Key Vote Alert – House – “NO” BLOATED BUS THAT DEFUNDS CHARTER SCHOOLS

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The The Club for Growth opposes the H.R. 4502, the partisan “Bloated Bus” appropriations bill. A vote is expected soon in the House. The results of this vote will be included in the Club for Growth Foundation’s 2021 congressional scorecard.

H.R. 4502 is a massive appropriations bill that funds Democrats’ socialist wish-list of policies that would be detrimental to our country. Rather than have 7 separate debates on each subcommittee’s appropriations bill that funds a constitutionally limited government, House Democrats have capitulated to the radical left and offered a combined “Bloated Bus” bill that stands no chance at becoming law and is merely a messaging bill they will fundraise off in August.

Perhaps most offensively, the bill defunds federal funding for charter schools throughout America, revoking educational opportunity for millions of students. This is an act of betrayal to families seeking an alternative to the public education institutions that have failed them and trapped students in bad schools. The bill also funds Critical Race Theory in higher education which teaches students that people are racist based on skin color and that America is a racist country. Moreover, this bill expands federal funding for food stamps, includes hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarks, funds billions of dollars in key pillars of the Green New Deal, and expands the IRS’ ability to target conservatives.

In less than one week, the debt limit suspension will expire. House Democrats does not care. They have no solution to the debt and deficit problems plaguing America. Club for Growth calls on Members of Congress to refocus legislative efforts toward a positive economic growth agenda that unleashes economic opportunity through decreasing anti-competitiveness through excessive regulation, reduces the over-taxation of individuals and businesses, and promotes free markets through trade. Congress should pass a Balanced Budget Amendment that ensures this debt limit increase is the last debt limit increase. Finally, end expanded federal unemployment benefits that discourage a return to work and allow for the full re-opening of the U.S. economy.

Club for Growth Foundation’s Congressional Scorecard for the 117th Congress provides a comprehensive rating of how well or how poorly each member of Congress supports pro-growth, free-market policies and will be distributed to the public.

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Vote Results

Club Position

No

Required for Majority

1/2

Vote Results

Passed

Vote Number

247

Vote Date

July 29, 2021

Vote Counts

YEAs:

219

NAYs:

208

Not Voting:

