Key Vote Alert – House – Speaker Vote

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The Club for Growth urges all Representatives to vote for a Speaker of the House of Representatives that will provide transformational reforms to the House, build a bold pro-growth legislative agenda, and restore the individual rights and powers of the rank-and-file membership. If a candidate for Speaker refuses to support and adopt the reforms outlined below – Club for Growth urges all Representatives to vote against that candidate for Speaker. The results of one or more votes will be included in the Club for Growth Foundation’s 2023 congressional scorecard.

Leadership races are typically “inside baseball” politics but the American People are desperate for new political leadership in America. The career politicians from both parties that have led the House, Senate, and White House yield a lack of enthusiasm among the American People. That is why there is not an electoral mandate for any specific candidate to be Speaker. The House is not about one person or a Speaker of the House. In fact, the House is not even about 435 people. The House is about representation of over 330 million Americans. What’s more important to the American People than any individual member is the dire necessity to restore the House of Representatives to a legislative body that gives all Members from all communities a voice to speak on behalf of constituents, the ability to amend and impact legislation, and a vote on behalf of the People they were elected to represent.

The next Speaker must also pledge to hold an up-or-down vote on a Constitutional Amendment providing term limits at the length of three terms in the House and two terms in the Senate in order to expose the career politicians that only serve their own interests and to enrich themselves, not public service in the best interests of the American People.

On December 1st, 2022, David McIntosh, President, Club for Growth issued a statement that said:

“For far too long, the House Leadership from both parties has consolidated power into the select few, rather than embracing the diverse viewpoints of the rank-and-file Membership representing constituents across America. Instead of mimicking Nancy Pelosi’s regime, the new Speaker of the House should adopt the following reforms in order to return democracy to the House of Representatives.”

  • Return to the rules of the 114th Congress. It is especially important to have a functioning amendment process for the House to function. This includes allowing “open rules” on all major rule legislation, such as appropriations. It is unacceptable that in the last six years there have been no – zero – amendments on legislation permitted from rank-and-file Members brought to a vote;
  • Congressional Leadership Fund should be prohibited from spending money or providing grants to any super PAC to engage in open Republican primaries or against any Republican incumbent. Additionally, the Speaker shall not be permitted to solicit funds or direct any other super PAC to oppose a Republican incumbent;
  • Give conservatives a seat at the table. A true conservative Representative must also be included in House Republican Leadership. None of the elected leadership from last month’s (November) leadership elections represents the views of 33% of Republicans who are elected conservatives in order to satisfy this requirement.

The transformational reforms described in this key vote alert are vital to restoring the People’s House and ending business as usual. Club for Growth strongly urges all Representatives to vote for a candidate for Speaker that supports these reforms and to oppose a candidate for Speaker that does not. Otherwise, the People’s House won’t be restored and business as usual will continue in the nation’s capital.

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.

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Vote Results

Club Position

Yes

Required for Majority

1/2

Vote Results

Passed

Vote Number

20

Vote Date

January 7, 2023

Vote Counts

YEAs:

222

NAYs:

212

Not Voting:

