Key Vote Alert – “NO” on FY19 Defense-Labor-HHS-CR bill (HR 6157)
KEY VOTE ALERT
“NO” on FY19 Defense-Labor-HHS-CR bill (HR 6157)
The Club for Growth opposes the Defense-Labor-HHS-CR bill (HR 6157) and urges all members of Congress to vote NO on it. A vote is expected soon in both chambers. The vote will be included in the Club’s 2018 congressional scorecard.
The Club has two main objections to this bill. First, it reaffirms the budget-busting deal that Congress passed earlier this year. It completely ignores the trillion dollar annual and perpetual deficits that are fast approaching. Second, the bill ignores spending cuts recommended in the White House’s FY19 budget – including the elimination of several programs in the Department of Education and the overall funding level for the National Labor Relations Board. In typical DC fashion, politicians in both parties settled their differences by just spending more money.
When we opposed the budget-busting deal in March, we summarized the bill as “plain madness”. This new bill just doubles down on that characterization.
Our Congressional Scorecard for the 115th 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 our members and to the public.
Vote Results
Club Position
No
Required for Majority
1/2
Vote Results
Conference Report Agreed to
Vote Number
212
Vote Date
September 18, 2018
Vote Counts
YEAs:
91
NAYs:
7
Not Voting:
0
Lisa Murkowski
AK
R
Y
Dan Sullivan
AK
R
Y
Doug Jones
AL
D
Y
Richard Shelby
AL
R
Y
John Boozman
AR
R
Y
Tom Cotton
AR
R
Y
Jeff Flake
AZ
R
N
Jon Kyl
AZ
R
Y
Dianne Feinstein
CA
D
Y
Kamala Harris
CA
D
Y
Michael Bennet
CO
D
Y
Cory Gardner
CO
R
Y
Richard Blumenthal
CT
D
Y
Christopher Murphy
CT
D
Y
Thomas Carper
DE
D
Y
Christopher Coons
DE
D
Y
Bill Nelson
FL
D
Y
Marco Rubio
FL
R
Y
Johnny Isakson
GA
R
Y
David Perdue
GA
R
N
Mazie Hirono
HI
D
Y
Brian Schatz
HI
D
Y
Joni Ernst
IA
R
Y
Chuck Grassley
IA
R
Y
Mike Crapo
ID
R
Y
Jim Risch
ID
R
Y
Tammy Duckworth
IL
D
Y
Richard Durbin
IL
D
Y
Joe Donnelly
IN
D
Y
Todd Young
IN
R
Y
Jerry Moran
KS
R
Y
Pat Roberts
KS
R
Y
Mitch McConnell
KY
R
Y
Rand Paul
KY
R
N
Bill Cassidy
LA
R
Y
John Kennedy
LA
R
Y
Edward Markey
MA
D
Y
Elizabeth Warren
MA
D
Y
Benjamin Cardin
MD
D
Y
Chris Van Hollen
MD
D
Y
Susan Collins
ME
R
Y
Angus King
ME
I
Y
Gary Peters
MI
D
Y
Debbie Stabenow
MI
D
Y
Amy Klobuchar
MN
D
Y
Roy Blunt
MO
R
Y
Claire McCaskill
MO
D
Y
Roger Wicker
MS
R
Y
Steve Daines
MT
R
Y
Jon Tester
MT
D
Y
Richard Burr
NC
R
Y
Thom Tillis
NC
R
Y
Heidi Heitkamp
ND
D
Y
John Hoeven
ND
R
Y
Deb Fischer
NE
R
Y
Ben Sasse
NE
R
N
Maggie Hassan
NH
D
Y
Jeanne Shaheen
NH
D
Y
Cory Booker
NJ
D
Y
Robert Menendez
NJ
D
Y
Martin Heinrich
NM
D
Y
Tom Udall
NM
D
Y
Catherine Cortez Masto
NV
D
Y
Dean Heller
NV
R
Y
Kirsten Gillibrand
NY
D
Y
Chuck Schumer
NY
D
Y
Sherrod Brown
OH
D
Y
Rob Portman
OH
R
Y
James Inhofe
OK
R
Y
James Lankford
OK
R
Y
Jeff Merkley
OR
D
Y
Ron Wyden
OR
D
Y
Bob Casey
PA
D
Y
Pat Toomey
PA
R
N
Jack Reed
RI
D
Y
Sheldon Whitehouse
RI
D
Y
Lindsey Graham
SC
R
Y
Tim Scott
SC
R
Y
Mike Rounds
SD
R
Y
John Thune
SD
R
Y
Lamar Alexander
TN
R
Y
Bob Corker
TN
R
Y
John Cornyn
TX
R
Y
Ted Cruz
TX
R
Y
Orrin Hatch
UT
R
Y
Mike Lee
UT
R
N
Tim Kaine
VA
D
Y
Mark Warner
VA
D
Y
Patrick Leahy
VT
D
Y
Bernie Sanders
VT
I
N
Maria Cantwell
WA
D
Y
Patty Murray
WA
D
Y
Tammy Baldwin
WI
D
Y
Ron Johnson
WI
R
Y
Shelley Moore Capito
WV
R
Y
Joe Manchin
WV
D
Y
John Barrasso
WY
R
Y
Michael Enzi
WY
R
Y