4

Name

State

Party

Vote Position

Alma Adams

NC

D

Yea

Robert Aderholt

AL

R

Nay

Pete Aguilar

CA

D

Yea

Rick Allen

GA

R

Nay

Colin Allred

TX

D

Yea

Mark Amodei

NV

R

Nay

Kelly Armstrong

ND

R

Nay

Jodey Arrington

TX

R

Nay

Jake Auchincloss

MA

D

Yea

Cindy Axne

IA

D

Yea

Brian Babin

TX

R

Nay

Don Bacon

NE

R

Nay

James Baird

IN

R

Nay

Troy Balderson

OH

R

Nay

Jim Banks

IN

R

Nay

Andy Barr

KY

R

Nay

Nanette Barragan

CA

D

Yea

Karen Bass

CA

D

Yea

Joyce Beatty

OH

D

Yea

Cliff Bentz

OR

R

Nay

Ami Bera

CA

D

Yea

Jack Bergman

MI

R

Nay

Don Beyer

VA

D

Yea

Stephanie Bice

OK

R

Nay

Andy Biggs

AZ

R

Nay

Gus Bilirakis

FL

R

Nay

Sanford Bishop

GA

D

Yea

Dan Bishop

NC

R

Nay

Earl Blumenauer

OR

D

Yea

Lauren Boebert

CO

R

Nay

Suzanne Bonamici

OR

D

Yea

Mike Bost

IL

R

Nay

Carolyn Bourdeaux

GA

D

Yea

Jamaal Bowman

NY

D

Yea

Brendan Boyle

PA

D

Yea

Kevin Brady

TX

R

Nay

Mo Brooks

AL

R

Nay

Anthony Brown

MD

D

Abs

Julia Brownley

CA

D

Yea

Vern Buchanan

FL

R

Nay

Ken Buck

CO

R

Nay

Larry Bucshon

IN

R

Nay

Ted Budd

NC

R

Nay

Tim Burchett

TN

R

Nay

Michael Burgess

TX

R

Nay

Cori Bush

MO

D

Yea

Cheri Bustos

IL

D

Yea

G.K. Butterfield

NC

D

Yea

Ken Calvert

CA

R

Nay

Kat Cammack

FL

R

Nay

Salud Carbajal

CA

D

Yea

Tony Cardenas

CA

D

Yea

Jerry Carl

AL

R

Nay

Andre Carson

IN

D

Yea

Troy Carter

LA

D

Yea

Buddy Carter

GA

R

Nay

John Carter

TX

R

Nay

Matthew Cartwright

PA

D

Yea

Ed Case

HI

D

Yea

Sean Casten

IL

D

Yea

Kathy Castor

FL

D

Yea

Joaquin Castro

TX

D

Yea

Madison Cawthorn

NC

R

Nay

Steve Chabot

OH

R

Nay

Liz Cheney

WY

R

Nay

Judy Chu

CA

D

Yea

David Cicilline

RI

D

Yea

Katherine Clark

MA

D

Yea

Yvette Clarke

NY

D

Yea

Emanuel Cleaver

MO

D

Yea

Ben Cline

VA

R

Nay

Michael Cloud

TX

R

Nay

James Clyburn

SC

D

Yea

Andrew Clyde

GA

R

Nay

Steve Cohen

TN

D

Yea

Tom Cole

OK

R

Nay

James Comer

KY

R

Nay

Gerald Connolly

VA

D

Yea

Jim Cooper

TN

D

Yea

Luis Correa

CA

D

Yea

Jim Costa

CA

D

Yea

Joe Courtney

CT

D

Yea

Angela Craig

MN

D

Yea

Rick Crawford

AR

R

Nay

Dan Crenshaw

TX

R

Nay

Charlie Crist

FL

D

Yea

Jason Crow

CO

D

Yea

Henry Cuellar

TX

D

Yea

John Curtis

UT

R

Nay

Sharice Davids

KS

D

Yea

Warren Davidson

OH

R

Nay

Danny Davis

IL

D

Yea

Rodney Davis

IL

R

Nay

Madeleine Dean

PA

D

Yea

Peter DeFazio

OR

D

Yea

Diana DeGette

CO

D

Yea

Rosa DeLauro

CT

D

Yea

Suzan DelBene

WA

D

Yea

Antonio Delgado

NY

D

Yea

Val Demings

FL

D

Yea

Mark DeSaulnier

CA

D

Yea

Scott DesJarlais

TN

R

Nay

Ted Deutch

FL

D

Yea

Mario Diaz-Balart

FL

R

Nay

Debbie Dingell

MI

D

Yea

Lloyd Doggett

TX

D

Yea

Byron Donalds

FL

R

Nay

Michael Doyle

PA

D

Yea

Jeff Duncan

SC

R

Nay

Neal Dunn

FL

R

Nay

Tom Emmer

