House & Senate – “No” on Debt Limit Increase
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.
Vote Results
Club Position
No
Required for Majority
1/2
Vote Results
Passed
Vote Number
243
Vote Date
May 31, 2023
Vote Counts
YEAs:
314
NAYs:
117
Not Voting:
4
Alma Adams
NC
D
Y
Pete Aguilar
CA
D
Y
Colin Allred
TX
D
Y
Jake Auchincloss
MA
D
Y
Becca Balint
VT
D
Y
Nanette Barragan
CA
D
N
Joyce Beatty
OH
D
Y
Ami Bera
CA
D
Y
Don Beyer
VA
D
Y
Sanford Bishop
GA
D
Y
Earl Blumenauer
OR
D
Y
Lisa Blunt Rochester
DE
D
Y
Suzanne Bonamici
OR
D
N
Jamaal Bowman
NY
D
N
Brendan Boyle
PA
D
Y
Shontel Brown
OH
D
Y
Julia Brownley
CA
D
Y
Nikki Budzinski
IL
D
Y
Cori Bush
MO
D
N
Yadira Caraveo
CO
D
Y
Salud Carbajal
CA
D
Y
Tony Cardenas
CA
D
Y
Andre Carson
IN
D
Y
Troy Carter
LA
D
Y
Matthew Cartwright
PA
D
Y
Greg Casar
TX
D
N
Ed Case
HI
D
Y
Sean Casten
IL
D
Y
Kathy Castor
FL
D
Y
Joaquin Castro
TX
D
N
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
FL
D
Y
Judy Chu
CA
D
N
David Cicilline
RI
D
Y
Katherine Clark
MA
D
Y
Yvette Clarke
NY
D
N
Emanuel Cleaver
MO
D
Y
James Clyburn
SC
D
Y
Steve Cohen
TN
D
Y
Gerald Connolly
VA
D
N
Luis Correa
CA
D
Y
Jim Costa
CA
D
Y
Joe Courtney
CT
D
Y
Angela Craig
MN
D
A
Jasmine Crockett
TX
D
N
Jason Crow
CO
D
Y
Henry Cuellar
TX
D
Y
Sharice Davids
KS
D
Y
Donald Davis
NC
D
Y
Danny Davis
IL
D
Y
Madeleine Dean
PA
D
Y
Diana DeGette
CO
D
Y
Rosa DeLauro
CT
D
N
Suzan DelBene
WA
D
Y
Christopher Deluzio
PA
D
Y
Mark DeSaulnier
CA
D
N
Debbie Dingell
MI
D
Y
Lloyd Doggett
TX
D
Y
Veronica Escobar
TX
D
Y
Anna Eshoo
CA
D
Y
Adriano Espaillat
NY
D
N
Dwight Evans
PA
D
Y
Lizzie Fletcher
TX
D
Y
Bill Foster
IL
D
Y
Valerie Foushee
NC
D
Y
Lois Frankel
FL
D
Y
Maxwell Frost
FL
D
Y
Ruben Gallego
AZ
D
Y
John Garamendi
CA
D
Y
Robert Garcia
CA
D
Y
Jesus Garcia
IL
D
N
Sylvia Garcia
TX
D
N
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
WA
D
Y
Jared Golden
ME
D
Y
Daniel Goldman
NY
D
N
Jimmy Gomez
CA
D
N
Vicente Gonzalez
TX
D
Y
Josh Gottheimer
NJ
D
Y
Al Green
TX
D
Y
Raul Grijalva
AZ
D
N
Josh Harder
CA
D
Y
Jahana Hayes
CT
D
N
Brian Higgins
NY
D
Y
James Himes
CT
D
Y
Steven Horsford
NV
D
Y
Chrissy Houlahan
PA
D
Y
Steny Hoyer
MD
D
Y
Val Hoyle
OR
D
N
Jared Huffman
CA
D
N
Glenn Ivey
MD
D
Y
Jeff Jackson
NC
D
Y
Jonathan Jackson
IL
D
Y
Sheila Jackson-Lee
TX
D
Y
Sara Jacobs
CA
D
Y
Pramila Jayapal
WA
D
N
Hakeem Jeffries
NY
D
Y
Henry Johnson
GA
D
Y
Sydney Kamlager-Dove
CA
