House & Senate – “No” on Debt Limit Increase

Scott Parkinson | May 30, 2023

Key Vote Alert

House & Senate – “No” on Debt Limit Increase

The Club for Growth urges all Representatives and Senators to vote NO on the so-called Fiscal Responsibility Act. The results of this vote will be included in the Club for Growth Foundation’s 2023 congressional scorecard.

The Club for Growth opposes the so-called Fiscal Responsibility Act, which suspends the debt limit through January 1, 2025. The American people deserve transparency with exactly how much debt Congress is approving in this bill, and a debt limit suspension fails to provide that transparency because unlimited debt can be added until January 1, 2025. Although estimates vary on precisely how much debt will be accrued by 2025, an emerging consensus among budget experts estimates at least $4 trillion of new debt will be added to the national debt. This provision is not a policy provision, but is a political concession to President Biden to allow the Presidential Election to be completed before the next debt limit increase. President Biden should stop using the full faith and credit of the United States as a political wedge between the American People and the fiscal health of the U.S. economy.

Speaker McCarthy and House conservatives valiantly demonstrated how irresponsible and out-of-touch the radical left has become by highlighting the economic devastation wrought by unified Democrat government with excessive spending leading to Bidenflation. With the new Republican House Majority, House Republicans proved they could maintain a majority coalition and pass a bill that would increase the debt limit even though the Limit, Save, Grow Act was not perfect.

Unfortunately, the bipartisan agreement resulting in the Fiscal Responsibility Act continues a march slowly speeding off a cliff toward the fiscal crisis enabled by the unsustainable national debt. Similar to when President Biden and the Democrats named their Green New Deal scheme in August 2022 the “Inflation Reduction Act”, the “Fiscal Responsibility Act” is a misleadingly named bill which is not actually fiscally responsible because it continues trillion-dollar deficits every year in the future. Congress needs a plan to pay down the national debt, not a plan that kicks the can down the road. Washington must end trillion-dollar deficits, end the national debt crisis, and end Big Government. This bill does not accomplish that mission. Club for Growth strongly encourages Congress to live within its means with a balanced budget that ultimately results in annual surpluses in order to pay down the national debt.

The negotiation also fails to include the REINS Act, which Club for Growth passionately supports. Although the bill includes administrative PAYGO which could limit some burdensome regulation, the bill allows for the Director of OMB to waive the provision, and does not allow for legal challenges. Moreover, while the bill takes steps toward providing for strengthened work requirements in TANF and SNAP which could result in a higher labor participation rate, the bill does not include Medicaid work requirements.

The agreement with President Biden also leaves in place most of his massive expansion of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The woke and weaponized workers in the IRS and other federal agencies carrying out the Marxist schemes of the radical left are left in place to continue their evil crusade against the American Dream.

American families face an uncertain future caused in large part by the intrusion and growth of the federal government, which was exacerbated during the COVID19 pandemic. This bill fails to revert spending levels back to pre-COVID levels as projected by CBO in early 2020. Club for Growth unabashedly supports and champions economic liberty, opportunity, and freedom and stands with Members of Congress defending those principles. We encourage President Biden to abandon the radical leftists dragging his party toward socialism and resume negotiations that will end the national debt crisis.

Club for Growth Foundation’s Congressional Scorecard for the 118th 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

Vote Number

Vote Date

May 31, 2023

Vote Counts

YEAs:

314

NAYs:

117

Not Voting:

