Key Vote Alert – NO on Increased Spending Through Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, H.R. 2440

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Club for Growth opposes the “Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Fund Act,” H.R. 2440, and urges all Representatives to vote no. The legislation is expected to be considered soon in the House of Representatives under suspension of the rules.  The results of the vote will be included in the Club for Growth Foundation’s 2019 Congressional Scorecard.

Congress is addicted to deficit spending. The total deficit for FY2019 was $984 billion. CBO projects the deficit to exceed $1 trillion in FY2020. In July, the Bipartisan Budget Act set new discretionary budget caps that increased spending by a total of $324 billion for FY2020 & FY2020. Less than 3 months later, the House is once again working to pass legislation that will increase discretionary spending beyond the new budget caps and add billions more to the deficit.

The Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) funds America’s ports and dredging through the Army Corps of Engineers and is subject to annual appropriations. Because the HMTF has accumulated a balance of $9.3 billion in revenues, some Members of Congress believe they can easily increase the spending by about $10 billion over two years and nobody will care. The legislation even makes the funds available as a new cap exemption under Sec. 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, which is the emergency designation often used to spend beyond the discretionary budget caps. The spending increase should be subject to offsets and abide to the discretionary spending budget caps, which are already excessive. Congress needs to stop saddling the American people with more debt. In fact, Congress should aggressively pursue legislation that decreases the federal deficit.

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

No

Required for Majority

1/2

Vote Results

Passed

Vote Number

585

Vote Date

October 28, 2019

Vote Counts

YEAs:

296

NAYs:

109

Not Voting:

