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

Scott Parkinson | July 27, 2021

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.

Club Position

Required for Majority

1/2

Vote Results

Passed

Vote Number

247

Vote Date

July 29, 2021

Vote Counts

YEAs:

219

NAYs:

208

Not Voting:

Name

State

Party

Vote Position

Alma Adams

Yea

Robert Aderholt

Nay

Pete Aguilar

Yea

Rick Allen

Nay

Colin Allred

Yea

Mark Amodei

Nay

Kelly Armstrong

Nay

Jodey Arrington

Nay

Jake Auchincloss

Yea

Cindy Axne

Yea

Brian Babin

Nay

Don Bacon

Nay

James Baird

Nay

Troy Balderson

Nay

Jim Banks

Nay

Andy Barr

Nay

Nanette Barragan

Yea

Karen Bass

Yea

Joyce Beatty

Yea

Cliff Bentz

Nay

Ami Bera

Yea

Jack Bergman

Nay

Don Beyer

Yea

Stephanie Bice

Nay

Andy Biggs

Nay

Gus Bilirakis

Nay

Sanford Bishop

Yea

Dan Bishop

Nay

Earl Blumenauer

Yea

Lauren Boebert

Nay

Suzanne Bonamici

Yea

Mike Bost

Nay

Carolyn Bourdeaux

Yea

Jamaal Bowman

Yea

Brendan Boyle

Yea

Kevin Brady

Nay

Mo Brooks

Nay

Anthony Brown

Abs

Julia Brownley

Yea

Vern Buchanan

Nay

Ken Buck

Nay

Larry Bucshon

Nay

Ted Budd

Nay

Tim Burchett

Nay

Michael Burgess

Nay

Cori Bush

Yea

Cheri Bustos

Yea

G.K. Butterfield

Yea

Ken Calvert

Nay

Kat Cammack

Nay

Salud Carbajal

Yea

Tony Cardenas

Yea

Jerry Carl

Nay

Andre Carson

Yea

Troy Carter

Yea

Buddy Carter

Nay

John Carter

Nay

Matthew Cartwright

Yea

Ed Case

Yea

Sean Casten

Yea

Kathy Castor

Yea

Joaquin Castro

Yea

Madison Cawthorn

Nay

Steve Chabot

Nay

Liz Cheney

Nay

Judy Chu

Yea

David Cicilline

Yea

Katherine Clark

Yea

Yvette Clarke

Yea

Emanuel Cleaver

Yea

Ben Cline

Nay

Michael Cloud

Nay

James Clyburn

Yea

Andrew Clyde

Nay

Steve Cohen

Yea

Tom Cole

Nay

James Comer

Nay

Gerald Connolly

Yea

Jim Cooper

Yea

Luis Correa

Yea

Jim Costa

Yea

Joe Courtney

Yea

Angela Craig

Yea

Rick Crawford

Nay

Dan Crenshaw

Nay

Charlie Crist

Yea

Jason Crow

Yea

Henry Cuellar

Yea

John Curtis

Nay

Sharice Davids

Yea

Warren Davidson

Nay

Danny Davis

Yea

Rodney Davis

Nay

Madeleine Dean

Yea

Peter DeFazio

Yea

Diana DeGette

Yea

Rosa DeLauro

Yea

Suzan DelBene

Yea

Antonio Delgado

Yea

Val Demings

Yea

Mark DeSaulnier

Yea

Scott DesJarlais

Nay

Ted Deutch

Yea

Mario Diaz-Balart

Nay

Debbie Dingell

Yea

Lloyd Doggett

Yea

Byron Donalds

Nay

Michael Doyle

Yea

Jeff Duncan

Nay

Neal Dunn

Nay

Tom Emmer

Nay

Veronica Escobar

Yea

Anna Eshoo

Yea

Adriano Espaillat

Yea

Ron Estes

Nay

Dwight Evans

Yea

Pat Fallon

Nay

Randy Feenstra

Nay

Drew Ferguson

Nay

Teresa Fernandez

Yea

Michelle Fischbach

Nay

Scott Fitzgerald

Nay

Brian Fitzpatrick

Nay

Chuck Fleischmann

Nay

Lizzie Fletcher

Yea

Jeff Fortenberry

Nay

Bill Foster

Yea

Virginia Foxx

Nay

Lois Frankel

Yea

Scott Franklin

Nay

Russ Fulcher

Nay

Matt Gaetz

Nay

Mike Gallagher

Nay

Ruben Gallego

Yea

John Garamendi

Yea

Andrew Garbarino

