Conservatives
Applaud Congressman Mike Pence and the Members of the House Republican
Study Committee’s Courageous
Proposal to Cut Federal Spending
Alexandria, VA – The Board of Directors of The American Conservative
Union, the nation's oldest and largest conservative grassroots organization,
today approved the following resolution:
RESOLUTION OF THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION
Concerning
Congressman
Mike Pence and the Members of the House Republican Study Committee’s
Courageous Proposal to Cut Federal Spending
The Board of Directors of the American Conservative Union unanimously
approved the following Resolution on September 27, 2005.
Whereas the American Conservative Union is the nation's oldest conservative
grassroots lobbying organization; and,
Whereas the American
Conservative Union’s founding Statement
of Principles, adopted in December 1964, recognizes the fundamental
importance of strictly limiting the power and size of government; and,
Whereas under the
bold leadership of Congressman Mike Pence (R-IN), the House Republican
Study Committee has laid out a detailed set of
proposals for reducing federal spending through “Operation Offset”;
and,
Whereas despite condemnations from the Speaker of the House and the
House Majority Leader, Congressman Pence and his colleagues on the
House Republican Study Committee remain steadfast in their commitment
to cut federal spending; and,
Whereas Congressman
Pence stated on September 26, 2005, in a speech to the Young America's
Foundation, “The conservative movement
is at a crossroads in America. As the Republican Party did 40 years
ago, today is another time for choosing whether we are committed to
the ideals of limited government, fiscal discipline and traditional
moral values or whether we will continue to sacrifice those principles
on the altar of preserving our governing majority." Now,
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the American Conservative
Union, acting on behalf of over one million ACU members
and supporters, do hereby express their grave concern that the Republican
Party has abandoned its traditional belief that the individual has
supremacy over the state. Big government, in the hands of any party,
threatens the rights and privacy of that individual. In the hands of
the GOP, the federal government has grown bigger and faster in the
last five years than during any previous five year period since The
New Deal, and the GOP’s current leadership has forgotten the
populist legacy of Ronald Reagan; and
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the American Conservative Union applaud
the efforts of Congressman Mike Pence, and
other true conservatives, to curb the dangerous growth of government
spending and regulation. As strongly as we support Congressman Pence,
we just as vehemently oppose Speaker Hastert and other defenders of
the status quo and urge them to remember that the GOP only became the
majority governing party when it rejected Nelson Rockefeller’s
liberal wing of the Republican Party and instead embraced the courageous
conservative leadership of Ronald Reagan.
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David A. Keene
Chairman of the Board
The American Conservative Union is the nation's oldest conservative
lobbying organization. ACU's purpose is to effectively communicate
and advance the goals and principles of conservatism through one multi-issue,
umbrella organization. The Statement of Principles makes clear ACU's
support of capitalism, belief in the doctrine of original intent of
the framers of the Constitution, confidence in traditional moral values,
and commitment to a strong national defense.
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