26

Name

State

Party

Vote Position

Ralph Abraham

LA

R

Yea

Alma Adams

NC

D

Yea

Robert Aderholt

AL

R

Nay

Pete Aguilar

CA

D

Yea

Rick Allen

GA

R

Nay

Colin Allred

TX

D

Yea

Justin Amash

MI

I

Nay

Mark Amodei

NV

R

Yea

Kelly Armstrong

ND

R

Nay

Jodey Arrington

TX

R

Nay

Cindy Axne

IA

D

Yea

Brian Babin

TX

R

Yea

Don Bacon

NE

R

Yea

James Baird

IN

R

Yea

Troy Balderson

OH

R

Yea

Jim Banks

IN

R

Nay

Andy Barr

KY

R

Nay

Nanette Barragan

CA

D

Yea

Karen Bass

CA

D

Yea

Joyce Beatty

OH

D

NV

Ami Bera

CA

D

Yea

Jack Bergman

MI

R

Yea

Don Beyer

VA

D

Yea

Andy Biggs

AZ

R

Nay

Gus Bilirakis

FL

R

Yea

Rob Bishop

UT

R

Nay

Dan Bishop

NC

R

Nay

Sanford Bishop

GA

D

Yea

Earl Blumenauer

OR

D

Yea

Suzanne Bonamici

OR

D

Yea

Mike Bost

IL

R

Yea

Brendan Boyle

PA

D

Yea

Kevin Brady

TX

R

Nay

Anthony Brindisi

NY

D

Yea

Susan Brooks

IN

R

Yea

Mo Brooks

AL

R

Nay

Anthony Brown

MD

D

Yea

Julia Brownley

CA

D

Yea

Vern Buchanan

FL

R

Yea

Ken Buck

CO

R

Nay

Larry Bucshon

IN

R

Yea

Ted Budd

NC

R

Nay

Tim Burchett

TN

R

Nay

Michael Burgess

TX

R

Nay

Cheri Bustos

IL

D

Yea

G.K. Butterfield

NC

D

Yea

Bradley Byrne

AL

R

Yea

Ken Calvert

CA

R

Yea

Salud Carbajal

CA

D

Yea

Tony Cardenas

CA

D

Yea

Andre Carson

IN

D

Yea

Buddy Carter

GA

R

Nay

John Carter

TX

R

NV

Matthew Cartwright

PA

D

NV

Ed Case

HI

D

Yea

Sean Casten

IL

D

Yea

Kathy Castor

FL

D

Yea

Joaquin Castro

TX

D

Yea

Steve Chabot

OH

R

Nay

Liz Cheney

WY

R

Nay

Judy Chu

CA

D

Yea

David Cicilline

RI

D

Yea

Gil Cisneros

CA

D

Yea

Katherine Clark

MA

D

Yea

Yvette Clarke

NY

D

Yea

Lacy Clay

MO

D

Yea

Emanuel Cleaver

MO

D

Yea

Ben Cline

VA

R

Nay

Michael Cloud

TX

R

Yea

James Clyburn

SC

D

Yea

Steve Cohen

TN

D

Yea

Tom Cole

OK

R

Nay

Doug Collins

GA

R

Nay

James Comer

KY

R

Nay

K. Michael Conaway

TX

R

Nay

Gerald Connolly

VA

D

Yea

Paul Cook

CA

R

Yea

Jim Cooper

TN

D

Yea

Luis Correa

CA

D

Yea

Jim Costa

CA

D

NV

Joe Courtney

CT

D

Yea

TJ Cox

CA

D

NV

Angela Craig

MN

D

Yea

Rick Crawford

AR

R

Nay

Dan Crenshaw

TX

R

Yea

Charlie Crist

FL

D

Yea

Jason Crow

CO

D

Yea

Henry Cuellar

TX

D

Yea

Joe Cunningham

SC

D

Yea

John Curtis

UT

R

Nay

Sharice Davids

KS

D

Yea

Warren Davidson

OH

R

Nay

Danny Davis

IL

D

Yea

Susan Davis

CA

D

Yea

Rodney Davis

IL

R

Yea

Madeleine Dean

PA

D

Yea

Peter DeFazio

OR

D

Yea

Diana DeGette

CO

D

Yea

Rosa DeLauro

CT

D

Yea

Suzan DelBene

WA

D

Yea

Antonio Delgado

NY

D

Yea

Val Demings

FL

D

Yea

Mark DeSaulnier

CA

D

Yea

Scott DesJarlais

TN

R

Nay

Ted Deutch

FL

D

Yea

Mario Diaz-Balart

FL

R

Nay

Debbie Dingell

MI

D

Yea

Lloyd Doggett

TX

D

Yea

Michael Doyle

PA

D

NV

Jeff Duncan

SC

R

Nay

