The conservative leaders who are members of the Conservative Action Project have issued the following Memo for the Movement entitled "Conservatives Must Reject The Spending
Policies of Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer, & Nancy Pelosi." The Capitol Switchboard is (202-224-3121), call today and tell your Senators and Representative that under no circumstances should conservatives acquiesce to the spending levels and policies of Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer, and Nancy Pelosi – and that is exactly what the “clean” Continuing Resolution proposed by Speaker McCarthy and Leader McConnell would do.
August 30, 2023
Washington, DC
When Congress returns to Washington in a few short weeks, they will immediately take up a spending fight before government funding expires on September 30.
Neither the House nor the Senate has passed the required appropriations bills, which means a short-term extension of funding – a Continuing Resolution – will be required. This is a critical “must pass” leverage point, and conservatives must use it to disrupt the Washington Swamp’s playbook to force reforms to Democrats’ failed policies.
Under no circumstances should conservatives acquiesce to the spending levels and policies of Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer, and Nancy Pelosi – and that is exactly what the “clean” Continuing Resolution proposed by Speaker McCarthy and Leader McConnell would do. Worse, such an extension to early December would set the stage for yet another year-end, budget busting omnibus spending bill. This is unacceptable.
No spending bills should pass Congress without desperately needed policy reforms attached that secure the border, end the weaponization of federal law enforcement, and stop the woke cancer that has infected the Pentagon.
Conservatives are ready with reforms. If congressional Democrats would rather shut down the government than secure America, then congressional Republicans must take that fight head-on.
Signed,
The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988)
The Honorable Jim DeMint
Chairman, Conservative Partnership Institute and Member, US Senate (SC 2005-2013)
The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell
Chairman, Conservative Action Project
Chairman, CNP Action, Inc.
Kevin Roberts, Ph.D.
President
The Heritage Foundation
The Honorable Tony Perkins
President
Family Research Council
Ed Corrigan
Vice Chairman, Conservative Action Project and President & CEO, Conservative Partnership Institute
David N. Bossie
President
Citizens United
L. Brent Bozell III
Founder and President
Media Research Center
Cleta Mitchell, Esq.
Senior Legal Fellow
Conservative Partnership Institute
The Honorable Russ Vought
President
Center for Renewing America
Rebecca Weber
CEO, Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC)
Mike Berry
General Counsel and Director of External Affairs, First Liberty Institute
Chad Connelly
Founder and President
Faith Wins
Andy Roth
President
State Freedom Caucus Network
The Honorable Bob McEwen
U.S. House of Representatives
Former Member, Ohio
Lori Roman
President
ACRU Action Fund
Alfred S. Regnery
President
Republic Book Publishers
The Honorable Mary Vought
Executive Director
Senate Conservatives Fund
Scott T. Parkinson
Vice President for Government Affairs
Club for Growth
The Honorable Ken Cuccinelli II
Sr. Fellow
Center for Renewing America
Floyd G. Brown
Founder
The Western Journal
Willes K. Lee
Board of Directors
National Rifle Association of America
Richard Hayes
State Representative
State of Texas
Michelle Easton
President, Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women
The Honorable George K. Rasley Jr.
Managing Editor
ConservativeHQ.com
The Honorable Peter J. Thomas
Chairman
The Conservative Caucus
Patricia Hurst
The Honorable Tim Huelskamp, Ph.D.
Former Congressman
1st District of Kansas
Rick Rounsavelle
Trustee
MRC
The Honorable Diana Denman
Reagan Presidential Appointee
Reagan Administration
Gerard Kassar
State Chairman
NYS Conservative Party
Elaine Donnelly
President
Center for Military Readiness
Thomas Pyle
President
American Energy Alliance
Robert K. Fischer
Meeting Coordinator
Conservatives of Faith
Allen Hebert
Chairman
American-Chinese Fellowship of Houston
Jack Park
Conservative Activist and Donor
Lt. Col. Darin Gaub, USA (Ret.)
