Key Vote Alert – “NO” on Schumer-McConnell Budget Deal
KEY VOTE ALERT
“NO” on Schumer-McConnell Budget Deal
The Club for Growth opposes the Schumer-McConnell budget deal 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.
In 2011, when Congress passed The Budget Control Act (BCA), Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell praised the deal, proclaiming that the “big government freight train” was slowing down. Well, now that the BCA spending caps are busted under this deal yet again, it’s clear that McConnell and the GOP establishment want to speed up the big government freight train with the help of big spending liberals on the other side of the aisle.
As if that’s not bad enough, this deal also includes $80+ billion in so-called disaster relief spending, cronyist tax extenders, an expansion of farm subsidies, and another suspension in the debt ceiling, conveniently timed to expire after the mid-term elections. Nowhere in this deal are the $54 billion in spending cuts outlined in President Trump’s budget. Instead, the big government freight train is running out of control.
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
Motion Agreed to
Vote Number
31
Vote Date
February 9, 2018
Vote Counts
YEAs:
70
NAYs:
28
Not Voting:
1
John McCain
AZ
R
A
Michael Bennet
CO
D
N
Cory Booker
NJ
D
N
Richard Burr
NC
R
N
Maria Cantwell
WA
D
N
Bill Cassidy
LA
R
N
Bob Corker
TN
R
N
Mike Crapo
ID
R
N
Steve Daines
MT
R
N
Michael Enzi
WY
R
N
Dianne Feinstein
CA
D
N
Jeff Flake
AZ
R
N
Kirsten Gillibrand
NY
D
N
Chuck Grassley
IA
R
N
Kamala Harris
CA
D
N
Mazie Hirono
HI
D
N
Ron Johnson
WI
R
N
John Kennedy
LA
R
N
James Lankford
OK
R
N
Mike Lee
UT
R
N
Edward Markey
MA
D
N
Jeff Merkley
OR
D
N
Rand Paul
KY
R
N
Jim Risch
ID
R
N
Bernie Sanders
VT
I
N
Ben Sasse
NE
R
N
Pat Toomey
PA
R
N
Elizabeth Warren
MA
D
N
Ron Wyden
OR
D
N
Lamar Alexander
TN
R
Y
Tammy Baldwin
WI
D
Y
John Barrasso
WY
R
Y
Richard Blumenthal
CT
D
Y
Roy Blunt
MO
R
Y
John Boozman
AR
R
Y
Sherrod Brown
OH
D
Y
Shelley Moore Capito
WV
R
Y
Benjamin Cardin
MD
D
Y
Thomas Carper
DE
D
Y
Bob Casey
PA
D
Y
Thad Cochran
MS
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
Ted Cruz
TX
R
Y
Joe Donnelly
IN
D
Y
Tammy Duckworth
IL
D
Y
Richard Durbin
IL
D
Y
Joni Ernst
IA
R
Y
Deb Fischer
NE
R
Y
Cory Gardner
CO
R
Y
Lindsey Graham
SC
R
Y
Maggie Hassan
NH
D
Y
Orrin Hatch
UT
R
Y
Martin Heinrich
NM
D
Y
Heidi Heitkamp
ND
D
Y
Dean Heller
NV
R
Y
John Hoeven
ND
R
Y
James Inhofe
OK
R
Y
Johnny Isakson
GA
R
Y
Doug Jones
AL
D
Y
Tim Kaine
VA
D
Y
Angus King
ME
I
Y
Amy Klobuchar
MN
D
Y
Patrick Leahy
VT
D
Y
Joe Manchin
WV
D
Y
Claire McCaskill
MO
D
Y
Mitch McConnell
KY
R
Y
Robert Menendez
NJ
D
Y
Jerry Moran
KS
R
Y
Lisa Murkowski
AK
R
Y
Christopher Murphy
CT
D
Y
Patty Murray
WA
D
Y
Bill Nelson
FL
D
Y
David Perdue
GA
R
Y
Gary Peters
MI
D
Y
Rob Portman
OH
R
Y
Jack Reed
RI
D
Y
Pat Roberts
KS
R
Y
Mike Rounds
SD
R
Y
Marco Rubio
FL
R
Y
Brian Schatz
HI
D
Y
Chuck Schumer
NY
D
Y
Tim Scott
SC
R
Y
Jeanne Shaheen
NH
D
Y
Richard Shelby
AL
R
Y
Debbie Stabenow
MI
D
Y
Dan Sullivan
AK
R
Y
Jon Tester
MT
D
Y
John Thune
SD
R
Y
Thom Tillis
NC
R
Y
Tom Udall
NM
D
Y
Chris Van Hollen
MD
D
Y
Mark Warner
VA
D
Y
Sheldon Whitehouse
RI
D
Y
Roger Wicker
MS
R
Y
Todd Young
IN
R
Y