0

Name

State

Party

Vote Position

Mary Peltola

AK

D

N

Robert Aderholt

AL

R

Y

Jerry Carl

AL

R

Y

Barry Moore

AL

R

Y

Gary Palmer

AL

R

Y

Mike Rogers

AL

R

Y

Terri Sewell

AL

D

N

Dale Strong

AL

R

Y

Rick Crawford

AR

R

Y

French Hill

AR

R

Y

Bruce Westerman

AR

R

Y

Steve Womack

AR

R

Y

Andy Biggs

AZ

R

Y

Juan Ciscomani

AZ

R

Y

Elijah Crane

AZ

R

Y

Ruben Gallego

AZ

D

N

Paul Gosar

AZ

R

Y

Raul Grijalva

AZ

D

N

Debbie Lesko

AZ

R

Y

David Schweikert

AZ

R

Y

Greg Stanton

AZ

D

N

Pete Aguilar

CA

D

N

Nanette Barragan

CA

D

N

Ami Bera

CA

D

N

Julia Brownley

CA

D

N

Ken Calvert

CA

R

Y

Salud Carbajal

CA

D

N

Tony Cardenas

CA

D

N

Judy Chu

CA

D

N

Luis Correa

CA

D

N

Jim Costa

CA

D

N

Mark DeSaulnier

CA

D

N

John Duarte

CA

R

Y

Anna Eshoo

CA

D

N

John Garamendi

CA

D

N

Robert Garcia

CA

D

N

Mike Garcia

CA

R

Y

Jimmy Gomez

CA

D

N

Josh Harder

CA

D

N

Jared Huffman

CA

D

N

Darrell Issa

CA

R

Y

Sara Jacobs

CA

D

N

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

N

Ted Lieu

CA

D

N

Zoe Lofgren

CA

D

N

Doris Matsui

CA

D

N

Kevin McCarthy

CA

R

Y

Tom McClintock

CA

R

Y

Kevin Mullin

CA

D

N

Grace Napolitano

CA

D

N

Jay Obernolte

CA

R

Y

Jimmy Panetta

CA

D

N

Nancy Pelosi

CA

D

N

Scott Peters

CA

D

N

Katie Porter

CA

D

N

Raul Ruiz

CA

D

N

Linda Sanchez

CA

D

N

Adam Schiff

CA

D

N

Brad Sherman

CA

D

N

Michelle Steel

CA

R

Y

Eric Swalwell

CA

D

N

Mark Takano

CA

D

N

Mike Thompson

CA

D

N

Norma Torres

CA

D

N

David Valadao

CA

R

Y

Juan Vargas

CA

D

N

Maxine Waters

CA

D

N

Lauren Boebert

CO

R

Y

Ken Buck

CO

R

Y

Yadira Caraveo

CO

D

N

Jason Crow

CO

D

N

Diana DeGette

CO

D

N

Doug Lamborn

CO

R

Y

Joseph Neguse

CO

D

N

Brittany Pettersen

CO

D

N

Joe Courtney

CT

D

N

Rosa DeLauro

CT

D

N

Jahana Hayes

CT

D

N

James Himes

CT

D

N

John Larson

CT

D

N

Lisa Rochester

DE

D

N

Aaron Bean

FL

R

Y

Gus Bilirakis

FL

R

Y

Vern Buchanan

FL

R

Y

Kat Cammack

FL

R

Y

Kathy Castor

FL

D

N

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

FL

D

N

Mario Diaz-Balart

FL

R

Y

Byron Donalds

FL

R

Y

Neal Dunn

FL

R

Y

Lois Frankel

FL

D

N

Scott Franklin

FL

R

Y

Maxwell Frost

FL

D

N

Matt Gaetz

FL

R

Y

Carlos Gimenez

FL

R

Y

Laurel Lee

FL

R

Y

Anna Luna

FL

R

Y

Brian Mast

FL

R

Y

Cory Mills

FL

R

Y

Jared Moskowitz

FL

D

N

Bill Posey

FL

R

Y

John Rutherford

FL

R

Y

Maria Salazar

FL

R

Y

Darren Soto

FL

D

N

Greg Steube

FL

R

Y

Michael Waltz

FL

R

Y

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

FL

D

N

Daniel Webster

FL

R

Y

Frederica Wilson

FL

D

N

Rick Allen

GA

R

Y

Sanford Bishop

GA

D

N

Buddy Carter

GA

R

Y

Andrew Clyde

GA

R

Y

Mike Collins

GA

R

Y

Drew Ferguson

GA

R

Y

Marjorie Greene

GA

R

Y

Henry Johnson

GA

D

N

Barry Loudermilk

GA

R

Y

Lucy McBath

GA

D

N

Richard McCormick

GA

R

Y

Austin Scott

GA

R

Y

David Scott

GA

D

N

Nikema Williams

GA

D

N

Ed Case

HI

D

N

Jill Tokuda

HI

D

N

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

Y

Mike Simpson

ID

R

Y

Mike Bost

IL

R

Y

Nikki Budzinski

IL

D

N

Sean Casten

IL

D

N

Danny Davis

IL

D

N

Bill Foster

IL

D

N

Jesus Garcia

IL

D

N

Jonathan Jackson