D
N
Marcy Kaptur
OH
D
Y
William Keating
MA
D
Y
Robin Kelly
IL
D
Y
Ro Khanna
CA
D
N
Daniel Kildee
MI
D
Y
Derek Kilmer
WA
D
Y
Andy Kim
NJ
D
Y
Raja Krishnamoorthi
IL
D
Y
Ann Kuster
NH
D
Y
Greg Landsman
OH
D
Y
Rick Larsen
WA
D
Y
John Larson
CT
D
N
Suzanne Lee
NV
D
Y
Barbara Lee
CA
D
N
Summer Lee
PA
D
N
Teresa Leger Fernandez
NM
D
Y
Mike Levin
CA
D
Y
Ted Lieu
CA
D
Y
Zoe Lofgren
CA
D
Y
Stephen Lynch
MA
D
Y
Seth Magaziner
RI
D
Y
Kathy Manning
NC
D
Y
Doris Matsui
CA
D
Y
Lucy McBath
GA
D
Y
Jennifer McClellan
VA
D
Y
Betty McCollum
MN
D
Y
Morgan McGarvey
KY
D
Y
James McGovern
MA
D
N
Gregory Meeks
NY
D
Y
Robert Menendez
NJ
D
Y
Grace Meng
NY
D
N
Kweisi Mfume
MD
D
Y
Gwen Moore
WI
D
N
Joseph Morelle
NY
D
Y
Jared Moskowitz
FL
D
Y
Seth Moulton
MA
D
Y
Frank Mrvan
IN
D
Y
Kevin Mullin
CA
D
Y
Jerrold Nadler
NY
D
N
Grace Napolitano
CA
D
Y
Richard Neal
MA
D
Y
Joseph Neguse
CO
D
Y
Wiley Nickel
NC
D
Y
Donald Norcross
NJ
D
Y
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
NY
D
N
Ilhan Omar
MN
D
Y
Frank Pallone
NJ
D
Y
Jimmy Panetta
CA
D
Y
Christopher Pappas
NH
D
Y
Bill Pascrell
NJ
D
Y
Donald Payne
NJ
D
Y
Nancy Pelosi
CA
D
Y
Mary Peltola
AK
D
Y
Scott Peters
CA
D
Y
Brittany Pettersen
CO
D
Y
Dean Phillips
MN
D
Y
Chellie Pingree
ME
D
Y
Mark Pocan
WI
D
N
Katie Porter
CA
D
N
Ayanna Pressley
MA
D
N
Mike Quigley
IL
D
Y
Delia Ramirez
IL
D
N
Jamie Raskin
MD
D
Y
Deborah Ross
NC
D
A
Raul Ruiz
CA
D
Y
C.A. Ruppersberger
MD
D
Y
Pat Ryan
NY
D
Y
Andrea Salinas
OR
D
Y
Linda Sanchez
CA
D
Y
John Sarbanes
MD
D
Y
Mary Scanlon
PA
D
Y
Janice Schakowsky
IL
D
N
Adam Schiff
CA
D
Y
Bradley Schneider
IL
D
Y
Hillary Scholten
MI
D
Y
Kim Schrier
WA
D
Y
David Scott
GA
D
Y
Robert Scott
VA
D
N
Terri Sewell
AL
D
Y
Brad Sherman
CA
D
Y
Mikie Sherrill
NJ
D
Y
Elissa Slotkin
MI
D
Y
Adam Smith
WA
D
Y
Eric Sorensen
IL
D
Y
Darren Soto
FL
D
Y
Abigail Spanberger
VA
D
Y
Melanie Stansbury
NM
D
N
Greg Stanton
AZ
D
Y
Haley Stevens
MI
D
Y
Marilyn Strickland
WA
D
Y
Eric Swalwell
CA
D
Y
Emilia Sykes
OH
D
Y
Mark Takano
CA
D
Y
Shri Thanedar
MI
D
Y
Bennie Thompson
MS
D
Y
Mike Thompson
CA
D
Y
Dina Titus
NV
D
Y
Rashida Tlaib
MI
D
N
Jill Tokuda
HI
D
Y
Paul Tonko
NY
D
Y
Ritchie Torres
NY
D
N
Norma Torres
CA
D
N
Lori Trahan
MA
D
Y
David Trone
MD
D
Y
Lauren Underwood
IL
D
Y
Juan Vargas
CA
D
N
Gabriel Vasquez
NM
D
Y
Marc Veasey
TX
D
Y
Nydia Velazquez
NY
D
N
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
FL
D
Y
