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| Established | 1999 |
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| Headquarters | 2001 L St NW Ste 600 Washington, DC 20036-4967 |
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President | David Martin McIntosh |
Chairman | Virginia James |
| Website | www |
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The Club for Growth is a 501(c)(4)[1] conservative[2] organization active in the United States, with an agenda focused on tax cuts and other economic policy issues.[3][4]
Club for Growth's largest funders are billionaires Jeff Yass and Richard Uihlein.[4] The club has two political arms: Club for Growth PAC, a traditional political action committee, and Club for Growth Action, an independent-expenditure only committee or super-PAC.[5]
According to its website, the Club for Growth's policy goals include cutting income tax rates, repealing the estate tax, supporting limited government and a balanced budget amendment, entitlement reform (including Social Security reform, Medicare and Medicaid reform), tort reform, school choice, and deregulation.[6]
In 2003 through 2004, the Club for Growth was the largest single funder for Republican House and Senate candidates, outside of the Republican Party itself.[7]
The group has opposed government action to curb greenhouse gas emissions and called on President Trump to exit the Paris Climate Agreement.[8]
The Club for Growth PAC endorses and raises money for candidates who meet its standards for fiscal conservatism. According to Politico, "The Club for Growth is the pre-eminent institution promoting Republican adherence to a free-market, free-trade, anti-regulation agenda."[9]
The Guardian described the group as "one of the biggest backers" of Republicans who voted to overturn the results of the 2020 United States presidential election, having spent around $20 million on their campaigns in 2018 and 2020.[4]
- ^ Organizational Profile Archived February 11, 2015, at the Wayback Machine – National Center for Charitable Statistics (Urban Institute).
- ^ Kacich, Tom (February 11, 2016). UPDATED: Coming to a TV near you: Congressional attack ads. The News-Gazette. Retrieved: February 18, 2016.
- ^ Drew, Elizabeth (March 21, 2013). "Are the Republicans Beyond Saving?". New York Review of Books. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
- ^ a b c Kirchgaessner, Stephanie (January 15, 2021). "Billionaires backed Republicans who sought to reverse US election results". The Guardian.
- ^ Marcus, Rachael (May 19, 2014). "Nonprofit profile: Club for Growth Inc". Center for Public Integrity. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
- ^ "What We Do". Club for Growth.
- ^ "Stephen Moore". CNBC.
- ^ Savransky, Rebecca (May 9, 2017). "Club for Growth calling on Trump to exit Paris climate deal". TheHill. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
- ^ Burns, Alexander; Palmer, Anna (April 7, 2014). "Inside the Club for Growth's art of war". Politico. p. 1. Retrieved April 7, 2014.