Key Vote Alert – Confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett

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Club for Growth strongly supports the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett as Associate Justice on the Supreme Court.  Her confirmation will be considered soon in the United States Senate. The result of the vote will be included in the Club for Growth Foundation’s 2020 Congressional Scorecard.

Club for Growth believes Judge Barrett will be a pro-growth Justice for many reasons. Barrett’s judicial philosophy will have a positive impact on limiting agency overregulation. Current jurisprudence requires that when a judge and an agency disagree on how to interpret the law, the tie goes to the agency, which too often empowers the unelected bureaucrat. Free reign of agency interpretation and action has led to a dramatic expansion of regulatory authority to the detriment of economic liberty and property rights. Recent decisions and the current composition of the Supreme Court hints that administrative deference may soon face substantive limitations.

Judge Barrett follows a judicial philosophy called “pragmatic originalism” that gives respect to prior precedent to avoid excessive disruption, but which is still willing to overrule erroneous former precedent. Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s jurisprudence signals that she would work to rein-in agency overreach to the benefit of economic growth and individual rights.

We know Barrett’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court bodes well for economic liberty and property rights, particularly in relation to agency action in regulation. Judge Barrett loves the Constitution and sees the value of precedent but also is willing to revisit cases that are inconsistent with the Constitution. She may be willing to overrule prior erroneous precedent on excessive regulation, and at the very least is poised to limit agency overreach. Courts should protect economic freedom and liberty.

Club for Growth Foundation’s Congressional Scorecard for the 116th 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

Yes

Required for Majority

1/2

Vote Results

Nomination Confirmed

Vote Number

224

Vote Date

October 26, 2020

Vote Counts

YEAs:

52

NAYs:

48

Not Voting:

0

Name

State

Party

Vote Position

Lamar Alexander

TN

R

Yea

Tammy Baldwin

WI

D

Nay

John Barrasso

WY

R

Yea

Michael Bennet

CO

D

Nay

Marsha Blackburn

TN

R

Yea

Richard Blumenthal

CT

D

Nay

Roy Blunt

MO

R

Yea

Cory Booker

NJ

D

Nay

John Boozman

AR

R

Yea

Mike Braun

IN

R

Yea

Sherrod Brown

OH

D

Nay

Richard Burr

NC

R

Yea

Maria Cantwell

WA

D

Nay

Shelley Moore Capito

WV

R

Yea

Benjamin Cardin

MD

D

Nay

Thomas Carper

DE

D

Nay

Bob Casey

PA

D

Nay

Bill Cassidy

LA

R

Yea

Susan Collins

ME

R

Nay

Christopher Coons

DE

D

Nay

John Cornyn

TX

R

Yea

Catherine Cortez Masto

NV

D

Nay

Tom Cotton

AR

R

Yea

Kevin Cramer

ND

R

Yea

Mike Crapo

ID

R

Yea

Ted Cruz

TX

R

Yea

Steve Daines

MT

R

Yea

Tammy Duckworth

IL

D

Nay

Richard Durbin

IL

D

Nay

Michael Enzi

WY

R

Yea

Joni Ernst

IA

R

Yea

Dianne Feinstein

CA

D

Nay

Deb Fischer

NE

R

Yea

Cory Gardner

CO

R

Yea

Kirsten Gillibrand

NY

D

Nay

Lindsey Graham

SC

R

Yea

Chuck Grassley

IA

R

Yea

Kamala Harris

CA

D

Nay

Maggie Hassan

NH

D

Nay

Josh Hawley

MO

R

Yea

Martin Heinrich

NM

D

Nay

Mazie Hirono

HI

D

Nay

John Hoeven

ND

R

Yea

Cindy Hyde-Smith

MS

R

Yea

James Inhofe

OK

R

Yea

Ron Johnson

WI

R

Yea

Doug Jones

AL

D

Nay

Tim Kaine

VA

D

Nay

John Kennedy

LA

R

Yea

Angus King

ME

I

Nay

Amy Klobuchar

MN

D

Nay

James Lankford

OK

R

Yea

Patrick Leahy

VT

D

Nay

Mike Lee

UT

R

Yea

Kelly Loeffler

GA

R

Yea

Joe Manchin

WV

D

Nay

Edward Markey

MA

D

Nay

Mitch McConnell

KY

R

Yea

Martha McSally

AZ

R

Yea

Robert Menendez

NJ

D

Nay

Jeff Merkley

OR

D

Nay

Jerry Moran

KS

R

Yea

Lisa Murkowski

AK

R

Yea

Christopher Murphy

CT

D

Nay

Patty Murray

WA

D

Nay

Rand Paul

KY

R

Yea

David Perdue

GA

R

Yea

Gary Peters

MI

D

Nay

Rob Portman

OH

R

Yea

Jack Reed

RI

D

Nay

Jim Risch

ID

R

Yea

Pat Roberts

KS

R

Yea

Mitt Romney

UT

R

Yea

Jacky Rosen

NV

D

Nay

Mike Rounds

SD

R

Yea

Marco Rubio

FL

R

Yea

Bernie Sanders

VT

I

Nay

Ben Sasse

NE

R

Yea

Brian Schatz

HI

D

Nay

Chuck Schumer

NY

D

Nay

Tim Scott

SC

R

Yea

Rick Scott

FL

R

Yea

Jeanne Shaheen

NH

D

Nay

Richard Shelby

AL

R

Yea

Krysten Sinema

AZ

D

Nay

Tina Smith

MN

D

Nay

Debbie Stabenow

MI

D

Nay

Dan Sullivan

AK

R

Yea

Jon Tester

MT

D

Nay

John Thune

SD

R

Yea

Thom Tillis

NC

R

Yea

Pat Toomey

PA

R

Yea

Tom Udall

NM

D

Nay

Chris Van Hollen

MD

D

Nay

Mark Warner

VA

D

Nay

Elizabeth Warren

MA

D

Nay

Sheldon Whitehouse

RI

D

Nay

Roger Wicker

MS

R

Yea

Ron Wyden

OR

D

Nay

Todd Young

IN

R

Yea

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