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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 |
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The Club for Growth is a 501(c)(4)[1] fiscally 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]