Name

State

Party

Vote Position

Alma Adams

Yea

Robert Aderholt

Yea

Pete Aguilar

Yea

Mark Alford

Nay

Rick Allen

Yea

Colin Allred

Yea

Mark Amodei

Yea

Kelly Armstrong

Yea

Jodey Arrington

Yea

Jake Auchincloss

Yea

Brian Babin

Yea

Don Bacon

Yea

James Baird

Yea

Troy Balderson

Yea

Becca Balint

Yea

Jim Banks

Abs

Andy Barr

Yea

Nanette Barragan

Nay

Aaron Bean

Yea

Joyce Beatty

Yea

Cliff Bentz

Yea

Ami Bera

Yea

Jack Bergman

Yea

Don Beyer

Yea

Stephanie Bice

Yea

Andy Biggs

Nay

Gus Bilirakis

Yea

Sanford Bishop

Yea

Dan Bishop

Nay

Earl Blumenauer

Yea

Lauren Boebert

Abs

Suzanne Bonamici

Nay

Mike Bost

Nay

Jamaal Bowman

Nay

Brendan Boyle

Yea

Josh Brecheen

Nay

Shontel Brown

Yea

Julia Brownley

Yea

Vern Buchanan

Nay

Ken Buck

Nay

Larry Bucshon

Yea

Nikki Budzinski

Yea

Tim Burchett

Nay

Michael Burgess

Yea

Eric Burlison

Nay

Cori Bush

Nay

Ken Calvert

Yea

Kat Cammack

Nay

Yadira Caraveo

Yea

Salud Carbajal

Yea

Tony Cardenas

Yea

Mike Carey

Yea

Jerry Carl

Yea

Andre Carson

Yea

Troy Carter

Yea

Buddy Carter

Yea

John Carter

Nay

Matthew Cartwright

Yea

Greg Casar

Nay

Ed Case

Yea

Sean Casten

Yea

Kathy Castor

Yea

Joaquin Castro

Nay

Lori Chavez-DeRemer

Yea

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

Yea

Judy Chu

Nay

David Cicilline

Yea

Juan Ciscomani

Yea

Katherine Clark

Yea

Yvette Clarke

Nay

Emanuel Cleaver

Yea

Ben Cline

Nay

Michael Cloud

Nay

James Clyburn

Yea

Andrew Clyde

Nay

Steve Cohen

Yea

Tom Cole

Yea

Mike Collins

Nay

James Comer

Yea

Gerald Connolly

Nay

Luis Correa

Yea

Jim Costa

Yea

Joe Courtney

Yea

Angela Craig

Abs

Elijah Crane

Nay

Rick Crawford

Yea

Dan Crenshaw

Yea

Jasmine Crockett

Nay

Jason Crow

Yea

Henry Cuellar

Yea

John Curtis

Yea

Anthony D'Esposito

Yea

Sharice Davids

Yea

Warren Davidson

Yea

Donald Davis

Yea

Danny Davis

Yea

Monica De La Cruz

Yea

Madeleine Dean

Yea

Diana DeGette

Yea

Rosa DeLauro

Nay

Suzan DelBene

Yea

Christopher Deluzio

Yea

Mark DeSaulnier

Nay

Scott DesJarlais

Nay

Mario Diaz-Balart

Yea

Debbie Dingell

Yea

Lloyd Doggett

Yea

Byron Donalds

Nay

John Duarte

Yea

Jeff Duncan

Yea

Neal Dunn

Yea

Charles Edwards

Yea

John Ellzey

Yea

Tom Emmer

Yea

Veronica Escobar

Yea

Anna Eshoo

Yea

Adriano Espaillat

Nay

Ron Estes

Yea

Dwight Evans

Yea

Mike Ezell

Yea

Pat Fallon

Nay

Randy Feenstra

Yea

Drew Ferguson

Yea

Teresa Fernandez

Yea

Brad Finstad

Nay

Michelle Fischbach

Nay

Scott Fitzgerald

Yea

Brian Fitzpatrick

Yea

Chuck Fleischmann

Yea

Lizzie Fletcher

Yea

Mike Flood

Yea

Bill Foster

Yea

Valerie Foushee

Yea

Virginia Foxx

Yea

Lois Frankel

Yea

Scott Franklin

Yea

Maxwell Frost

Yea

Russell Fry

Nay

Russ Fulcher

Nay

Matt Gaetz

Nay

Mike Gallagher

Yea

Ruben Gallego

Yea

John Garamendi

Yea

Andrew Garbarino

Yea

Jesus Garcia

Nay

Robert Garcia

Yea

