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:

51

NAYs:

45

Not Voting:

0

Name

State

Party

Vote Position

Tammy Baldwin

WI

D

N

Michael Bennet

CO

D

N

Richard Blumenthal

CT

D

N

Cory Booker

NJ

D

N

Sherrod Brown

OH

D

N

Maria Cantwell

WA

D

N

Benjamin Cardin

MD

D

N

Thomas Carper

DE

D

N

Bob Casey

PA

D

N

Christopher Coons

DE

D

N

Catherine Cortez Masto

NV

D

N

Tammy Duckworth

IL

D

N

Richard Durbin

IL

D

N

Dianne Feinstein

CA

D

N

Kirsten Gillibrand

NY

D

N

Kamala Harris

CA

D

N

Maggie Hassan

NH

D

N

Martin Heinrich

NM

D

N

Mazie Hirono

HI

D

N

Doug Jones

AL

D

N

Tim Kaine

VA

D

N

Amy Klobuchar

MN

D

N

Patrick Leahy

VT

D

N

Joe Manchin

WV

D

N

Edward Markey

MA

D

N

Robert Menendez

NJ

D

N

Jeff Merkley

OR

D

N

Christopher Murphy

CT

D

N

Patty Murray

WA

D

N

Gary Peters

MI

D

N

Jack Reed

RI

D

N

Brian Schatz

HI

D

N

Chuck Schumer

NY

D

N

Jeanne Shaheen

NH

D

N

Tina Smith

MN

D

N

Debbie Stabenow

MI

D

N

Jon Tester

MT

D

N

Tom Udall

NM

D

N

Mark Warner

VA

D

N

Elizabeth Warren

MA

D

N

Sheldon Whitehouse

RI

D

N

Ron Wyden

OR

D

N

Angus King

ME

I

N

Bernie Sanders

VT

I

N

Lamar Alexander

TN

R

Y

John Barrasso

WY

R

Y

Marsha Blackburn

TN

R

Y

Roy Blunt

MO

R

Y

John Boozman

AR

R

Y

Mike Braun

IN

R

Y

Richard Burr

NC

R

Y

Shelley Moore Capito

WV

R

Y

Bill Cassidy

LA

R

Y

Susan Collins

ME

R

N

John Cornyn

TX

R

Y

Tom Cotton

AR

R

Y

Kevin Cramer

ND

R

Y

Mike Crapo

ID

R

Y

Ted Cruz

TX

R

Y

Steve Daines

MT

R

Y

Michael Enzi

WY

R

Y

Joni Ernst

IA

R

Y

Deb Fischer

NE

R

Y

Cory Gardner

CO

R

Y

Lindsey Graham

SC

R

Y

Chuck Grassley

IA

R

Y

Josh Hawley

MO

R

Y

John Hoeven

ND

R

Y

Cindy Hyde-Smith

MS

R

Y

James Inhofe

OK

R

Y

Ron Johnson

WI

R

Y

John Kennedy

LA

R

Y

James Lankford

OK

R

Y

Mike Lee

UT

R

Y

Kelly Loeffler

GA

R

Y

Mitch McConnell

KY

R

Y

Jerry Moran

KS

R

Y

Lisa Murkowski

AK

R

Y

Rand Paul

KY

R

Y

David Perdue

GA

R

Y

Rob Portman

OH

R

Y

Jim Risch

ID

R

Y

Pat Roberts

KS

R

Y

Mitt Romney

UT

R

Y

Mike Rounds

SD

R

Y

Marco Rubio

FL

R

Y

Ben Sasse

NE

R

Y

Rick Scott

FL

R

Y

Tim Scott

SC

R

Y

Richard Shelby

AL

R

Y

Dan Sullivan

AK

R

Y

John Thune

SD

R

Y

Thom Tillis

NC

R

Y

Pat Toomey

PA

R

Y

Roger Wicker

MS

R

Y

Todd Young

IN

R

Y

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