MN

R

Nay

Veronica Escobar

TX

D

Yea

Anna Eshoo

CA

D

Yea

Adriano Espaillat

NY

D

Yea

Ron Estes

KS

R

Nay

Dwight Evans

PA

D

Yea

Pat Fallon

TX

R

Nay

Randy Feenstra

IA

R

Nay

Drew Ferguson

GA

R

Nay

Teresa Fernandez

NM

D

Yea

Michelle Fischbach

MN

R

Nay

Scott Fitzgerald

WI

R

Nay

Brian Fitzpatrick

PA

R

Nay

Chuck Fleischmann

TN

R

Nay

Lizzie Fletcher

TX

D

Yea

Jeff Fortenberry

NE

R

Nay

Bill Foster

IL

D

Yea

Virginia Foxx

NC

R

Nay

Lois Frankel

FL

D

Yea

Scott Franklin

FL

R

Nay

Russ Fulcher

ID

R

Nay

Matt Gaetz

FL

R

Nay

Mike Gallagher

WI

R

Nay

Ruben Gallego

AZ

D

Yea

John Garamendi

CA

D

Yea

Andrew Garbarino

NY

R

Nay

Jesus Garcia

IL

D

Yea

Mike Garcia

CA

R

Nay

Sylvia Garcia

TX

D

Yea

Bob Gibbs

OH

R

Nay

Carlos Gimenez

FL

R

Nay

Louie Gohmert

TX

R

Nay

Jared Golden

ME

D

Yea

Jimmy Gomez

CA

D

Yea

Tony Gonzales

TX

R

Nay

Vicente Gonzalez

TX

D

Yea

Anthony Gonzalez

OH

R

Nay

Robert Good

VA

R

Nay

Lance Gooden

TX

R

Nay

Paul Gosar

AZ

R

Nay

Josh Gottheimer

NJ

D

Yea

Kay Granger

TX

R

Nay

Garret Graves

LA

R

Nay

Sam Graves

MO

R

Nay

Al Green

TX

D

Yea

Mark Green

TN

R

Nay

Marjorie Greene

GA

R

Nay

H. Morgan Griffith

VA

R

Nay

Raul Grijalva

AZ

D

Yea

Glenn Grothman

WI

R

Nay

Michael Guest

MS

R

Nay

Brett Guthrie

KY

R

Nay

James Hagedorn

MN

R

Nay

Josh Harder

CA

D

Yea

Andy Harris

MD

R

Nay

Diana Harshbarger

TN

R

Nay

Vicky Hartzler

MO

R

Nay

Jahana Hayes

CT

D

Yea

Kevin Hern

OK

R

Nay

Yvette Herrell

NM

R

Nay

Jaime Herrera Beutler

WA

R

Nay

Jody Hice

GA

R

Nay

Brian Higgins

NY

D

Yea

Clay Higgins

LA

R

Abs

French Hill

AR

R

Nay

James Himes

CT

D

Yea

Ashley Hinson

IA

R

Nay

Trey Hollingsworth

IN

R

Nay

Steven Horsford

NV

D

Yea

Chrissy Houlahan

PA

D

Yea

Steny Hoyer

MD

D

Yea

Richard Hudson

NC

R

Nay

Jared Huffman

CA

D

Yea

Bill Huizenga

MI

R

Nay

Darrell Issa

CA

R

Nay

Ronny Jackson

TX

R

Nay

Sheila Jackson-Lee

TX

D

Yea

Christopher Jacobs

NY

R

Nay

Sara Jacobs

CA

D

Yea

Pramila Jayapal

WA

D

Yea

Hakeem Jeffries

NY

D

Yea

Mike Johnson

LA

R

Nay

Henry Johnson

GA

D

Yea

Bill Johnson

OH

R

Nay

Dusty Johnson

SD

R

Nay

Eddie Johnson

TX

D

Yea

Mondaire Jones

NY

D

Yea

Jim Jordan

OH

R

Abs

John Joyce

PA

R

Nay

David Joyce

OH

R

Nay

Kaialii Kahele

HI

D

Yea

Marcy Kaptur

OH

D

Yea

John Katko

NY

R

Nay

William Keating

MA

D

Yea

Fred Keller

PA

R

Nay

Mike Kelly

PA

R

Nay

Robin Kelly

IL

D

Yea

Trent Kelly

MS

R

Nay

Ro Khanna

CA

D

Yea

Daniel Kildee

MI

D

Yea

Derek Kilmer

WA

D

Yea

Young Kim

CA

R

Nay

Andy Kim

NJ

D

Yea

Ron Kind

WI

D

Yea

Adam Kinzinger

IL

R

Nay

Ann Kirkpatrick

AZ

D

Yea

Raja Krishnamoorthi

IL

D

Yea

Ann Kuster

NH

D

Yea

David Kustoff

TN

R

Nay