IL

D

N

Robin Kelly

IL

D

N

Raja Krishnamoorthi

IL

D

N

Darin LaHood

IL

R

Y

Mary Miller

IL

R

Y

Mike Quigley

IL

D

N

Delia Ramirez

IL

D

N

Janice Schakowsky

IL

D

N

Bradley Schneider

IL

D

N

Eric Sorensen

IL

D

N

Lauren Underwood

IL

D

N

James Baird

IN

R

Y

Jim Banks

IN

R

Y

Larry Bucshon

IN

R

Y

Andre Carson

IN

D

N

Erin Houchin

IN

R

Y

Frank Mrvan

IN

D

N

Greg Pence

IN

R

Y

Victoria Spartz

IN

R

Y

Rudolph Yakym

IN

R

Y

Sharice Davids

KS

D

N

Ron Estes

KS

R

Y

Jake LaTurner

KS

R

Y

Tracey Mann

KS

R

Y

Andy Barr

KY

R

Y

James Comer

KY

R

Y

Brett Guthrie

KY

R

Y

Thomas Massie

KY

R

Y

Morgan McGarvey

KY

D

N

Hal Rogers

KY

R

Y

Troy Carter

LA

D

N

Garret Graves

LA

R

Y

Clay Higgins

LA

R

Y

Mike Johnson

LA

R

Y

Julia Letlow

LA

R

Y

Steve Scalise

LA

R

Y

Jake Auchincloss

MA

D

N

Katherine Clark

MA

D

N

William Keating

MA

D

N

Stephen Lynch

MA

D

N

James McGovern

MA

D

N

Seth Moulton

MA

D

N

Richard Neal

MA

D

N

Ayanna Pressley

MA

D

N

Lori Trahan

MA

D

N

Andy Harris

MD

R

Y

Steny Hoyer

MD

D

N

Glenn Ivey

MD

D

N

Kweisi Mfume

MD

D

N

Jamie Raskin

MD

D

N

C.A. Ruppersberger

MD

D

N

John Sarbanes

MD

D

N

David Trone

MD

D

N

Jared Golden

ME

D

N

Chellie Pingree

ME

D

N

Jack Bergman

MI

R

Y

Debbie Dingell

MI

D

N

Bill Huizenga

MI

R

Y

John James

MI

R

Y

Daniel Kildee

MI

D

N

Lisa McClain

MI

R

Y

John Moolenaar

MI

R

Y

Hillary Scholten

MI

D

N

Elissa Slotkin

MI

D

N

Haley Stevens

MI

D

N

Shri Thanedar

MI

D

N

Rashida Tlaib

MI

D

N

Tim Walberg

MI

R

Y

Angela Craig

MN

D

N

Tom Emmer

MN

R

Y

Brad Finstad

MN

R

Y

Michelle Fischbach

MN

R

Y

Betty McCollum

MN

D

N

Ilhan Omar

MN

D

N

Dean Phillips

MN

D

N

Pete Stauber

MN

R

Y

Mark Alford

MO

R

Y

Eric Burlison

MO

R

Y

Cori Bush

MO

D

N

Emanuel Cleaver

MO

D

N

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

Y

Trent Kelly

MS

R

Y

Bennie Thompson

MS

D

N

Matt Rosendale

MT

R

Y

Ryan Zinke

MT

R

Y

Alma Adams

NC

D

N

Dan Bishop

NC

R

Y

Donald Davis

NC

D

N

Charles Edwards

NC

R

Y

Valerie Foushee

NC

D

N

Virginia Foxx

NC

R

Y

Richard Hudson

NC

R

Y

Jeff Jackson

NC

D

N

Kathy Manning

NC

D

N

Patrick McHenry

NC

R

Y

Greg Murphy

NC

R

Y

Wiley Nickel

NC

D

N

Deborah Ross

NC

D

N

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

N

Christopher Pappas

NH

D

N

Josh Gottheimer

NJ

D

N

Thomas Kean

NJ

R

Y

Andy Kim

NJ

D

N

Robert Menendez

NJ

D

N

Donald Norcross

NJ

D

N

Frank Pallone

NJ

D

N

Bill Pascrell

NJ

D

N

Donald Payne

NJ

D

N

Mikie Sherrill

NJ

D

N

Christopher Smith

NJ

R

Y

Jeff Van Drew

NJ

R

Y

Bonnie Watson Coleman

NJ

D

N

Teresa Fernandez

NM

D

N

Melanie Stansbury

NM

D

N

Gabriel Vasquez

NM

D

N

Mark Amodei

NV

R

Y

Steven Horsford

NV

D

N

Suzanne Lee

NV

D

N

Dina Titus

NV

D

N

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

N

Hakeem Jeffries

NY

D

N

Nicholas LaLota

NY

R

Y

Nicholas Langworthy

NY

R

Y

Michael Lawler

NY

R

Y

Nicole Malliotakis

NY

R

Y

Gregory Meeks

NY

D

N

Grace Meng

NY

D

N

Marcus Molinaro

NY

R

Y

Joseph Morelle

NY

D

N

Jerrold Nadler

NY

D

N

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

NY

D

N

Pat Ryan

