Club For Growth Updates

“Spending Cuts Scorecard” Following Transportation and HUD Appropriations Bill

Scores among GOP members up four percentage points since launch of scorecard; Club for Growth vows to keep raising awareness

Washington, DC – The Club for Growth today updated its new Spending Cut Scorecard following House passage of the Transportation and HUD Appropriations Bill. The Spending Cut Scorecard is designed for the public and Club Members to track how members of the House of Representatives are voting on amendments to cut spending from FY13 appropriations bills. In the past, the Club for Growth tracked amendments to cut earmarks from appropriations bills, but recently noticed that many House members who ran on promises to cut spending have abandoned their pledges to do so.

The Club will update the Spending Cut Scorecard following the passage of every appropriations bill. To view the Spending Cut Scorecard, click here: www.ClubForGrowth.org/SpendingCutScorecard

Interesting statistics from the newly updated Spending Cuts Scorecard:

· Since the Club for Growth launched the Spending Cuts Scorecard, the average Republican Score increased by four percentage points from 59% to 63%. Scores of Republican Freshmen increased by five percentage points from 60% to 65%.

· The average Democrat score decreased from 6% to 4%.

· The biggest improvements in absolute scores among Republicans were Emerson (increased by 31%), Renacci (28%), Kingston (28%), Billbray (27%) and Ellmers (27%).

· The biggest declines among Republicans were Miller, Gary (decreased by 22%), McKeon (21%), Tipton (18%), Rehberg (12%), and Carter (12%).

· The biggest improvements in absolute scores among Democrats were Barrow (increased by 26%), McIntyre (18%), Matheson (17%), Cardoza (4%), and Perlmutter (3%).

· The biggest declines among Democrats were Kucinich (decreased by 20%), Rush (13%), Honda (11%), Carson (9%) and Moore (8%).

· Only 18 Republicans have voted for every spending cut (down from 20).

· 48 members of Congress have voted against every amendment to cut spending – all Democrats (down from 49 Democrats and one Republican).

“The Club for Growth intends to continue to hold members of Congress in both parties accountable for how they vote, not how they say they’re going to vote,” said Club for Growth President Chris Chocola. “The purpose of this Spending Cuts Scorecard is to prove that despite what the media has told the public, Republicans and Democrats are coming together in agreement…they want to spend more, not less. That has to change if we’re going to save America from fiscal ruin.”