Neal Dunn

FL

R

Yea

Tom Emmer

MN

R

Yea

Eliot Engel

NY

D

Yea

Veronica Escobar

TX

D

Yea

Anna Eshoo

CA

D

Yea

Adriano Espaillat

NY

D

Yea

Ron Estes

KS

R

Nay

Dwight Evans

PA

D

Yea

Drew Ferguson

GA

R

Nay

Abby Finkenauer

IA

D

Yea

Brian Fitzpatrick

PA

R

Yea

Chuck Fleischmann

TN

R

Nay

Lizzie Fletcher

TX

D

Yea

Bill Flores

TX

R

Nay

Jeff Fortenberry

NE

R

Nay

Bill Foster

IL

D

Yea

Virginia Foxx

NC

R

Nay

Lois Frankel

FL

D

Yea

Marcia Fudge

OH

D

Yea

Russ Fulcher

ID

R

Nay

Tulsi Gabbard

HI

D

Yea

Matt Gaetz

FL

R

Nay

Mike Gallagher

WI

R

Yea

Ruben Gallego

AZ

D

Yea

John Garamendi

CA

D

Yea

Sylvia Garcia

TX

D

Yea

Jesus Garcia

IL

D

Yea

Greg Gianforte

MT

R

Nay

Bob Gibbs

OH

R

Yea

Louie Gohmert

TX

R

NV

Jared Golden

ME

D

Yea

Jimmy Gomez

CA

D

Yea

Vicente Gonzalez

TX

D

Yea

Anthony Gonzalez

OH

R

Yea

Lance Gooden

TX

R

Nay

Paul Gosar

AZ

R

NV

Josh Gottheimer

NJ

D

Yea

Kay Granger

TX

R

Nay

Tom Graves

GA

R

Nay

Garret Graves

LA

R

Yea

Sam Graves

MO

R

Yea

Al Green

TX

D

Yea

Mark Green

TN

R

Nay

H. Morgan Griffith

VA

R

Nay

Raul Grijalva

AZ

D

Yea

Glenn Grothman

WI

R

Nay

Michael Guest

MS

R

Nay

Brett Guthrie

KY

R

Nay

Debra Haaland

NM

D

Yea

James Hagedorn

MN

R

Yea

Josh Harder

CA

D

Yea

Andy Harris

MD

R

Nay

Vicky Hartzler

MO

R

Yea

Alcee Hastings

FL

D

Yea

Jahana Hayes

CT

D

Yea

Denny Heck

WA

D

Yea

Kevin Hern

OK

R

Nay

Jaime Herrera Beutler

WA

R

Yea

Jody Hice

GA

R

NV

Brian Higgins

NY

D

Yea

Clay Higgins

LA

R

Yea

Katie Hill

CA

D

NV

French Hill

AR

R

Nay

James Himes

CT

D

Yea

George Holding

NC

R

Nay

Trey Hollingsworth

IN

R

Yea

Kendra Horn

OK

D

Yea

Steven Horsford

NV

D

Yea

Chrissy Houlahan

PA

D

Yea

Steny Hoyer

MD

D

Yea

Richard Hudson

NC

R

Nay

Jared Huffman

CA

D

NV

Bill Huizenga

MI

R

Yea

Duncan Hunter

CA

R

Yea

Will Hurd

TX

R

Yea

Sheila Jackson-Lee

TX

D

Yea

Pramila Jayapal

WA

D

Yea

Hakeem Jeffries

NY

D

Yea

Bill Johnson

OH

R

Nay

Mike Johnson

LA

R

Yea

Henry Johnson

GA

D

Yea

Dusty Johnson

SD

R

Nay

Eddie Johnson

TX

D

Yea

Jim Jordan

OH

R

Nay

David Joyce

OH

R

Yea

John Joyce

PA

R

Nay

Marcy Kaptur

OH

D

Yea

John Katko

NY

R

Yea

William Keating

MA

D

Yea

Fred Keller

PA

R

Nay

Trent Kelly

MS

R

Nay

Mike Kelly

PA

R

Yea

Robin Kelly

IL

D

Yea

Joseph Kennedy

MA

D

NV

Ro Khanna

CA

D

Yea

Daniel Kildee

MI

D

Yea

Derek Kilmer

WA

D

Yea

Andy Kim

NJ

D

Yea

Ron Kind

WI

D

Yea

Peter King

NY

R

Yea

Steve King

IA

R

Nay

Adam Kinzinger

IL

R

Yea

Ann Kirkpatrick

AZ

D

Yea

Raja Krishnamoorthi

IL

D

Yea

Ann Kuster

NH

D

Yea

David Kustoff

TN

R

Nay

Darin LaHood

IL

R

Nay

Doug LaMalfa

CA

R

Yea

Conor Lamb

PA

D

Yea

Doug Lamborn

CO

R

NV