Sylvia Garcia

Nay

Mike Garcia

Yea

Carlos Gimenez

Yea

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

Yea

Jared Golden

Yea

Daniel Goldman

Nay

Jimmy Gomez

Nay

Tony Gonzales

Nay

Vicente Gonzalez

Yea

Robert Good

Nay

Lance Gooden

Nay

Paul Gosar

Nay

Josh Gottheimer

Yea

Kay Granger

Yea

Garret Graves

Yea

Sam Graves

Yea

Mark Green

Yea

Al Green

Yea

Marjorie Greene

Yea

H. Morgan Griffith

Nay

Raul Grijalva

Nay

Glenn Grothman

Yea

Michael Guest

Nay

Brett Guthrie

Yea

Harriet Hageman

Nay

Josh Harder

Yea

Andy Harris

Nay

Diana Harshbarger

Nay

Jahana Hayes

Nay

Kevin Hern

Nay

Clay Higgins

Nay

Brian Higgins

Yea

French Hill

Yea

James Himes

Yea

Ashley Hinson

Yea

Steven Horsford

Yea

Erin Houchin

Yea

Chrissy Houlahan

Yea

Steny Hoyer

Yea

Val Hoyle

Nay

Richard Hudson

Yea

Jared Huffman

Nay

Bill Huizenga

Yea

Wesley Hunt

Nay

Darrell Issa

Yea

Glenn Ivey

Yea

Jeff Jackson

Yea

Ronny Jackson

Nay

Jonathan Jackson

Yea

Sheila Jackson-Lee

Yea

Sara Jacobs

Yea

John James

Yea

Pramila Jayapal

Nay

Hakeem Jeffries

Yea

Mike Johnson

Yea

Henry Johnson

Yea

Bill Johnson

Yea

Dusty Johnson

Yea

Jim Jordan

Yea

David Joyce

Yea

John Joyce

Yea

Sydney Kamlager-Dove

Nay

Marcy Kaptur

Yea

Thomas Kean

Yea

William Keating

Yea

Robin Kelly

Yea

Trent Kelly

Yea

Mike Kelly

Yea

Ro Khanna

Nay

Jennifer Kiggans

Yea

Daniel Kildee

Yea

Kevin Kiley

Yea

Derek Kilmer

Yea

Andy Kim

Yea

Young Kim

Yea

Raja Krishnamoorthi

Yea

Ann Kuster

Yea

David Kustoff

Yea

Darin LaHood

Nay

Nicholas LaLota

Yea

Doug LaMalfa

Yea

Doug Lamborn

Yea

Greg Landsman

Yea

Nicholas Langworthy

Yea

Rick Larsen

Yea

John Larson

Nay

Bob Latta

Yea

Jake LaTurner

Yea

Michael Lawler

Yea

Suzanne Lee

Yea

Barbara Lee

Nay

Laurel Lee

Yea

Summer Lee

Nay

Debbie Lesko

Nay

Julia Letlow

Yea

Mike Levin

Yea

Ted Lieu

Yea

Zoe Lofgren

Yea

Barry Loudermilk

Yea

Frank Lucas

Yea

Blaine Luetkemeyer

Yea

Anna Luna

Nay

Morgan Luttrell

Nay

Stephen Lynch

Yea

Nancy Mace

Nay

Seth Magaziner

Yea

Nicole Malliotakis

Yea

Tracey Mann

Nay

Kathy Manning

Yea

Thomas Massie

Yea

Brian Mast

Nay

Doris Matsui

Yea

Lucy McBath

Yea

Kevin McCarthy

Yea

Michael McCaul

Yea

Lisa McClain

Yea

Jennifer McClellan

Yea

Tom McClintock

Yea

Betty McCollum

Yea

Richard McCormick

Nay

Morgan McGarvey

Yea

James McGovern

Nay

Patrick McHenry

Yea

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Yea

Gregory Meeks

Yea

Robert Menendez

Yea

Grace Meng

Nay

Dan Meuser

Yea

Kweisi Mfume

Yea

Carol Miller

Yea

Max Miller

Yea

Mary Miller

Nay

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

Yea

Cory Mills

Nay

Marcus Molinaro

Yea

John Moolenaar

Yea

Alex Mooney

Nay

Gwen Moore

Nay

Blake Moore

Yea

Barry Moore

Nay

Nathaniel Moran

Nay

Joseph Morelle

Yea

Jared Moskowitz

Yea

Seth Moulton

Yea

Frank Mrvan