Nay

Jesus Garcia

Yea

Mike Garcia

Nay

Sylvia Garcia

Yea

Bob Gibbs

Nay

Carlos Gimenez

Nay

Louie Gohmert

Nay

Jared Golden

Yea

Jimmy Gomez

Yea

Tony Gonzales

Nay

Vicente Gonzalez

Yea

Anthony Gonzalez

Nay

Robert Good

Nay

Lance Gooden

Nay

Paul Gosar

Nay

Josh Gottheimer

Yea

Kay Granger

Nay

Garret Graves

Nay

Sam Graves

Nay

Al Green

Yea

Mark Green

Nay

Marjorie Greene

Nay

H. Morgan Griffith

Nay

Raul Grijalva

Yea

Glenn Grothman

Nay

Michael Guest

Nay

Brett Guthrie

Nay

James Hagedorn

Nay

Josh Harder

Yea

Andy Harris

Nay

Diana Harshbarger

Nay

Vicky Hartzler

Nay

Jahana Hayes

Yea

Kevin Hern

Nay

Yvette Herrell

Nay

Jaime Herrera Beutler

Nay

Jody Hice

Nay

Brian Higgins

Yea

Clay Higgins

Abs

French Hill

Nay

James Himes

Yea

Ashley Hinson

Nay

Trey Hollingsworth

Nay

Steven Horsford

Yea

Chrissy Houlahan

Yea

Steny Hoyer

Yea

Richard Hudson

Nay

Jared Huffman

Yea

Bill Huizenga

Nay

Darrell Issa

Nay

Ronny Jackson

Nay

Sheila Jackson-Lee

Yea

Christopher Jacobs

Nay

Sara Jacobs

Yea

Pramila Jayapal

Yea

Hakeem Jeffries

Yea

Mike Johnson

Nay

Henry Johnson

Yea

Bill Johnson

Nay

Dusty Johnson

Nay

Eddie Johnson

Yea

Mondaire Jones

Yea

Jim Jordan

Abs

John Joyce

Nay

David Joyce

Nay

Kaialii Kahele

Yea

Marcy Kaptur

Yea

John Katko

Nay

William Keating

Yea

Fred Keller

Nay

Mike Kelly

Nay

Robin Kelly

Yea

Trent Kelly

Nay

Ro Khanna

Yea

Daniel Kildee

Yea

Derek Kilmer

Yea

Young Kim

Nay

Andy Kim

Yea

Ron Kind

Yea

Adam Kinzinger

Nay

Ann Kirkpatrick

Yea

Raja Krishnamoorthi

Yea

Ann Kuster

Yea

David Kustoff

Nay

Darin LaHood

Nay

Doug LaMalfa

Nay

Conor Lamb

Yea

Doug Lamborn

Nay

James Langevin

Yea

Rick Larsen

Yea

John Larson

Yea

Bob Latta

Nay

Jake LaTurner

Nay

Brenda Lawrence

Yea

Al Lawson

Yea

Suzanne Lee

Yea

Barbara Lee

Yea

Debbie Lesko

Nay

Julia Letlow

Nay

Mike Levin

Yea

Andy Levin

Yea

Ted Lieu

Yea

Zoe Lofgren

Yea

Billy Long

Nay

Barry Loudermilk

Nay

Alan Lowenthal

Yea

Frank Lucas

Nay

Blaine Luetkemeyer

Nay

Elaine Luria

Yea

Stephen Lynch

Yea

Nancy Mace

Nay

Tom Malinowski

Yea

Nicole Malliotakis

Nay

Carolyn Maloney

Yea

Sean Maloney

Yea

Tracey Mann

Nay

Kathy Manning

Yea

Thomas Massie

Nay

Brian Mast

Nay

Doris Matsui

Yea

Lucy McBath

Yea

Kevin McCarthy

Nay

Michael McCaul

Nay

Lisa McClain

Nay

Tom McClintock

Nay

Betty McCollum

Yea

Donald McEachin

Yea

James McGovern

Yea

Patrick McHenry

Nay

David McKinley

Nay

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Nay

Jerry McNerney

Yea

Gregory Meeks

Yea

Peter Meijer

Nay

Grace Meng

Yea

Dan Meuser

Nay

Kweisi Mfume

Yea

Mary Miller

Nay

Carol Miller

Nay

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

Nay

John Moolenaar

Nay

Alex Mooney

Nay

Blake Moore

Nay

Gwen Moore

Yea

Barry Moore

Nay

Joseph Morelle

Yea

Seth Moulton

Yea

Frank Mrvan

Yea

Markwayne Mullin

Nay

