CCAGW PAC Endorses Sen. Lindsey Graham for U.S. Senate

Business Wire, Oct 15, 2008

WASHINGTON -- The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Political Action Committee (CCAGW PAC) today announced its endorsement of Sen. Lindsey Graham for reelection to the U.S. Senate from South Carolina.

"Sen. Graham has served the citizens of South Carolina with distinction and has an outstanding record of fiscal discipline and fighting on behalf of all taxpayers," CCAGW PAC Chairman Tom Schatz said. "We are confident that his strong leadership abilities and longstanding fiscal conservative values will continue to guide his agenda as he seeks another term."

Sen. Graham has received a lifetime rating of 84 percent from the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW). A member of Congress with a rating greater than 80 percent qualifies as a "Taxpayer Hero."

Sen. Graham voted against wasteful pork-barrel projects such as:

* Non-defense earmarks being slipped into emergency spending bills designated for our troops;

* $100 million in "emergency" funding for the 2008 presidential nominating conventions;

* $1.9 million being spent on the Rep. Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at the City College of New York; and,

* $1 million in funding for the "Hippie Museum" in Woodstock, N.Y.

"Throughout his career, Lindsey Graham has proven to be a fiscally conservative senator. Sen. Graham sets the standard for voting to ease the burden of a cumbersome, bloated federal government. He has the ability to improve the future economic outlook by continuing his hard work in Congress to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse," concluded Schatz.

CCAGW PAC is affiliated with the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, a 501(c)(4) organization. CCAGW PAC's mission is to support political candidates who will fight to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in government and represent the best interests of taxpayers.

Paid for by the Council for Citizens Against Waste Political Action Committee. http://www.ccagwpac.org. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.