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
Mary Peltola
AK
D
Y
Robert Aderholt
AL
R
Y
Jerry Carl
AL
R
Y
Barry Moore
AL
R
N
Gary Palmer
AL
R
N
Mike Rogers
AL
R
Y
Terri Sewell
AL
D
Y
Dale Strong
AL
R
N
Rick Crawford
AR
R
Y
French Hill
AR
R
Y
Bruce Westerman
AR
R
Y
Steve Womack
AR
R
Y
Andy Biggs
AZ
R
N
Juan Ciscomani
AZ
R
Y
Elijah Crane
AZ
R
N
Ruben Gallego
AZ
D
Y
Paul Gosar
AZ
R
N
Raul Grijalva
AZ
D
N
Debbie Lesko
AZ
R
N
David Schweikert
AZ
R
Y
Greg Stanton
AZ
D
Y
Pete Aguilar
CA
D
Y
Nanette Barragan
CA
D
N
Ami Bera
CA
D
Y
Julia Brownley
CA
D
Y
Ken Calvert
CA
R
Y
Salud Carbajal
CA
D
Y
Tony Cardenas
CA
D
Y
Judy Chu
CA
D
N
Luis Correa
CA
D
Y
Jim Costa
CA
D
Y
Mark DeSaulnier
CA
D
N
John Duarte
CA
R
Y
Anna Eshoo
CA
D
Y
John Garamendi
CA
D
Y
Mike Garcia
CA
R
Y
Robert Garcia
CA
D
Y
Jimmy Gomez
CA
D
N
Josh Harder
CA
D
Y
Jared Huffman
CA
D
N
Darrell Issa
CA
R
Y
Sara Jacobs
CA
D
Y
Sydney Kamlager-Dove
CA
D
N
Ro Khanna
CA
D
N
Kevin Kiley
CA
R
Y
Young Kim
CA
R
Y
Doug LaMalfa
CA
R
Y
Barbara Lee
CA
D
N
Mike Levin
CA
D
Y
Ted Lieu
CA
D
Y
Zoe Lofgren
CA
D
Y
Doris Matsui
CA
D
Y
Kevin McCarthy
CA
R
Y
Tom McClintock
CA
R
Y
Kevin Mullin
CA
D
Y
Grace Napolitano
CA
D
Y
Jay Obernolte
CA
R
Y
Jimmy Panetta
CA
D
Y
Nancy Pelosi
CA
D
Y
Scott Peters
CA
D
Y
Katie Porter
CA
D
N
Raul Ruiz
CA
D
Y
Linda Sanchez
CA
D
Y
Adam Schiff
CA
D
Y
Brad Sherman
CA
D
Y
Michelle Steel
CA
R
Y
Eric Swalwell
CA
D
Y
Mark Takano
CA
D
Y
Mike Thompson
CA
D
Y
Norma Torres
CA
D
N
David Valadao
CA
R
Y
Juan Vargas
CA
D
N
Maxine Waters
CA
D
Y
Lauren Boebert
CO
R
A
Ken Buck
CO
R
N
Yadira Caraveo
CO
D
Y
Jason Crow
CO
D
Y
Diana DeGette
CO
D
Y
Doug Lamborn
CO
R
Y
Joseph Neguse
CO
D
Y
Brittany Pettersen
CO
D
Y
Joe Courtney
CT
D
Y
Rosa DeLauro
CT
D
N
Jahana Hayes
CT
D
N
James Himes
CT
D
Y
John Larson
CT
D
N
Lisa Blunt Rochester
DE
D
Y
Aaron Bean
FL
R
Y
Gus Bilirakis
FL
R
Y
Vern Buchanan
FL
R
N
Kat Cammack
FL
R
N
Kathy Castor
FL
D
Y
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
FL
D
Y
Mario Diaz-Balart
FL
R
Y
Byron Donalds
FL
R
N
Neal Dunn
FL
R
Y
Lois Frankel
FL
D
Y
Scott Franklin
FL
R
Y
Maxwell Frost
FL
D
Y
Matt Gaetz
FL
R
N
Carlos Gimenez
FL
R
Y
Laurel Lee
FL
R
Y
Anna Luna
FL
R
N
Brian Mast
FL
R
N
Cory Mills
FL
R
N
Jared Moskowitz
FL
D
Y
Bill Posey
FL
R
N
John Rutherford
FL
R
Y
Maria Salazar
FL
R
Y
Darren Soto
FL
D
Y
Greg Steube
FL
