Category: Conservative Rock Stars

Sen. Ted Cruz: This Debate is About One Thing — The Debt Ceiling

“It’s Time to Codify the Hastert Rule”

Now this is a great idea. 

“Cruz in Control”

(H/T Politico)

Rep. Matt Salmon on Morning Joe

The Salmon Rule

Rep. Matt Salmon (AZ-05) is laying down the gauntlet.  In an op-ed published this morning in the Washington Times, Salmon is pledging to vote against House leadership’s rules. From this point forward, I will vote against the rule for bills that increase spending without offsetting spending cuts and encourage my other conservative colleagues to do […]

The Establishment is Already Attacking Ted Cruz

The Buckley Rule

Writing for National Review, Neal Freeman explains how the Buckley Rule came into existence and how it was defined by the man himself, not the revisionist definition that Karl Rove is trying to spread. This is a great article.

Rep. Thomas Massie’s View on Paul Krugman

POLITICO has an article out today about freshman Rep. Thomas Massie from Kentucky’s 4th congressional district.  Massie was elected with Club member support last year and has had – as far as I can tell – a perfect record on our issues. In the article, Massie told POLITICO that he once took a macroeconomics course […]

Rock Star vs. RINO

RINO Rep. Mike Simpson (Club lifetime rating: 57%) took to the local press in Idaho to criticize his far more conservative colleague, Rep. Raul Labrador (Club lifetime rating: 100%): Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson says fellow Republican Rep. Raul Labrador has forever undermined his effectiveness with an “irresponsible” role in plotting to defeat GOP House Speaker […]

The “Hell No” Caucus

From the POLITICO: [Freshman Rep. Tom Cotton] is neither a hick, nor a blowhard. But he was virtually invisible until he won an audience with the Club for Growth. The Club has pioneered a technique that has helped make Congress an even more polarized mess. Instead of wasting time on high-profile races, the group intervenes […]