Posted at 5:57 p.m. on Sept. 16, 2013
The House is set to consider legislation this week to cut $40 billion (click here) from nutrition programs over 10 years in yet another test for House GOP leaders still licking their wounds from the defeat of their original incarnation of the farm bill earlier this summer.
The House is set to consider legislation this week to cut $40 billion (click here) from nutrition programs over 10 years in yet another test for House GOP leaders still licking their wounds from the defeat of their original incarnation of the farm bill earlier this summer.
This time, however, at least one of their chief antagonists will be staying mostly on the sidelines.
The Club for Growth, an influential conservative advocacy group that took some of the credit for successfully lobbying Republican lawmakers to oppose the farm bill, told CQ Roll Call on Monday it did not plan to “key vote” the nutrition bill, even though “it’s clear that it’s part of an overall charade to remarry food stamps with farm subsidies that we oppose,” said spokesman Barney Keller. A key vote is used in scoring members’ bona fides before an election....
Obviously, the Club for Growth isn't interested in the growth of children so much as their bulging pockets.
The Club for Growth are the losers in business. They make their money by cutting into government budgets rather than actually expanding markets and bringing new products to the consumer. That's Republicans for you. No ideas, only "where can I get the money from."
"Where can I get the money from," primarily includes taking it from the pockets of others.
Club for Growth is not at the top of the Speakers favorites. He was number 1 in 2010 among Republicans, but, Boner ridiculed Club for Growth and Heritage Action recently when they sought to defeat the Ryan/Murray Budget. So, Boner has fallen of the "Most Favorite List" all together. (click here)
Obviously, the Club for Growth isn't interested in the growth of children so much as their bulging pockets.
The Club for Growth are the losers in business. They make their money by cutting into government budgets rather than actually expanding markets and bringing new products to the consumer. That's Republicans for you. No ideas, only "where can I get the money from."
"Where can I get the money from," primarily includes taking it from the pockets of others.
Club for Growth is not at the top of the Speakers favorites. He was number 1 in 2010 among Republicans, but, Boner ridiculed Club for Growth and Heritage Action recently when they sought to defeat the Ryan/Murray Budget. So, Boner has fallen of the "Most Favorite List" all together. (click here)