R
N
Michael Waltz
FL
R
N
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
FL
D
Y
Daniel Webster
FL
R
Y
Frederica Wilson
FL
D
N
Rick Allen
GA
R
Y
Sanford Bishop
GA
D
Y
Buddy Carter
GA
R
Y
Andrew Clyde
GA
R
N
Mike Collins
GA
R
N
Drew Ferguson
GA
R
Y
Marjorie Greene
GA
R
Y
Henry Johnson
GA
D
Y
Barry Loudermilk
GA
R
Y
Lucy McBath
GA
D
Y
Richard McCormick
GA
R
N
Austin Scott
GA
R
Y
David Scott
GA
D
Y
Nikema Williams
GA
D
N
Ed Case
HI
D
Y
Jill Tokuda
HI
D
Y
Randy Feenstra
IA
R
Y
Ashley Hinson
IA
R
Y
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
IA
R
Y
Zachary Nunn
IA
R
Y
Russ Fulcher
ID
R
N
Mike Simpson
ID
R
Y
Mike Bost
IL
R
N
Nikki Budzinski
IL
D
Y
Sean Casten
IL
D
Y
Danny Davis
IL
D
Y
Bill Foster
IL
D
Y
Jesus Garcia
IL
D
N
Jonathan Jackson
IL
D
Y
Robin Kelly
IL
D
Y
Raja Krishnamoorthi
IL
D
Y
Darin LaHood
IL
R
N
Mary Miller
IL
R
N
Mike Quigley
IL
D
Y
Delia Ramirez
IL
D
N
Janice Schakowsky
IL
D
N
Bradley Schneider
IL
D
Y
Eric Sorensen
IL
D
Y
Lauren Underwood
IL
D
Y
James Baird
IN
R
Y
Jim Banks
IN
R
A
Larry Bucshon
IN
R
Y
Andre Carson
IN
D
Y
Erin Houchin
IN
R
Y
Frank Mrvan
IN
D
Y
Greg Pence
IN
R
Y
Victoria Spartz
IN
R
N
Rudolph Yakym
IN
R
Y
Sharice Davids
KS
D
Y
Ron Estes
KS
R
Y
Jake LaTurner
KS
R
Y
Tracey Mann
KS
R
N
Andy Barr
KY
R
Y
James Comer
KY
R
Y
Brett Guthrie
KY
R
Y
Thomas Massie
KY
R
Y
Morgan McGarvey
KY
D
Y
Hal Rogers
KY
R
Y
Troy Carter
LA
D
Y
Garret Graves
LA
R
Y
Clay Higgins
LA
R
N
Mike Johnson
LA
R
Y
Julia Letlow
LA
R
Y
Steve Scalise
LA
R
Y
Jake Auchincloss
MA
D
Y
Katherine Clark
MA
D
Y
William Keating
MA
D
Y
Stephen Lynch
MA
D
Y
James McGovern
MA
D
N
Seth Moulton
MA
D
Y
Richard Neal
MA
D
Y
Ayanna Pressley
MA
D
N
Lori Trahan
MA
D
Y
Andy Harris
MD
R
N
Steny Hoyer
MD
D
Y
Glenn Ivey
MD
D
Y
Kweisi Mfume
MD
D
Y
Jamie Raskin
MD
D
Y
C.A. Ruppersberger
MD
D
Y
John Sarbanes
MD
D
Y
David Trone
MD
D
Y
Jared Golden
ME
D
Y
Chellie Pingree
ME
D
Y
Jack Bergman
MI
R
Y
Debbie Dingell
MI
D
Y
Bill Huizenga
MI
R
Y
John James
MI
R
Y
Daniel Kildee
MI
D
Y
Lisa McClain
MI
R
Y
John Moolenaar
MI
R
Y
Hillary Scholten
MI
D
Y
Elissa Slotkin
MI
D
Y
Haley Stevens
MI
D
Y
Shri Thanedar
MI
D
Y
Rashida Tlaib
MI
D
N
Tim Walberg
MI
R
Y
Angela Craig
MN
D
A
Tom Emmer
MN
R
Y
Brad Finstad
MN
R
N
Michelle Fischbach
MN
R
N
Betty McCollum
MN
D
Y
Ilhan Omar
MN
D
Y
Dean Phillips
MN
D
Y
Pete Stauber
MN
R
Y
Mark Alford