NY

D

N

George Santos

NY

R

Y

Elise Stefanik

NY

R

Y

Claudia Tenney

NY

R

Y

Paul Tonko

NY

D

N

Ritchie Torres

NY

D

N

Nydia Velazquez

NY

D

N

Brandon Williams

NY

R

Y

Troy Balderson

OH

R

Y

Joyce Beatty

OH

D

N

Shontel Brown

OH

D

N

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

N

Greg Landsman

OH

D

N

Bob Latta

OH

R

Y

Max Miller

OH

R

Y

Emilia Sykes

OH

D

N

Michael Turner

OH

R

Y

Brad Wenstrup

OH

R

Y

Stephanie Bice

OK

R

Y

Josh Brecheen

OK

R

Y

Tom Cole

OK

R

Y

Kevin Hern

OK

R

Y

Frank Lucas

OK

R

Y

Cliff Bentz

OR

R

Y

Earl Blumenauer

OR

D

N

Suzanne Bonamici

OR

D

N

Lori Chavez-DeRemer

OR

R

Y

Val Hoyle

OR

D

N

Andrea Salinas

OR

D

N

Brendan Boyle

PA

D

N

Matthew Cartwright

PA

D

N

Madeleine Dean

PA

D

N

Christopher Deluzio

PA

D

N

Dwight Evans

PA

D

N

Brian Fitzpatrick

PA

R

Y

Chrissy Houlahan

PA

D

N

John Joyce

PA

R

Y

Mike Kelly

PA

R

Y

Summer Lee

PA

D

N

Dan Meuser

PA

R

Y

Scott Perry

PA

R

Y

Guy Reschenthaler

PA

R

Y

Mary Scanlon

PA

D

N

Lloyd Smucker

PA

R

Y

Glenn Thompson

PA

R

Y

Susan Wild

PA

D

N

David Cicilline

RI

D

N

Seth Magaziner

RI

D

N

James Clyburn

SC

D

N

Jeff Duncan

SC

R

Y

Russell Fry

SC

R

Y

Nancy Mace

SC

R

Y

Ralph Norman

SC

R

Y

William Timmons

SC

R

Y

Joe Wilson

SC

R

Y

Dusty Johnson

SD

R

Y

Tim Burchett

TN

R

Y

Steve Cohen

TN

D

N

Scott DesJarlais

TN

R

Y

Chuck Fleischmann

TN

R

Y

Mark Green

TN

R

Y

Diana Harshbarger

TN

R

Y

David Kustoff

TN

R

Y

Andrew Ogles

TN

R

Y

John Rose

TN

R

Y

Colin Allred

TX

D

N

Jodey Arrington

TX

R

Y

Brian Babin

TX

R

Y

Michael Burgess

TX

R

Y

John Carter

TX

R

Y

Greg Casar

TX

D

N

Joaquin Castro

TX

D

N

Michael Cloud

TX

R

Y

Dan Crenshaw

TX

R

Y

Jasmine Crockett

TX

D

N

Henry Cuellar

TX

D

N

Monica De La Cruz

TX

R

Y

Lloyd Doggett

TX

D

N

John Ellzey

TX

R

Y

Veronica Escobar

TX

D

N

Pat Fallon

TX

R

Y

Lizzie Fletcher

TX

D

N

Sylvia Garcia

TX

D

N

Tony Gonzales

TX

R

Y

Vicente Gonzalez

TX

D

N

Lance Gooden

TX

R

Y

Kay Granger

TX

R

Y

Al Green

TX

D

N

Wesley Hunt

TX

R

Y

Ronny Jackson

TX

R

Y

Sheila Jackson-Lee

TX

D

N

Morgan Luttrell

TX

R

Y

Michael McCaul

TX

R

Y

Nathaniel Moran

TX

R

Y

Troy Nehls

TX

R

Y

August Pfluger

TX

R

Y

Chip Roy

TX

R

Y

Keith Self

TX

R

Y

Pete Sessions

TX

R

Y

Beth Van Duyne

TX

R

Y

Marc Veasey

TX

D

N

Randy Weber

TX

R

Y

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

N

Ben Cline

VA

R

Y

Gerald Connolly

VA

D

N

Robert Good

VA

R

Y

H. Morgan Griffith

VA

R

Y

Jennifer Kiggans

VA

R

Y

Robert Scott

VA

D

N

Abigail Spanberger

VA

D

N

Jennifer Wexton

VA

D

N

Robert Wittman

VA

R

Y

Becca Balint

VT

D

N

Suzan DelBene

WA

D

N

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

WA

D

N

Pramila Jayapal

WA

D

N

Derek Kilmer

WA

D

N

Rick Larsen

WA

D

N

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

WA

R

Y

Dan Newhouse

WA

R

Y

Kim Schrier

WA

D

N

Adam Smith

WA

D

N

Marilyn Strickland

WA

D

N

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

Y

Derrick Van Orden

WI

R

Y

Carol Miller

WV

R

Y

Alex Mooney

WV

R

Y

Harriet Hageman

WY

R

Y

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