Maxine Waters
CA
D
Y
Bonnie Watson Coleman
NJ
D
Y
Jennifer Wexton
VA
D
Y
Susan Wild
PA
D
Y
Nikema Williams
GA
D
N
Frederica Wilson
FL
D
N
Robert Aderholt
AL
R
Y
Mark Alford
MO
R
N
Rick Allen
GA
R
Y
Mark Amodei
NV
R
Y
Kelly Armstrong
ND
R
Y
Jodey Arrington
TX
R
Y
Brian Babin
TX
R
Y
Don Bacon
NE
R
Y
James Baird
IN
R
Y
Troy Balderson
OH
R
Y
Jim Banks
IN
R
A
Andy Barr
KY
R
Y
Aaron Bean
FL
R
Y
Cliff Bentz
OR
R
Y
Jack Bergman
MI
R
Y
Stephanie Bice
OK
R
Y
Andy Biggs
AZ
R
N
Gus Bilirakis
FL
R
Y
Dan Bishop
NC
R
N
Lauren Boebert
CO
R
A
Mike Bost
IL
R
N
Josh Brecheen
OK
R
N
Vern Buchanan
FL
R
N
Ken Buck
CO
R
N
Larry Bucshon
IN
R
Y
Tim Burchett
TN
R
N
Michael Burgess
TX
R
Y
Eric Burlison
MO
R
N
Ken Calvert
CA
R
Y
Kat Cammack
FL
R
N
Mike Carey
OH
R
Y
Jerry Carl
AL
R
Y
John Carter
TX
R
N
Buddy Carter
GA
R
Y
Lori Chavez-DeRemer
OR
R
Y
Juan Ciscomani
AZ
R
Y
Ben Cline
VA
R
N
Michael Cloud
TX
R
N
Andrew Clyde
GA
R
N
Tom Cole
OK
R
Y
Mike Collins
GA
R
N
James Comer
KY
R
Y
Elijah Crane
AZ
R
N
Rick Crawford
AR
R
Y
Dan Crenshaw
TX
R
Y
John Curtis
UT
R
Y
Anthony D'Esposito
NY
R
Y
Warren Davidson
OH
R
Y
Monica De La Cruz
TX
R
Y
Scott DesJarlais
TN
R
N
Mario Diaz-Balart
FL
R
Y
Byron Donalds
FL
R
N
John Duarte
CA
R
Y
Jeff Duncan
SC
R
Y
Neal Dunn
FL
R
Y
Charles Edwards
NC
R
Y
John Ellzey
TX
R
Y
Tom Emmer
MN
R
Y
Ron Estes
KS
R
Y
Mike Ezell
MS
R
Y
Pat Fallon
TX
R
N
Randy Feenstra
IA
R
Y
Drew Ferguson
GA
R
Y
Brad Finstad
MN
R
N
Michelle Fischbach
MN
R
N
Scott Fitzgerald
WI
R
Y
Brian Fitzpatrick
PA
R
Y
Chuck Fleischmann
TN
R
Y
Mike Flood
NE
R
Y
Virginia Foxx
NC
R
Y
Scott Franklin
FL
R
Y
Russell Fry
SC
R
N
Russ Fulcher
ID
R
N
Matt Gaetz
FL
R
N
Mike Gallagher
WI
R
Y
Andrew Garbarino
NY
R
Y
Mike Garcia
CA
R
Y
Carlos Gimenez
FL
R
Y
Tony Gonzales
TX
R
N
Robert Good
VA
R
N
Lance Gooden
TX
R
N
Paul Gosar
AZ
R
N
Kay Granger
TX
R
Y
Garret Graves
LA
R
Y
Sam Graves
MO
R
Y
Mark Green
TN
R
Y
Marjorie Greene
GA
R
Y
H. Morgan Griffith
VA
R
N
Glenn Grothman
WI
R
Y
Michael Guest
MS
R
N
Brett Guthrie
KY
R
Y
Harriet Hageman
WY
R
N
Andy Harris
MD
R
N
Diana Harshbarger
TN
R
N
Kevin Hern
OK
R
N
Clay Higgins
LA
R
N
French Hill
AR
R
Y
Ashley Hinson
IA
R
Y
Erin Houchin
IN
R
Y
Richard Hudson
NC
R
Y
Bill Huizenga
MI
R
Y
Wesley Hunt
TX
R
N
Darrell Issa
CA
R
Y
Ronny Jackson
TX
R
N
John James
MI
R
Y
Dusty Johnson
SD
R
Y
Mike Johnson
LA
R
Y
Bill Johnson
OH
R
Y
Jim Jordan
OH
R
Y
David Joyce
OH
R
Y
