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	Club for Growth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On September 19, 2005, the Federal Election Commission filed suit against the Club for Growth for violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act for failing to register as a political action committee in the 2000, 2002, and 2004 congressional elections.
		In 2006, the Club for Growth criticized rookie Michigan representative Joe Schwarz for a number of liberal views on fiscal issues including his votes against the elimination of earmarks in appropriations bills and his support of higher taxes while in the Michigan Legislature.
		The Club for Growth endorsed his primary opponent, Tim Walberg, a social and fiscal conservative affiliated with the Chicago-based Moody Bible Institute.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Club_for_Growth (462 words)

	Club for Growth Endorses Steve King (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Club for Growth, a membership organization of likeminded political contributors from across the country, is backing Senator King in the primary race.
		Club for Growth’s two criteria for selecting candidates to endorse and support are: 1) they are committed to the right set of free market-based policy ideas and 2) they are running races that are closely contested and thus, winnable.
		Club for Growth interviews and researches candidates, assessing their potential for leadership, where they really stand on the issues of tax cuts and economic growth, and determine whether they can really win their race.
	www.kingforcongress.com /news/0522302clubforgrowth.htm (742 words)

	People For the American Way - Club for Growth
		Club for Growth (CFG) touts itself as the inheritor of Ronald Reagan’s “vision of limited government and lower taxes” and it advances this anti-government vision through its support of political candidates who hew to its right-wing economic orthodoxy.
		During the 2004 Presidential election, CFG launched a $1 million, 30-second television commercial depicting Democratic candidate John Kerry as a spinning weather vane for his stance on a variety of issues.
		Before founding the Club for Growth, Moore was the director of fiscal policy studies at the Cato Institute, and has stayed on as a senior fellow.
	www.pfaw.org /pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=9345 (955 words)

	Club for Growth - SourceWatch
		The FEC contends the club spent enough in federal races to require it to file with the commission as a political committee and to follow contribution and spending limits.
		Longtime Republican benefactor Harlan Crow is a [former] member of the founders committee of the Club for Growth.
		They know that the Club for Growth PAC spent an additional $515,000, mostly on TV ads, and took a challenger from being down 2 to 1 in the polls to the edge of an upset.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Club_for_Growth (995 words)

	Kentucky Club for Growth
		Fortunately, the national Club for Growth fared far better in elections, winning 7 of 8 races in which they endorsed a candidate in the primary and followed through the general.
		The Kentucky Club for Growth, a chapter of the national organization, is a group of citizens dedicated to expanding prosperity for working families through the Reagan doctrine of lower taxes, smaller government and strong free enterprise.
		The Kentucky Club for Growth will find, support and endorse candidates for elected office who are committed to free-market principles, lowering taxes, reducing spending and decreasing the size of government.
	kyclubforgrowth.org (2106 words)

	Club for Growth, State Action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Growth is one of the most innovative and successful political forces in the nation.
		The Club for Growth is a national network of over 30,000 men and women, from all walks of life, who believe that prosperity and opportunity come through economic freedom.
		The primary tactic of the Club for Growth PAC has been to provide financial support from Club members to viable pro-growth candidates to Congress, particularly in Republican primaries.
	www.cfgsa.org (122 words)

	The Club For Growth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In 2005, the Club for Growth began its annual scorecard so our members and the public can monitor the actions and the voting behavior of members of Congress on economic growth issues.
		The Club also plans to use such a scorecard as one factor in its deliberations on possible endorsements by its PAC of incumbents or challengers to incumbents with a poor pro-growth record.
		The Club for Growth scorecard was compiled by assigning points, based on relative importance, to votes on specific bills.
	www.clubforgrowth.org - !http: //www.clubforgrowth.org/2006/07/club_for_growth_rates_congress.php (977 words)

	The Pennsylvania Club for Growth
		Pennsylvania Club for Growth is proud to have played a significant role in ensuring these candidates the support they needed to campaign effectively on less spending and lower taxes.
		The Pennsylvania Club for Growth, which supports strong fiscal conservatives who run for the state legislature, will continue to work with lawmakers to move forward a pro-growth agenda that includes tax cuts and other smaller government issues.
		The Pennsylvania Club for Growth is a group of citizens dedicated to expanding the prosperity of working families through the Reagan Doctrine of lower taxes, smaller government and strong free enterprise.
	www.paclubforgrowth.com (637 words)

	People For the American Way - Club for Growth
		Club for Growth (CFG) touts itself as the inheritor of Ronald Reagan’s “vision of limited government and lower taxes” and it advances this vision through its support of political candidates who hew to its right-wing economic orthodoxy.
		CFG takes its role as anti-tax headhunters very seriously and has vowed to spend more than $2 million to defeat Pennsylvania Arlen Spector in the 2004 GOP primary because Specter balked at the size of President Bush’s initial tax cut.
		CFG has run a series of negative ads about him in several primary states, including one in which an elderly couple angrily tells Dean to “take his tax-hiking, government-expanding, latte-drinking, sushi-eating, Volvo-driving, New York Times-reading.
	www.pfaw.org /pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=9518 (1077 words)

	sandiego.indymedia.org \| Inside the 'Country'-Club for Growth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The 9,000-member Club is the No. 1 source of campaign funds for Republican congressional candidates, aside from the party itself.
		The Club's goal is to grow the economy and shrink government so that government's influence on society decreases as the free market's increases.
		Club president Stephen Moore told me Monday that, as it looks to back a challenger to Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., in 2004, the Club isn't thrilled with either John Thune or Bill Janklow.
	sandiego.indymedia.org /en/2003/05/6077.shtml (1187 words)