MO
R
N
Eric Burlison
MO
R
N
Cori Bush
MO
D
N
Emanuel Cleaver
MO
D
Y
Sam Graves
MO
R
Y
Blaine Luetkemeyer
MO
R
Y
Jason Smith
MO
R
Y
Ann Wagner
MO
R
Y
Mike Ezell
MS
R
Y
Michael Guest
MS
R
N
Trent Kelly
MS
R
Y
Bennie Thompson
MS
D
Y
Matt Rosendale
MT
R
N
Ryan Zinke
MT
R
N
Alma Adams
NC
D
Y
Dan Bishop
NC
R
N
Donald Davis
NC
D
Y
Charles Edwards
NC
R
Y
Valerie Foushee
NC
D
Y
Virginia Foxx
NC
R
Y
Richard Hudson
NC
R
Y
Jeff Jackson
NC
D
Y
Kathy Manning
NC
D
Y
Patrick McHenry
NC
R
Y
Greg Murphy
NC
R
Y
Wiley Nickel
NC
D
Y
Deborah Ross
NC
D
A
David Rouzer
NC
R
Y
Kelly Armstrong
ND
R
Y
Don Bacon
NE
R
Y
Mike Flood
NE
R
Y
Adrian Smith
NE
R
Y
Ann Kuster
NH
D
Y
Christopher Pappas
NH
D
Y
Josh Gottheimer
NJ
D
Y
Thomas Kean
NJ
R
Y
Andy Kim
NJ
D
Y
Robert Menendez
NJ
D
Y
Donald Norcross
NJ
D
Y
Frank Pallone
NJ
D
Y
Bill Pascrell
NJ
D
Y
Donald Payne
NJ
D
Y
Mikie Sherrill
NJ
D
Y
Christopher Smith
NJ
R
Y
Jeff Van Drew
NJ
R
N
Bonnie Watson Coleman
NJ
D
Y
Teresa Leger Fernandez
NM
D
Y
Melanie Stansbury
NM
D
N
Gabriel Vasquez
NM
D
Y
Mark Amodei
NV
R
Y
Steven Horsford
NV
D
Y
Suzanne Lee
NV
D
Y
Dina Titus
NV
D
Y
Jamaal Bowman
NY
D
N
Yvette Clarke
NY
D
N
Anthony D'Esposito
NY
R
Y
Adriano Espaillat
NY
D
N
Andrew Garbarino
NY
R
Y
Daniel Goldman
NY
D
N
Brian Higgins
NY
D
Y
Hakeem Jeffries
NY
D
Y
Nicholas LaLota
NY
R
Y
Nicholas Langworthy
NY
R
Y
Michael Lawler
NY
R
Y
Nicole Malliotakis
NY
R
Y
Gregory Meeks
NY
D
Y
Grace Meng
NY
D
N
Marcus Molinaro
NY
R
Y
Joseph Morelle
NY
D
Y
Jerrold Nadler
NY
D
N
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
NY
D
N
Pat Ryan
NY
D
Y
George Santos
NY
R
N
Elise Stefanik
NY
R
Y
Claudia Tenney
NY
R
Y
Paul Tonko
NY
D
Y
Ritchie Torres
NY
D
N
Nydia Velazquez
NY
D
N
Brandon Williams
NY
R
Y
Troy Balderson
OH
R
Y
Joyce Beatty
OH
D
Y
Shontel Brown
OH
D
Y
Mike Carey
OH
R
Y
Warren Davidson
OH
R
Y
Bill Johnson
OH
R
Y
Jim Jordan
OH
R
Y
David Joyce
OH
R
Y
Marcy Kaptur
OH
D
Y
Greg Landsman
OH
D
Y
Bob Latta
OH
R
Y
Max Miller
OH
R
Y
Emilia Sykes
OH
D
Y
Michael Turner
OH
R
Y
Brad Wenstrup
OH
R
Y
Stephanie Bice
OK
R
Y
Josh Brecheen
OK
R
N
Tom Cole
OK
R
Y
Kevin Hern
OK
R
N
Frank Lucas
OK
R
Y
Cliff Bentz
OR
R
Y
Earl Blumenauer
OR
D
Y
Suzanne Bonamici
OR
D
N
Lori Chavez-DeRemer
OR
R
Y
Val Hoyle
OR
D
N
Andrea Salinas
OR
D
Y
Brendan Boyle
PA
D
Y
Matthew Cartwright
PA
D
Y
Madeleine Dean
PA
D
Y