Stephanie Murphy

Yea

Greg Murphy

Nay

Jerrold Nadler

Yea

Grace Napolitano

Yea

Richard Neal

Yea

Joseph Neguse

Yea

Troy Nehls

Nay

Dan Newhouse

Nay

Marie Newman

Yea

Donald Norcross

Yea

Ralph Norman

Nay

Devin Nunes

Nay

Tom O'Halleran

Yea

Jay Obernolte

Nay

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Yea

Ilhan Omar

Yea

Burgess Owens

Nay

Steven Palazzo

Nay

Frank Pallone

Yea

Gary Palmer

Nay

Jimmy Panetta

Yea

Christopher Pappas

Yea

Bill Pascrell

Yea

Donald Payne

Yea

Nancy Pelosi

Yea

Greg Pence

Nay

Ed Perlmutter

Yea

Scott Perry

Nay

Scott Peters

Yea

August Pfluger

Nay

Dean Phillips

Yea

Chellie Pingree

Yea

Mark Pocan

Yea

Katie Porter

Yea

Bill Posey

Nay

Ayanna Pressley

Yea

David Price

Yea

Mike Quigley

Yea

Jamie Raskin

Yea

Tom Reed

Nay

Guy Reschenthaler

Nay

Tom Rice

Nay

Kathleen Rice

Yea

Lisa Rochester

Yea

Hal Rogers

Nay

Mike Rogers

Nay

John Rose

Nay

Matt Rosendale

Nay

Deborah Ross

Yea

David Rouzer

Abs

Chip Roy

Nay

Lucille Roybal-Allard

Yea

Raul Ruiz

Yea

C.A. Ruppersberger

Yea

Bobby Rush

Yea

John Rutherford

Nay

Tim Ryan

Yea

Maria Salazar

Nay

Linda Sanchez

Yea

John Sarbanes

Yea

Steve Scalise

Nay

Mary Scanlon

Yea

Janice Schakowsky

Yea

Adam Schiff

Yea

Bradley Schneider

Yea

Kurt Schrader

Yea

Kim Schrier

Yea

David Schweikert

Nay

Robert Scott

Yea

Austin Scott

Nay

David Scott

Yea

Pete Sessions

Nay

Terri Sewell

Yea

Brad Sherman

Yea

Mikie Sherrill

Yea

Mike Simpson

Nay

Albio Sires

Yea

Elissa Slotkin

Yea

Adam Smith

Yea

Jason Smith

Nay

Christopher Smith

Nay

Adrian Smith

Nay

Lloyd Smucker

Nay

Darren Soto

Yea

Abigail Spanberger

Yea

Victoria Spartz

Nay

Jackie Speier

Yea

Melanie Stansbury

Yea

Greg Stanton

Yea

Pete Stauber

Nay

Michelle Steel

Nay

Elise Stefanik

Nay

Bryan Steil

Nay

Greg Steube

Nay

Haley Stevens

Yea

Chris Stewart

Nay

Marilyn Strickland

Yea

Thomas Suozzi

Yea

Eric Swalwell

Yea

Mark Takano

Yea

Van Taylor

Nay

Claudia Tenney

Nay

Glenn Thompson

Nay

Bennie Thompson

Yea

Mike Thompson

Yea

Tom Tiffany

Nay

William Timmons

Nay

Dina Titus

Yea

Rashida Tlaib

Yea

Paul Tonko

Yea

Ritchie Torres

Yea

Norma Torres

Yea

Lori Trahan

Yea

David Trone

Yea

Michael Turner

Nay

Lauren Underwood

Yea

Fred Upton

Nay

David Valadao

Nay

Jeff Van Drew

Nay

Beth Van Duyne

Nay

Juan Vargas

Yea

Marc Veasey

Yea

Filemon Vela

Yea

Nydia Velazquez

Yea

Ann Wagner

Nay

Tim Walberg

Nay

Jackie Walorski

Nay

Michael Waltz

Nay

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Yea

Maxine Waters

Yea

Bonnie Watson Coleman

Yea

Randy Weber

Nay

Daniel Webster

Nay

Peter Welch

Yea

Brad Wenstrup

Nay

Bruce Westerman

Nay

Jennifer Wexton

Yea

Susan Wild

Yea

Nikema Williams

Yea

Roger Williams

Nay

Joe Wilson

Nay

Frederica Wilson

Yea

Robert Wittman

Nay

Steve Womack

Nay

John Yarmuth

Yea

Don Young

Nay

Lee Zeldin

Nay