	Club for Growth A Critical Look at Medicare - Wes Alexander - Freely Thinking
		The Club for Growth is a political action committee that attempts to elect fiscal conservatives to Congress.
		During the days before the vote Club for Growth Advocacy alerted every House Republican that we opposed the bill because of its enormous cost and because we believe it is a giant leap toward Hillary-health care.
		Mike was all over the news eloquently dismantling this bill, arguing that he could never in good conscience look his children in the eyes and tell them that he had voted for a $1 trillion entitlement program that they would have to pay for some day.
	wesalexander.home.mindspring.com /club4gro.htm (2467 words)

	FactCheck.org Anti-Kerry Ad Highlights Changes On Welfare, Death Penalty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		A Club for Growth PAC TV ad released July 26 accurately cites Kerry's changing positions over the years on welfare reform, the death penalty for terrorists, and gasoline taxes.
		The Club for Growth, a Republican-leaning, anti-tax group, said it would spend $1 million on this ad, running it in Boston during the convention and in several Midwestern states afterward.
		Club for Growth PAC is responsible for the content of this advertising.
	www.factcheck.org /article.aspx?docID=226 (1244 words)

	Rhode Island news \| Rhode Island news \| projo.com \| The Providence Journal
		The Club for Growth, an influential anti-tax organization that can steer millions of dollars into political races nationwide, supports Stephen P. Laffey, the two-term Cranston mayor who is challenging Chafee in the Sept. 12 GOP primary.
		The Club is a Republican advocacy group, and it's taking a calculated risk in backing a challenger against a sitting Republican U.S. senator in one of the most Democratic states in the nation.
		Club for Growth President Pat Toomey, a Rhode Island native and a former Pennsylvania congressman, said in an interview last night that the risk is worth taking.
	www.projo.com /news/content/projo_20060817_ad17.32bbd58.html (1269 words)

	Club For Growth \| Colorado (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Colorado Club for Growth is an organization of Colorado citizens and taxpayers dedicated to fighting for lower taxes, reduced regulatory burdens, controlled government spending, and other policies that will expand overall economic growth and prosperity for the people of Colorado.
		We are the Colorado affiliate of the National Club for Growth, a membership organization of thousands of contributors from across the country who are frustrated with the ideological drift of both parties today.
		All Club members have a shared goal of helping elect candidates who are advocates of the President Reagan vision of limited government and lower taxes.
	www.coloradoclubforgrowth.org /about.htm (223 words)

	Club for Growth Takes Out Joe Schwarz - The Right Angle @ HumanEvents.com
		The Club for Growth had a lot riding on the Walberg-Schwarz race, even starting on a website called JoeSchwarzIsALiberal.com (which went offline tonight after his loss).
		The Club for Growth PAC is proud to have played a significant part in ensuring Doug had the support he needed to campaign effectively on lower taxes and less spending.
		Club members donated over $200,000 to his campaign and the Club for Growth PAC spent nearly $100,000 on independent expenditures, including running TV ads during the closing days of the campaign.
	www.humanevents.com /rightangle/index.php?id=15448&title=club_for_growth_takes_out_joe_schwarz (504 words)

	Club For Growth Chalks Up More Wins - The Fix
		While the Club has shown a remarkable ability to use its fundraising prowess and strategic know-how to help its candidates claim victory in open-seat contests, it has yet to oust a Republican incumbent, which is seen as the holy grail by many Club backers.
		If members of the Club for Growth had been standing on principle instead of cheerleading for the past 5 years things wouldn't be such a mess.
		To emphasize the point that many Club members are libertarian as opposed to social conservatives, it should be noted that one of the Club's founders is Ed Crane - founder and president of the CATO Institute.
	blog.washingtonpost.com /thefix/2006/05/club_for_growth_wins_big.html (3764 words)

	Robert Vasquez Warns of GOP Commitment to Crush Challengers - FOR THE CAUSE - ForTheCause.us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Evidently, the CFG believed an assault on economic freedom was underway in the Idaho primary election, where illegal immigration was the key issue.
		The CFG does not come out explicitly for cheap labor and amnesty for illegal aliens, but masks its support using such statements as: "We need leaders who are committed to making our economy - and our country - as strong as possible.
		The Club for Growth has become a viperous foe in recent years, knocking well-qualified, patriotic candidates out of key races before they can reach the general election.
	www.forthecause.us /ftc-n-muller-060612-Robert_Vasquez.shtml (887 words)