James Langevin

RI

D

Yea

Rick Larsen

WA

D

Yea

John Larson

CT

D

Yea

Bob Latta

OH

R

Nay

Brenda Lawrence

MI

D

Yea

Al Lawson

FL

D

Yea

Barbara Lee

CA

D

Yea

Suzanne Lee

NV

D

Yea

Debbie Lesko

AZ

R

Nay

Andy Levin

MI

D

Yea

Mike Levin

CA

D

Yea

John Lewis

GA

D

Yea

Ted Lieu

CA

D

Yea

Daniel Lipinski

IL

D

Yea

David Loebsack

IA

D

Yea

Zoe Lofgren

CA

D

Yea

Billy Long

MO

R

Nay

Barry Loudermilk

GA

R

Nay

Alan Lowenthal

CA

D

Yea

Nita Lowey

NY

D

Yea

Frank Lucas

OK

R

Yea

Blaine Luetkemeyer

MO

R

Nay

Ben Lujan

NM

D

Yea

Elaine Luria

VA

D

Yea

Stephen Lynch

MA

D

Yea

Tom Malinowski

NJ

D

Yea

Sean Maloney

NY

D

Yea

Carolyn Maloney

NY

D

Yea

Kenny Marchant

TX

R

NV

Roger Marshall

KS

R

Nay

Thomas Massie

KY

R

Nay

Brian Mast

FL

R

Yea

Doris Matsui

CA

D

Yea

Ben McAdams

UT

D

Nay

Lucy McBath

GA

D

Yea

Kevin McCarthy

CA

R

Nay

Michael McCaul

TX

R

Yea

Tom McClintock

CA

R

Nay

Betty McCollum

MN

D

Yea

Donald McEachin

VA

D

NV

James McGovern

MA

D

Yea

Patrick McHenry

NC

R

Nay

David McKinley

WV

R

Yea

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

WA

R

Yea

Jerry McNerney

CA

D

Yea

Mark Meadows

NC

R

Nay

Gregory Meeks

NY

D

NV

Grace Meng

NY

D

NV

Dan Meuser

PA

R

Nay

Carol Miller

WV

R

Yea

Paul Mitchell

MI

R

Yea

John Moolenaar

MI

R

Nay

Alex Mooney

WV

R

Nay

Gwen Moore

WI

D

Yea

Joseph Morelle

NY

D

Yea

Seth Moulton

MA

D

Yea

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

FL

D

Yea

Markwayne Mullin

OK

R

Yea

Greg Murphy

NC

R

Yea

Stephanie Murphy

FL

D

Yea

Jerrold Nadler

NY

D

Yea

Grace Napolitano

CA

D

Yea

Richard Neal

MA

D

Yea

Joseph Neguse

CO

D

Yea

Dan Newhouse

WA

R

Yea

Donald Norcross

NJ

D

Yea

Ralph Norman

SC

R

Nay

Devin Nunes

CA

R

Nay

Tom O'Halleran

AZ

D

Yea

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

NY

D

Yea

Pete Olson

TX

R

Yea

Ilhan Omar

MN

D

NV

Steven Palazzo

MS

R

Yea

Frank Pallone

NJ

D

Yea

Gary Palmer

AL

R

Nay

Jimmy Panetta

CA

D

Yea

Christopher Pappas

NH

D

Yea

Bill Pascrell

NJ

D

Yea

Donald Payne

NJ

D

Yea

Greg Pence

IN

R

Yea

Ed Perlmutter

CO

D

Yea

Scott Perry

PA

R

Nay

Scott Peters

CA

D

Yea

Collin Peterson

MN

D

Yea

Dean Phillips

MN

D

Yea

Chellie Pingree

ME

D

Yea

Mark Pocan

WI

D

NV

Katie Porter

CA

D

Yea

Bill Posey

FL

R

Yea

Ayanna Pressley

MA

D

Yea

David Price

NC

D

Yea

Mike Quigley

IL

D

Yea

Jamie Raskin

MD

D

Yea

John Ratcliffe

TX

R

Nay

Tom Reed

NY

R

Nay

Guy Reschenthaler

PA

R

Yea

Kathleen Rice

NY

D

Yea

Tom Rice

SC

R

Nay

Cedric Richmond

LA

D

Yea

Denver Riggleman

VA

R

Nay

Martha Roby

AL

R

NV

Lisa Rochester

DE

D

Yea

David Roe

TN

R

Nay

Mike Rogers

AL

R

Nay

Hal Rogers

KY

R

Nay

Francis Rooney

