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