	OC Blog: Club For Growth Endorses John Campbell For Congress
		Club For Growth Endorses John Campbell For Congress
		For this election cycle, the Club has established a new and more aggressive approach to begin the campaign process much earlier and give proven, pro-growth candidates like John Campbell the best possible chance to win their races.
		The Club for Growth was founded in 1999 as a nationwide membership organization dedicated to advancing public policies that promote economic growth.
	www.ocblog.net /ocblog/2005/08/club_for_growth.html (842 words)

	Club for Growth Suit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Club also spent more than $1 million in the last three cycles on advertising related to specific federal campaigns, often advocating the election or defeat of candidates.
		The Club also accepted nearly $350,000 in 2000 and 2001 from corporations who are prohibited from making contributions in federal elections.
		The complaint also alleges in the alternative that if the Club were treated as an ordinary corporation rather than a political committee, its spending in connection with federal elections would constitute illegal corporate expenditures.
	www.fec.gov /press/press2005/20050919suit.html (280 words)

	527s: , 2006 Election Cycle
		The CFG PAC ran this spot for one week in Boston and Midwestern battleground states.
		This CFG PAC ad accuses Curt Bromm, a Republican state Senator vying for Nebraska’s 1st district, of trying to “raise taxes and fatten spending” in Nebraska.
		Club for Growth again weighs in on the Pennsylvania Senate Republican primary.
	www.opensecrets.org /527s/527events.asp?orgid=43 (722 words)

	Club for Growth has a bark much worse than its bite. - By Timothy Noah - Slate Magazine
		The organization that tried to expel Specter is the Club for Growth, a supply-side group whose name is a play on the Club of Rome (a liberal think tank whose best-selling 1972 report, The Limits of Growth, spawned the Carter-era notion that we'd entered an "era of limits").
		The Club for Growth also posts the names of those it deems RINOs when they vote to support pathetically outdated concepts like overtime pay for workers.
		In practice that means that the Club for Growth, like most political givers, prefers to fund candidates competing for an open seat, where there's no incumbent advantage to overcome.
	www.slate.com /id/2109827 (1440 words)

	GOP left slams Club for Growth - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Thomas M. Davis III, the Virginia Republican who has assumed leadership of his party's more liberal members of Congress, said yesterday that conservative groups such as the Club for Growth are hurting the party by refusing to help candidates who don't pass their "litmus test" and by attacking some incumbent Republicans.
		Davis and Executive Director Sarah Chamberlain Resnick said the Club for Growth has complicated the re-election campaigns of Rep. Joe Schwarz of Michigan and Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island by attacking the incumbents and supporting their primary challengers.
		She said Club for Growth purports to focus on fiscal issues but is actually "a social organization" that does not endorse pro-choice candidates.
	www.washtimes.com /national/20060711-110113-1011r.htm (568 words)

	Stephen Moore on Daschle & economy on National Review Online
		He was referring to TV ads the Club has been running in South Dakota for the past month which rather innocently point out that Mr.
		The Club for Growth ad makes the charge that Daschle has put "petty politics ahead of jobs and economic security," and we challenge any reasonable minded person to refute that claim.
		If overall federal outlays were held to the rate of population growth and inflation (a budget limitation formula many states must live by), the federal debt over the next decade would be some $500 billion lower.
	www.nationalreview.com /balance/balance021402.shtml (885 words)

	CQPolitics.com - Conservative ‘Club’ Wins With a Broader Battle Plan
		And in his first election cycle at the helm of the Club for Growth, Toomey sought to expand upon this strategy in hopes of growing the Club’s beachhead of influence within the ranks of congressional Republicans.
		The Club for Growth has not sunk much PAC money into these races, but as of June 30, Angle was the second-highest recipient of bundled funds of any Club-supported candidate, with $509,000 from donors.
		The Club is taking a rare leap by getting involved in one of the nation’s most competitive House races: backing O’Donnell, a former Colorado higher education commissioner, for the seat that Beauprez is giving up to run for governor.
	www.cqpolitics.com /2006/07/conservative_club_wins_with_a.html (1972 words)

	Conservatives launch TV attack ad on Dean - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Club for Growth Political Action Committee said the 30-second spot against the former Vermont governor will begin running in Des Moines today — two weeks before the Iowa Democratic caucuses.
		The Club for Growth PAC plans to spend a relatively modest $100,000 initially on its Iowa anti-Dean campaign ads.
		The Club for Growth was founded in 1999 to elect what it calls "pro-economic growth fiscal conservatives." Mr.
	www.washingtontimes.com /national/20040105-103754-1355r.htm (495 words)

	Stephen Moore on NRO
		Last night, the Club for Growth won 10 of 16 races, including six very tight House races that were critical in ensuring that the GOP held the House.
		They also underscore the success of the Club for Growth model of bundling contributions from our 1,500 members to outstanding candidates who find themselves locked in tight but winnable races.
		The 6 Club for Growth candidates who won tight (and, in some cases, upset) victories were: Melissa Hart of Pennsylvania, Ric Keller of Florida, Mark Kirk of Illinois, Mike Pence of Indiana, Denny Rehberg of Montana, Mike Rogers of Michigan, and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.
	www.nationalreview.com /balance/balance110900.shtml (260 words)

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