Darin LaHood

IL

R

Nay

Doug LaMalfa

CA

R

Nay

Conor Lamb

PA

D

Yea

Doug Lamborn

CO

R

Nay

James Langevin

RI

D

Yea

Rick Larsen

WA

D

Yea

John Larson

CT

D

Yea

Bob Latta

OH

R

Nay

Jake LaTurner

KS

R

Nay

Brenda Lawrence

MI

D

Yea

Al Lawson

FL

D

Yea

Suzanne Lee

NV

D

Yea

Barbara Lee

CA

D

Yea

Debbie Lesko

AZ

R

Nay

Julia Letlow

LA

R

Nay

Mike Levin

CA

D

Yea

Andy Levin

MI

D

Yea

Ted Lieu

CA

D

Yea

Zoe Lofgren

CA

D

Yea

Billy Long

MO

R

Nay

Barry Loudermilk

GA

R

Nay

Alan Lowenthal

CA

D

Yea

Frank Lucas

OK

R

Nay

Blaine Luetkemeyer

MO

R

Nay

Elaine Luria

VA

D

Yea

Stephen Lynch

MA

D

Yea

Nancy Mace

SC

R

Nay

Tom Malinowski

NJ

D

Yea

Nicole Malliotakis

NY

R

Nay

Carolyn Maloney

NY

D

Yea

Sean Maloney

NY

D

Yea

Tracey Mann

KS

R

Nay

Kathy Manning

NC

D

Yea

Thomas Massie

KY

R

Nay

Brian Mast

FL

R

Nay

Doris Matsui

CA

D

Yea

Lucy McBath

GA

D

Yea

Kevin McCarthy

CA

R

Nay

Michael McCaul

TX

R

Nay

Lisa McClain

MI

R

Nay

Tom McClintock

CA

R

Nay

Betty McCollum

MN

D

Yea

Donald McEachin

VA

D

Yea

James McGovern

MA

D

Yea

Patrick McHenry

NC

R

Nay

David McKinley

WV

R

Nay

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

WA

R

Nay

Jerry McNerney

CA

D

Yea

Gregory Meeks

NY

D

Yea

Peter Meijer

MI

R

Nay

Grace Meng

NY

D

Yea

Dan Meuser

PA

R

Nay

Kweisi Mfume

MD

D

Yea

Mary Miller

IL

R

Nay

Carol Miller

WV

R

Nay

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

IA

R

Nay

John Moolenaar

MI

R

Nay

Alex Mooney

WV

R

Nay

Blake Moore

UT

R

Nay

Gwen Moore

WI

D

Yea

Barry Moore

AL

R

Nay

Joseph Morelle

NY

D

Yea

Seth Moulton

MA

D

Yea

Frank Mrvan

IN

D

Yea

Markwayne Mullin

OK

R

Nay

Stephanie Murphy

FL

D

Yea

Greg Murphy

NC

R

Nay

Jerrold Nadler

NY

D

Yea

Grace Napolitano

CA

D

Yea

Richard Neal

MA

D

Yea

Joseph Neguse

CO

D

Yea

Troy Nehls

TX

R

Nay

Dan Newhouse

WA

R

Nay

Marie Newman

IL

D

Yea

Donald Norcross

NJ

D

Yea

Ralph Norman

SC

R

Nay

Devin Nunes

CA

R

Nay

Tom O'Halleran

AZ

D

Yea

Jay Obernolte

CA

R

Nay

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

NY

D

Yea

Ilhan Omar

MN

D

Yea

Burgess Owens

UT

R

Nay

Steven Palazzo

MS

R

Nay

Frank Pallone

NJ

D

Yea

Gary Palmer

AL

R

Nay

Jimmy Panetta

CA

D

Yea

Christopher Pappas

NH

D

Yea

Bill Pascrell

NJ

D

Yea

Donald Payne

NJ

D

Yea

Nancy Pelosi

CA

D

Yea

Greg Pence

IN

R

Nay

Ed Perlmutter

CO

D

Yea

Scott Perry

PA

R

Nay

Scott Peters

CA

D

Yea

August Pfluger

TX

R

Nay

Dean Phillips

MN

D

Yea

Chellie Pingree

ME

D

Yea

Mark Pocan

WI

D

Yea

Katie Porter

CA

D

Yea

Bill Posey

FL

R

Nay

Ayanna Pressley

MA

D

Yea

David Price

NC

D

Yea

Mike Quigley

IL

D

Yea

Jamie Raskin

MD

D

Yea

Tom Reed

NY

R

Nay

Guy Reschenthaler

PA

R

Nay

