO Henry Brown. Of course, Scott’s front-runner status has also opened him up to attacks from some of the other [...]
Duncan Endorsed By National Club For Growth
By FITSNews || The first batch of U.S. Congressional endorsements was released Wednesday by the national Club for Growth, and S.C. Rep. Jeff Duncan was one of ten candidates who made the cut.
“Jeff Duncan is the kind of pro-growth, fiscal reformer who would help change Congress the moment he is sworn into office,” a release [...]