John Joyce
PA
R
Y
Thomas Kean
NJ
R
Y
Mike Kelly
PA
R
Y
Trent Kelly
MS
R
Y
Jennifer Kiggans
VA
R
Y
Kevin Kiley
CA
R
Y
Young Kim
CA
R
Y
David Kustoff
TN
R
Y
Darin LaHood
IL
R
N
Nicholas LaLota
NY
R
Y
Doug LaMalfa
CA
R
Y
Doug Lamborn
CO
R
Y
Nicholas Langworthy
NY
R
Y
Bob Latta
OH
R
Y
Jake LaTurner
KS
R
Y
Michael Lawler
NY
R
Y
Laurel Lee
FL
R
Y
Debbie Lesko
AZ
R
N
Julia Letlow
LA
R
Y
Barry Loudermilk
GA
R
Y
Frank Lucas
OK
R
Y
Blaine Luetkemeyer
MO
R
Y
Anna Luna
FL
R
N
Morgan Luttrell
TX
R
N
Nancy Mace
SC
R
N
Nicole Malliotakis
NY
R
Y
Tracey Mann
KS
R
N
Thomas Massie
KY
R
Y
Brian Mast
FL
R
N
Kevin McCarthy
CA
R
Y
Michael McCaul
TX
R
Y
Lisa McClain
MI
R
Y
Tom McClintock
CA
R
Y
Richard McCormick
GA
R
N
Patrick McHenry
NC
R
Y
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
WA
R
Y
Dan Meuser
PA
R
Y
Mary Miller
IL
R
N
Carol Miller
WV
R
Y
Max Miller
OH
R
Y
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
IA
R
Y
Cory Mills
FL
R
N
Marcus Molinaro
NY
R
Y
John Moolenaar
MI
R
Y
Alex Mooney
WV
R
N
Blake Moore
UT
R
Y
Barry Moore
AL
R
N
Nathaniel Moran
TX
R
N
Greg Murphy
NC
R
Y
Troy Nehls
TX
R
Y
Dan Newhouse
WA
R
Y
Ralph Norman
SC
R
N
Zachary Nunn
IA
R
Y
Jay Obernolte
CA
R
Y
Andrew Ogles
TN
R
N
Burgess Owens
UT
R
Y
Gary Palmer
AL
R
N
Greg Pence
IN
R
Y
Scott Perry
PA
R
N
August Pfluger
TX
R
Y
Bill Posey
FL
R
N
Guy Reschenthaler
PA
R
Y
Hal Rogers
KY
R
Y
Mike Rogers
AL
R
Y
John Rose
TN
R
N
Matt Rosendale
MT
R
N
David Rouzer
NC
R
Y
Chip Roy
TX
R
N
John Rutherford
FL
R
Y
Maria Salazar
FL
R
Y
George Santos
NY
R
N
Steve Scalise
LA
R
Y
David Schweikert
AZ
R
Y
Austin Scott
GA
R
Y
Keith Self
TX
R
N
Pete Sessions
TX
R
N
Mike Simpson
ID
R
Y
Christopher Smith
NJ
R
Y
Adrian Smith
NE
R
Y
Jason Smith
MO
R
Y
Lloyd Smucker
PA
R
Y
Victoria Spartz
IN
R
N
Pete Stauber
MN
R
Y
Michelle Steel
CA
R
Y
Elise Stefanik
NY
R
Y
Bryan Steil
WI
R
Y
Greg Steube
FL
R
N
Chris Stewart
UT
R
Y
Dale Strong
AL
R
N
Claudia Tenney
NY
R
Y
Glenn Thompson
PA
R
Y
Tom Tiffany
WI
R
N
William Timmons
SC
R
N
Michael Turner
OH
R
Y
David Valadao
CA
R
Y
Jeff Van Drew
NJ
R
N
Beth Van Duyne
TX
R
N
Derrick Van Orden
WI
R
Y
Ann Wagner
MO
R
Y
Tim Walberg
MI
R
Y
Michael Waltz
FL
R
N
Randy Weber
TX
R
N
Daniel Webster
FL
R
Y
Brad Wenstrup
OH
R
Y
Bruce Westerman
AR
R
Y
Brandon Williams
NY
R
Y
Roger Williams
TX
R
Y
Joe Wilson
SC
R
Y
Robert Wittman
VA
R
Y
Steve Womack
AR
R
Y
Rudolph Yakym
IN
R
Y
Ryan Zinke
MT
R
N