Key Vote Alert – House & Senate – NO on CR
“NO” on Continuing Resolution
The Club for Growth opposes the Continuing Resolution and urges all Senators and Representatives to vote NO. The results of this vote will be included in the Club for Growth Foundation’s 2022 congressional scorecard.
Throughout America, families are getting crushed by the not-so-hidden tax – inflation. Congress has done nothing to address the historic level of inflation that has effectively wiped out a month of working families’ salaries in buying power. This Continuing Resolution (CR) will hurt working families even more because it is meant to accommodate a Lame Duck Omnibus that will be loaded with even more money for President Biden’s agenda that is causing this outrageous level of inflation.
Too often CRs have been used by the Uniparty in order to allow for enormous spending deals at a time that is politically difficult for Senators and Representatives – the holidays. This CR is no different and was written with an expiration date of December 16th. By giving itself a deadline during the Christmas season, Congress is creating a recipe for the biggest Omnibus appropriations bill in US history.
Furthermore, the Lame Duck session of Congress will empower unaccountable Senators and Representatives that are retiring or lost their re-election campaigns. Coincidentally, the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee are retiring from the Senate.
Nothing good happens after midnight, and in lawmaking, nothing good happens during a Lame Duck. For nearly twenty years, Congress has repeatedly refused to engage in a meaningful appropriations process to allow for single-appropriations bills in order to avoid an end-of-the-year Omnibus. Make no mistake, this CR accommodates a Lame Duck Christmas spending bender by the same people that have more than doubled the National Debt over the past 11 years.
Unless the date of the CR is amended to avoid a Lame Duck spending binge, lawmakers that vote for it should be ashamed of their cowardice and inability to responsibly manage taxpayer dollars.
Club for Growth Foundation’s Congressional Scorecard for the 117th 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
Bill Passed
Vote Number
351
Vote Date
September 29, 2022
Vote Counts
YEAs:
72
NAYs:
25
Not Voting:
3
Mike Lee
UT
R
A
Rob Portman
OH
R
A
Marco Rubio
FL
R
A
John Barrasso
WY
R
N
Marsha Blackburn
TN
R
N
Mike Braun
IN
R
N
Kevin Cramer
ND
R
N
Mike Crapo
ID
R
N
Ted Cruz
TX
R
N
Steve Daines
MT
R
N
Deb Fischer
NE
R
N
Bill Hagerty
TN
R
N
Josh Hawley
MO
R
N
John Hoeven
ND
R
N
James Inhofe
OK
R
N
Ron Johnson
WI
R
N
James Lankford
OK
R
N
Cynthia Lummis
WY
R
N
Roger Marshall
KS
R
N
Rand Paul
KY
R
N
Jim Risch
ID
R
N
Mike Rounds
SD
R
N
Ben Sasse
NE
R
N
Tim Scott
SC
R
N
Rick Scott
FL
R
N
John Thune
SD
R
N
Pat Toomey
PA
R
N
Tommy Tuberville
AL
R
N
Tammy Baldwin
WI
D
Y
Michael Bennet
CO
D
Y
Richard Blumenthal
CT
D
Y
Roy Blunt
MO
R
Y
Cory Booker
NJ
D
Y
John Boozman
AR
R
Y
Sherrod Brown
OH
D
Y
Richard Burr
NC
R
Y
Maria Cantwell
WA
D
Y
Shelley Moore Capito
WV
R
Y
Benjamin Cardin
MD
D
Y
Thomas Carper
DE
D
Y
Bob Casey
PA
D
Y
Bill Cassidy
LA
R
Y
Susan Collins
ME
R
Y
Christopher Coons
DE
D
Y
John Cornyn
TX
R
Y
Catherine Cortez Masto
NV
D
Y
Tom Cotton
AR
R
Y
Tammy Duckworth
IL
D
Y
Richard Durbin
IL
D
Y
Joni Ernst
IA
R
Y
Dianne Feinstein
CA
D
Y
Kirsten Gillibrand
NY
D
Y
Lindsey Graham
SC
R
Y
Chuck Grassley
IA
R
Y
Maggie Hassan
NH
D
Y
Martin Heinrich
NM
D
Y
John Hickenlooper
CO
D
Y
Mazie Hirono
HI
D
Y
Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS
R
Y
Tim Kaine
VA
D
Y
Mark Kelly
AZ
D
Y
John Kennedy
LA
R
Y
Angus King
ME
I
Y
Amy Klobuchar
MN
D
Y
Patrick Leahy
VT
D
Y
Ben Lujan
NM
D
Y
Joe Manchin
WV
D
Y
Edward Markey
MA
D
Y
Mitch McConnell
KY
R
Y
Robert Menendez
NJ
D
Y
Jeff Merkley
OR
D
Y
Jerry Moran
KS
R
Y
Lisa Murkowski
AK
R
Y
Christopher Murphy
CT
D
Y
Patty Murray
WA
D
Y
Thomas Ossoff
GA
D
Y
Alex Padilla
CA
D
Y
Gary Peters
MI
D
Y
Jack Reed
RI
D
Y
Mitt Romney
UT
R
Y
Jacky Rosen
NV
D
Y
Bernie Sanders
VT
I
Y
Brian Schatz
HI
D
Y
Chuck Schumer
NY
D
Y
Jeanne Shaheen
NH
D
Y
Richard Shelby
AL
R
Y
Kyrsten Sinema
AZ
D
Y
Tina Smith
MN
D
Y
Debbie Stabenow
MI
D
Y
Dan Sullivan
AK
R
Y
Jon Tester
MT
D
Y
Thom Tillis
NC
R
Y
Chris Van Hollen
MD
D
Y
Mark Warner
VA
D
Y
Raphael Warnock
GA
D
Y
Elizabeth Warren
MA
D
Y
Sheldon Whitehouse
RI
D
Y
Roger Wicker
MS
R
Y
Ron Wyden
OR
D
Y
Todd Young
IN
R
Y