FL

R

NV

Max Rose

NY

D

Yea

John Rose

TN

R

Nay

Harley Rouda

CA

D

Yea

David Rouzer

NC

R

Yea

Chip Roy

TX

R

Nay

Lucille Roybal-Allard

CA

D

Yea

Raul Ruiz

CA

D

Yea

C.A. Ruppersberger

MD

D

Yea

Bobby Rush

IL

D

Yea

John Rutherford

FL

R

Yea

Tim Ryan

OH

D

NV

Linda Sanchez

CA

D

Yea

John Sarbanes

MD

D

Yea

Steve Scalise

LA

R

Yea

Mary Scanlon

PA

D

Yea

Janice Schakowsky

IL

D

Yea

Adam Schiff

CA

D

Yea

Bradley Schneider

IL

D

Yea

Kurt Schrader

OR

D

Yea

Kim Schrier

WA

D

Yea

David Schweikert

AZ

R

Nay

David Scott

GA

D

Yea

Austin Scott

GA

R

Nay

Robert Scott

VA

D

Yea

F. James Sensenbrenner

WI

R

Nay

Jose Serrano

NY

D

Yea

Terri Sewell

AL

D

Yea

Donna Shalala

FL

D

Yea

Brad Sherman

CA

D

Yea

Mikie Sherrill

NJ

D

Yea

John Shimkus

IL

R

Yea

Mike Simpson

ID

R

Yea

Albio Sires

NJ

D

Yea

Elissa Slotkin

MI

D

Yea

Jason Smith

MO

R

Nay

Adam Smith

WA

D

Yea

Adrian Smith

NE

R

Nay

Christopher Smith

NJ

R

Yea

Lloyd Smucker

PA

R

Nay

Darren Soto

FL

D

Yea

Abigail Spanberger

VA

D

Yea

Ross Spano

FL

R

Yea

Jackie Speier

CA

D

Yea

Greg Stanton

AZ

D

Yea

Pete Stauber

MN

R

Yea

Elise Stefanik

NY

R

Yea

Bryan Steil

WI

R

Nay

Greg Steube

FL

R

Nay

Haley Stevens

MI

D

Yea

Chris Stewart

UT

R

Nay

Steve Stivers

OH

R

Nay

Thomas Suozzi

NY

D

Yea

Eric Swalwell

CA

D

Yea

Mark Takano

CA

D

Yea

Van Taylor

TX

R

Nay

Glenn Thompson

PA

R

Yea

Bennie Thompson

MS

D

Yea

Mike Thompson

CA

D

NV

Mac Thornberry

TX

R

Nay

William Timmons

SC

R

NV

Scott Tipton

CO

R

Nay

Dina Titus

NV

D

Yea

Rashida Tlaib

MI

D

Yea

Paul Tonko

NY

D

Yea

Norma Torres

CA

D

Yea

Xochitl Torres Small

NM

D

Yea

Lori Trahan

MA

D

Yea

David Trone

MD

D

Yea

Michael Turner

OH

R

Nay

Lauren Underwood

IL

D

Yea

Fred Upton

MI

R

Yea

Jeff Van Drew

NJ

D

Yea

Juan Vargas

CA

D

Yea

Marc Veasey

TX

D

Yea

Filemon Vela

TX

D

Yea

Nydia Velazquez

NY

D

Yea

Peter Visclosky

IN

D

Yea

Ann Wagner

MO

R

Nay

Tim Walberg

MI

R

Yea

Greg Walden

OR

R

Yea

Mark Walker

NC

R

Nay

Jackie Walorski

IN

R

Yea

Michael Waltz

FL

R

Yea

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

FL

D

Yea

Maxine Waters

CA

D

Yea

Steve Watkins

KS

R

Nay

Bonnie Watson Coleman

NJ

D

Yea

Randy Weber

TX

R

Yea

Daniel Webster

FL

R

Yea

Peter Welch

VT

D

Yea

Brad Wenstrup

OH

R

Nay

Bruce Westerman

AR

R

Yea

Jennifer Wexton

VA

D

Yea

Susan Wild

PA

D

Yea

Roger Williams

TX

R

NV

Joe Wilson

SC

R

Yea

Frederica Wilson

FL

D

Yea

Robert Wittman

VA

R

Yea

Steve Womack

AR

R

Nay

Rob Woodall

GA

R

Nay

Ron Wright

TX

R

NV

John Yarmuth

KY

D

Yea

Ted Yoho

FL

R

Yea

Don Young

AK

R

Yea

Lee Zeldin

NY

R

Yea

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