Christopher Deluzio
PA
D
Y
Dwight Evans
PA
D
Y
Brian Fitzpatrick
PA
R
Y
Chrissy Houlahan
PA
D
Y
John Joyce
PA
R
Y
Mike Kelly
PA
R
Y
Summer Lee
PA
D
N
Dan Meuser
PA
R
Y
Scott Perry
PA
R
N
Guy Reschenthaler
PA
R
Y
Mary Scanlon
PA
D
Y
Lloyd Smucker
PA
R
Y
Glenn Thompson
PA
R
Y
Susan Wild
PA
D
Y
David Cicilline
RI
D
Y
Seth Magaziner
RI
D
Y
James Clyburn
SC
D
Y
Jeff Duncan
SC
R
Y
Russell Fry
SC
R
N
Nancy Mace
SC
R
N
Ralph Norman
SC
R
N
William Timmons
SC
R
N
Joe Wilson
SC
R
Y
Dusty Johnson
SD
R
Y
Tim Burchett
TN
R
N
Steve Cohen
TN
D
Y
Scott DesJarlais
TN
R
N
Chuck Fleischmann
TN
R
Y
Mark Green
TN
R
Y
Diana Harshbarger
TN
R
N
David Kustoff
TN
R
Y
Andrew Ogles
TN
R
N
John Rose
TN
R
N
Colin Allred
TX
D
Y
Jodey Arrington
TX
R
Y
Brian Babin
TX
R
Y
Michael Burgess
TX
R
Y
John Carter
TX
R
N
Greg Casar
TX
D
N
Joaquin Castro
TX
D
N
Michael Cloud
TX
R
N
Dan Crenshaw
TX
R
Y
Jasmine Crockett
TX
D
N
Henry Cuellar
TX
D
Y
Monica De La Cruz
TX
R
Y
Lloyd Doggett
TX
D
Y
John Ellzey
TX
R
Y
Veronica Escobar
TX
D
Y
Pat Fallon
TX
R
N
Lizzie Fletcher
TX
D
Y
Sylvia Garcia
TX
D
N
Tony Gonzales
TX
R
N
Vicente Gonzalez
TX
D
Y
Lance Gooden
TX
R
N
Kay Granger
TX
R
Y
Al Green
TX
D
Y
Wesley Hunt
TX
R
N
Ronny Jackson
TX
R
N
Sheila Jackson-Lee
TX
D
Y
Morgan Luttrell
TX
R
N
Michael McCaul
TX
R
Y
Nathaniel Moran
TX
R
N
Troy Nehls
TX
R
Y
August Pfluger
TX
R
Y
Chip Roy
TX
R
N
Keith Self
TX
R
N
Pete Sessions
TX
R
N
Beth Van Duyne
TX
R
N
Marc Veasey
TX
D
Y
Randy Weber
TX
R
N
Roger Williams
TX
R
Y
John Curtis
UT
R
Y
Blake Moore
UT
R
Y
Burgess Owens
UT
R
Y
Chris Stewart
UT
R
Y
Don Beyer
VA
D
Y
Ben Cline
VA
R
N
Gerald Connolly
VA
D
N
Robert Good
VA
R
N
H. Morgan Griffith
VA
R
N
Jennifer Kiggans
VA
R
Y
Jennifer McClellan
VA
D
Y
Robert Scott
VA
D
N
Abigail Spanberger
VA
D
Y
Jennifer Wexton
VA
D
Y
Robert Wittman
VA
R
Y
Becca Balint
VT
D
Y
Suzan DelBene
WA
D
Y
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
WA
D
Y
Pramila Jayapal
WA
D
N
Derek Kilmer
WA
D
Y
Rick Larsen
WA
D
Y
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
WA
R
Y
Dan Newhouse
WA
R
Y
Kim Schrier
WA
D
Y
Adam Smith
WA
D
Y
Marilyn Strickland
WA
D
Y
Scott Fitzgerald
WI
R
Y
Mike Gallagher
WI
R
Y
Glenn Grothman
WI
R
Y
Gwen Moore
WI
D
N
Mark Pocan
WI
D
N
Bryan Steil
WI
R
Y
Tom Tiffany
WI
R
N
Derrick Van Orden
WI
R
Y
Carol Miller
WV
R
Y
Alex Mooney
WV
R
N
Harriet Hageman
WY
R
N