Posts tagged Club for Growth
COLUMN: It’s a mistake to support Faster Labor Contracts Act
July 1, 2026 // The Club for Growth, one of the most influential conservative scorecards in Washington, has issued a formal “Key Vote Alert” urging all representatives and senators to vote no on the FLCA and announced the vote will be included in its 2026 congressional scorecard. For the seven House Republicans who signed the discharge petition — Riley Moore, of West Virginia; Nick LaLota and Mike Lawler, of New York; Don Bacon, of Nebraska; Max Miller, of Ohio; and Rob Bresnahan and Brian Fitzpatrick, of Pennsylvania — a vote for this bill is now on permanent record as a vote against economic freedom. The Wall Street Journal editorial board was blunt in its assessment, calling these members “rubber stamps for labor bosses who are allies of the Democratic Party” and describing their support as the latest sign of Republican midterm panic.
Free-Market Groups Back Bill to Protect Taxpayers from Union Abuse
September 18, 2024 // H.R. 9594 was introduced by Congressman Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and swiftly referred to the House Oversight Committee. The bill would allow federal agencies to charge public-sector labor unions for the employee hours and agency resources which are used on activities that serve those unions. Currently, federal employees who are union members can spend their on-the-clock hours working for a union instead of doing their jobs, while still being paid their taxpayer-funded salaries. The unions also use government facilities and resources to conduct their work at taxpayer expense. H.R. 9594 would recover these wasted taxpayer funds
In Advance of Senate HELP Markup, AFP Leads Coalition Urging Senators to Reject PRO Act
June 21, 2023 // Instead of supporting these bills that prioritize top-down government mandates and the preferences of union leadership over the needs of America’s workers, we call on lawmakers to defend and expand choice and flexibility for workers so that they are best able to address the challenges of and maximize opportunities in the 21st century economy. We strongly urge you to reject the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, the Healthy Families Act, and the Paycheck Fairness Act, and we look forward to working with you to pursue a path forward that puts workers, not special interests, first.