Co-founder
Restore Liberty
Rick Green
Founder & President
Patriot Academy
The Honorable Jed Davis
State Representative
Illinois House of Representatives
Joan Holt Lindsey
President
Lindsey Communications
Augusta H. Petrone
Co-Chairman
Reagan/Bush '84 Campaign, Iowa
The Honorable Mike Hill
Former Member
Florida State Representative
Suanne Edmiston
State Director, Arizona
State Freedom Caucus Network
Ralph A. Rebandt, II
President
Michigan Lighthouse Ministries
Kristen A. Ullman
President
Eagle Forum
Kimberly Good
President & CIO
KCG Investment Advisory
The Honorable Justine Wadsack
Member (District 17)
Arizona State Senate
The Honorable Laurin Hendrix
Member (District 14)
Arizona House of Representatives
The Honorable Barbara Parker
Member (District 10)
Arizona House of Representatives
The Honorable Cory McGarr
Member (District 17)
Arizona House of Representatives
The Honorable Jacqueline Parker
Member (District 15)
Arizona House of Representatives
Ambassador Henry F. Cooper
Pres. Reagan’s Defense and Space Negotiator and Former SDI Director
Shea Bradley-Farrell, PhD
President, Counterpoint Institute for Policy, Research and Education
The Honorable Brooke Rollins
President and CEO
America First Policy Institute (AFPI)
Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund
The Honorable David McIntosh
President
Club for Growth
William L. Walton
The Bill Walton Show
Resolute Protector Foundation
David Bozell
President
ForAmerica
The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Chief Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1987-1988)
Bob Carlstrom
President
AMAC Action
The Honorable Paul S. Teller, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Advancing American Freedom
Thomas E. McClusky
Principal
Greenlight Strategies, LLC
Myron Ebell
Senior Fellow, Center for Energy and Environment, Competitive Enterprise Institute
The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop
White House Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1981-1985)
The Honorable Morton C. Blackwell
President
The Leadership Institute
Tom Jones
President
American Accountability Foundation
Terry Schilling
President
American Principles Project
Wesley Denton
Chief Operating Officer
Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI)
Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret.)
Executive Vice President
Family Research Council
Seton Motley
President
Less Government
Kevin Freeman
Founder
NSIC Institute
Kelly M. Kullberg
Senior Advisor, American Association of Evangelicals (AAE)
David B. Kullberg
Executive Director, Christians for A Sustainable Economy (CASE)
Anne Schlafly
Chairman
Eagle Forum
Dr. Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D.
Founder and CEO
TheTruthCentral.com
Judson Phillips
Founder, Tea Party Nation
Collin Moseley
State Director, Illinois
State Freedom Caucus Network
Nick Kerin
State Director, Pennsylvania
State Freedom Caucus Network
E.C. Sykes
General Partner
Aslan Ventures
Frank Pavone
National Director
Priests for Life
Richard Manning
President
Americans for Limited Government
Saulius "Saul" Anuzis
President
60 Plus Association
James L. Martin
Founder/Chairman
60 Plus Association
Evan Newman
State Director, South Carolina
State Freedom Caucus Network
Tim Macy
Chairman
Gun Owners of America
The Honorable Charles J. Cooper
Assistant Attorney General, President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988)
Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
The Honorable Gary L. Bauer
President
American Values
Nancy Schulze
Founder, CEO
RCW Speakers
Tom DeWeese
President
American Policy Center
Preston Hawkins
President
Herbert Hawkins Company
Joseph Miller
Executive Director
Citizens for Renewing America
Allen Unruh
Founder
National Abstinence Clearinghouse
Ron Pearson
Executive Director
Conservative Victory Fund
Paavo Ensio
Chairman
Universal Minerals Group
The Honorable Jake Hoffman
Member (District 15)
Arizona State Senate
The Honorable Austin Smith
Member (District 29)
Arizona House of Representatives
The Honorable Beverly Pingerelli
Member (District 28)
Arizona House of Representatives
The Honorable Justin Heap
Member (District 10)
Arizona House of Representatives
The Honorable Joseph Chaplik
Member (District 3)
Arizona House of Representatives
The Honorable Mike Wolfe
Former Harris County Texas School Trustee
Paul Gessing
President
Rio Grande Foundation
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