Tom Rice

SC

R

Nay

Kathleen Rice

NY

D

Yea

Lisa Rochester

DE

D

Yea

Hal Rogers

KY

R

Nay

Mike Rogers

AL

R

Nay

John Rose

TN

R

Nay

Matt Rosendale

MT

R

Nay

Deborah Ross

NC

D

Yea

David Rouzer

NC

R

Abs

Chip Roy

TX

R

Nay

Lucille Roybal-Allard

CA

D

Yea

Raul Ruiz

CA

D

Yea

C.A. Ruppersberger

MD

D

Yea

Bobby Rush

IL

D

Yea

John Rutherford

FL

R

Nay

Tim Ryan

OH

D

Yea

Maria Salazar

FL

R

Nay

Linda Sanchez

CA

D

Yea

John Sarbanes

MD

D

Yea

Steve Scalise

LA

R

Nay

Mary Scanlon

PA

D

Yea

Janice Schakowsky

IL

D

Yea

Adam Schiff

CA

D

Yea

Bradley Schneider

IL

D

Yea

Kurt Schrader

OR

D

Yea

Kim Schrier

WA

D

Yea

David Schweikert

AZ

R

Nay

Robert Scott

VA

D

Yea

Austin Scott

GA

R

Nay

David Scott

GA

D

Yea

Pete Sessions

TX

R

Nay

Terri Sewell

AL

D

Yea

Brad Sherman

CA

D

Yea

Mikie Sherrill

NJ

D

Yea

Mike Simpson

ID

R

Nay

Albio Sires

NJ

D

Yea

Elissa Slotkin

MI

D

Yea

Adam Smith

WA

D

Yea

Jason Smith

MO

R

Nay

Christopher Smith

NJ

R

Nay

Adrian Smith

NE

R

Nay

Lloyd Smucker

PA

R

Nay

Darren Soto

FL

D

Yea

Abigail Spanberger

VA

D

Yea

Victoria Spartz

IN

R

Nay

Jackie Speier

CA

D

Yea

Melanie Stansbury

NM

D

Yea

Greg Stanton

AZ

D

Yea

Pete Stauber

MN

R

Nay

Michelle Steel

CA

R

Nay

Elise Stefanik

NY

R

Nay

Bryan Steil

WI

R

Nay

Greg Steube

FL

R

Nay

Haley Stevens

MI

D

Yea

Chris Stewart

UT

R

Nay

Marilyn Strickland

WA

D

Yea

Thomas Suozzi

NY

D

Yea

Eric Swalwell

CA

D

Yea

Mark Takano

CA

D

Yea

Van Taylor

TX

R

Nay

Claudia Tenney

NY

R

Nay

Glenn Thompson

PA

R

Nay

Bennie Thompson

MS

D

Yea

Mike Thompson

CA

D

Yea

Tom Tiffany

WI

R

Nay

William Timmons

SC

R

Nay

Dina Titus

NV

D

Yea

Rashida Tlaib

MI

D

Yea

Paul Tonko

NY

D

Yea

Ritchie Torres

NY

D

Yea

Norma Torres

CA

D

Yea

Lori Trahan

MA

D

Yea

David Trone

MD

D

Yea

Michael Turner

OH

R

Nay

Lauren Underwood

IL

D

Yea

Fred Upton

MI

R

Nay

David Valadao

CA

R

Nay

Jeff Van Drew

NJ

R

Nay

Beth Van Duyne

TX

R

Nay

Juan Vargas

CA

D

Yea

Marc Veasey

TX

D

Yea

Filemon Vela

TX

D

Yea

Nydia Velazquez

NY

D

Yea

Ann Wagner

MO

R

Nay

Tim Walberg

MI

R

Nay

Jackie Walorski

IN

R

Nay

Michael Waltz

FL

R

Nay

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

FL

D

Yea

Maxine Waters

CA

D

Yea

Bonnie Watson Coleman

NJ

D

Yea

Randy Weber

TX

R

Nay

Daniel Webster

FL

R

Nay

Peter Welch

VT

D

Yea

Brad Wenstrup

OH

R

Nay

Bruce Westerman

AR

R

Nay

Jennifer Wexton

VA

D

Yea

Susan Wild

PA

D

Yea

Nikema Williams

GA

D

Yea

Roger Williams

TX

R

Nay

Joe Wilson

SC

R

Nay

Frederica Wilson

FL

D

Yea

Robert Wittman

VA

R

Nay

Steve Womack

AR

R

Nay

John Yarmuth

KY

D

Yea

Don Young

AK

R

Nay

Lee Zeldin

NY

R

Nay

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