Yea

Kevin Mullin

Yea

Greg Murphy

Yea

Jerrold Nadler

Nay

Grace Napolitano

Yea

Richard Neal

Yea

Joseph Neguse

Yea

Troy Nehls

Yea

Dan Newhouse

Yea

Wiley Nickel

Yea

Donald Norcross

Yea

Ralph Norman

Nay

Zachary Nunn

Yea

Jay Obernolte

Yea

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Nay

Andrew Ogles

Nay

Ilhan Omar

Yea

Burgess Owens

Yea

Frank Pallone

Yea

Gary Palmer

Nay

Jimmy Panetta

Yea

Christopher Pappas

Yea

Bill Pascrell

Yea

Donald Payne

Yea

Nancy Pelosi

Yea

Mary Peltola

Yea

Greg Pence

Yea

Scott Perry

Nay

Scott Peters

Yea

Brittany Pettersen

Yea

August Pfluger

Yea

Dean Phillips

Yea

Chellie Pingree

Yea

Mark Pocan

Nay

Katie Porter

Nay

Bill Posey

Nay

Ayanna Pressley

Nay

Mike Quigley

Yea

Delia Ramirez

Nay

Jamie Raskin

Yea

Guy Reschenthaler

Yea

Lisa Rochester

Yea

Mike Rogers

Yea

Hal Rogers

Yea

John Rose

Nay

Matt Rosendale

Nay

Deborah Ross

Abs

David Rouzer

Yea

Chip Roy

Nay

Raul Ruiz

Yea

C.A. Ruppersberger

Yea

John Rutherford

Yea

Pat Ryan

Yea

Maria Salazar

Yea

Andrea Salinas

Yea

Linda Sanchez

Yea

George Santos

Nay

John Sarbanes

Yea

Steve Scalise

Yea

Mary Scanlon

Yea

Janice Schakowsky

Nay

Adam Schiff

Yea

Bradley Schneider

Yea

Hillary Scholten

Yea

Kim Schrier

Yea

David Schweikert

Yea

Robert Scott

Nay

Austin Scott

Yea

David Scott

Yea

Keith Self

Nay

Pete Sessions

Nay

Terri Sewell

Yea

Brad Sherman

Yea

Mikie Sherrill

Yea

Mike Simpson

Yea

Elissa Slotkin

Yea

Adam Smith

Yea

Christopher Smith

Yea

Adrian Smith

Yea

Jason Smith

Yea

Lloyd Smucker

Yea

Eric Sorensen

Yea

Darren Soto

Yea

Abigail Spanberger

Yea

Victoria Spartz

Nay

Melanie Stansbury

Nay

Greg Stanton

Yea

Pete Stauber

Yea

Michelle Steel

Yea

Elise Stefanik

Yea

Bryan Steil

Yea

Greg Steube

Nay

Haley Stevens

Yea

Chris Stewart

Yea

Marilyn Strickland

Yea

Dale Strong

Nay

Eric Swalwell

Yea

Emilia Sykes

Yea

Mark Takano

Yea

Claudia Tenney

Yea

Shri Thanedar

Yea

Mike Thompson

Yea

Bennie Thompson

Yea

Glenn Thompson

Yea

Tom Tiffany

Nay

William Timmons

Nay

Dina Titus

Yea

Rashida Tlaib

Nay

Jill Tokuda

Yea

Paul Tonko

Yea

Ritchie Torres

Nay

Norma Torres

Nay

Lori Trahan

Yea

David Trone

Yea

Michael Turner

Yea

Lauren Underwood

Yea

David Valadao

Yea

Jeff Van Drew

Nay

Beth Van Duyne

Nay

Derrick Van Orden

Yea

Juan Vargas

Nay

Gabriel Vasquez

Yea

Marc Veasey

Yea

Nydia Velazquez

Nay

Ann Wagner

Yea

Tim Walberg

Yea

Michael Waltz

Nay

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Yea

Maxine Waters

Yea

Bonnie Watson Coleman

Yea

Randy Weber

Nay

Daniel Webster

Yea

Brad Wenstrup

Yea

Bruce Westerman

Yea

Jennifer Wexton

Yea

Susan Wild

Yea

Nikema Williams

Nay

Brandon Williams

Yea

Roger Williams

Yea

Frederica Wilson

Nay

Joe Wilson

Yea

Robert Wittman

Yea

Steve Womack

Yea

Rudolph Yakym

Yea

Ryan Zinke

Nay