Contact: BARBARA RILEY
Thursday, September 28, 2006

WASHINGTON, DC – In recognition of his strong pro-economic growth voting record, United States Senator John Sununu (R-NH) recently received the Club for Growth’s “Defender of Economic Freedom Award.” Sununu was one of three Senators to score 100% on the organization’s review of pro-growth votes cast during the first session of the 109th Congress (2005).

“With his score of 100%, Senator Sununu is clearly a hero of the pro-growth agenda. He demonstrates a strong commitment to economic freedom and free-market principles,” said Pat Toomey, Club for Growth President. “Senator Sununu is 1 of only 36 out of 535 Members of Congress to earn this award. We hope that in each year to come, support for commonsense, economic principles will continue to grow, allowing more members to earn this award.”

As part of its examination of each lawmaker’s voting record, the Club for Growth computed an Economic Growth Score on a scale of 0 to 100. A score of 100 indicates the highest support for pro-growth policies; those lawmakers scoring 90 or higher received the “Defender of Economic Freedom Award.”

The Club for Growth rating on legislative items reflects the group’s immediate pro-economic growth policy objectives, including: making tax cuts permanent, repealing the “death tax,” reducing and limiting federal spending, Social Security reform, expanding free trade, legal reform, school choice, and regulatory reform and deregulation.

With over 36,000 members, the Club for Growth is a top national free-market advocacy organization. For more information, visit http://www.clubforgrowth.org/.

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