Key Vote Alert – “NO” on the Farm Bill Conference Report (HR 2642)

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KEY VOTE ALERT

“NO” on the Farm Bill Conference Report (HR 2642)

The Club for Growth urges all members of Congress to vote “NO” on the conference report to the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (HR 2642). We expect a vote in the House later this week, with a vote in the Senate some time thereafter. The vote will be included in the Club’s 2014 Congressional Scorecard.

For starters, this 949-page bill is yet another bloated proposal that House and Senate leaders are rushing through Congress without giving members and the public enough time to read and understand the bill. The CBO hasn’t even issued an official score at the time of this key vote alert’s release.

Second, this bill continues, for blatant political reasons, the unholy marriage of agricultural subsidies and food stamps – two completely separate issues. At a minimum, these two programs should be voted on as separate, stand-alone bills. True reform would also include implementing a plan to devolve the food stamp program to the states and eventually eliminate federal agricultural subsidies. This bill is well short of that goal. Instead, it’s a “Christmas Tree” bill where there’s a gift for practically every special interest group out there with a well-connected lobbyist, including the fresh-cut Christmas tree industry!

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Vote Results

Club Position

No

Required for Majority

1/2

Vote Results

Passed

Vote Number

434

Vote Date

December 12, 2018

Vote Counts

YEAs:

371

NAYs:

47

Not Voting:

16

Name

State

Party

Vote Position

Lou Barletta

PA

R

A

Joe Barton

TX

R

A

Vern Buchanan

FL

R

A

Daniel Donovan

NY

R

A

Keith Ellison

MN

D

A

Vicky Hartzler

MO

R

A

Walter Jones

NC

R

A

William Keating

MA

D

A

Stephen Knight

CA

R

A

Raul Labrador

ID

R

A

Michelle Lujan Grisham

NM

D

A

Gwen Moore

WI

D

A

Donald Payne

NJ

D

A

Jared Polis

CO

D

A

Chris Stewart

UT

R

A

Timothy Walz

MN

D

A

Justin Amash

MI

R

N

Andy Biggs

AZ

R

N

Earl Blumenauer

OR

D

N

Dave Brat

VA

R

N

Ken Buck

CO

R

N

Ted Budd

NC

R

N

Buddy Carter

GA

R

N

Steve Chabot

OH

R

N

Mike Coffman

CO

R

N

Warren Davidson

OH

R

N

Lloyd Doggett

TX

D

N

John Duncan

TN

R

N

Jeff Duncan

SC

R

N

Virginia Foxx

NC

R

N

Rodney Frelinghuysen

NJ

R

N

Matt Gaetz

FL

R

N

Mike Gallagher

WI

R

N

Thomas Garrett

VA

R

N

Louie Gohmert

TX

R

N

Paul Gosar

AZ

R

N

Andy Harris

MD

R

N

Jeb Hensarling

TX

R

N

Jody Hice

GA

R

N

George Holding

NC

R

N

Sam Johnson

TX

R

N

Jim Jordan

OH

R

N

Ron Kind

WI

D

N

Doug Lamborn

CO

R

N

Leonard Lance

NJ

R

N

Debbie Lesko

AZ

R

N

Jason Lewis

MN

R

N

Barry Loudermilk

GA

R

N

Thomas Massie

KY

R

N

Brian Mast

FL

R

N

Tom McClintock

CA

R

N

Martha McSally

AZ

R

N

Mark Meadows

NC

R

N

Alex Mooney

WV

R

N

Ralph Norman

SC

R

N

Scott Perry

PA

R

N

Bill Posey

FL

R

N

John Ratcliffe

TX

R

N

Francis Rooney

FL

R

N

Keith Rothfus

PA

R

N

Mark Sanford

SC

R

N

David Schweikert

AZ

R

N

F. James Sensenbrenner

WI

R

N

Ralph Abraham

LA

R

Y

Alma Adams

NC

D

Y

Robert Aderholt

AL

R

Y

Pete Aguilar

CA

D

Y

Rick Allen

GA

R

Y

Mark Amodei

NV

R

Y

Jodey Arrington

TX

R

Y

Brian Babin

TX

R

Y

Don Bacon

NE

R

Y

Troy Balderson

OH

R

Y

Jim Banks

IN

R

Y

Andy Barr

KY

R

Y

Nanette Barragan

CA

D

Y

Karen Bass

CA

D

Y

Joyce Beatty

OH

D

Y

Ami Bera

CA

D

Y

Jack Bergman

MI

R

Y

Don Beyer

VA

D

Y

Gus Bilirakis

FL

R

Y

Mike Bishop

MI

R

Y

Rob Bishop

UT

R

Y

Sanford Bishop

GA

D

Y

Diane Black

TN

R

Y

Marsha Blackburn

TN

R

Y

Rod Blum

IA

R

Y

Suzanne Bonamici

OR

D

Y

Cory Booker

NJ

D

Y

Mike Bost

IL

R

Y

Brendan Boyle

PA

D

Y

Kevin Brady

TX

R

Y

Robert Brady

PA

D

Y

Mo Brooks

AL

R

Y

Susan Brooks

IN

R

Y

Anthony Brown

MD

D

Y

Julia Brownley

CA

D

Y

Larry Bucshon

IN

R

Y

Michael Burgess

TX

R

Y

Cheri Bustos

IL

D

Y

G.K. Butterfield

NC

D

Y

Bradley Byrne

AL

R

Y

Ken Calvert

CA

R

Y

Michael Capuano

MA

D

Y

Salud Carbajal

CA

D

Y

Tony Cardenas

CA

D

Y

Andre Carson

IN

D

Y

John Carter

TX

R

Y

Matthew Cartwright

PA

D

Y

Kathy Castor

FL

D

Y

Joaquin Castro

TX

D

Y

Liz Cheney

WY

R

Y

Judy Chu

CA

D

Y

David Cicilline

RI

D

Y

Katherine Clark

MA

D

Y

Yvette Clarke

NY

D

Y

Lacy Clay

MO

D

Y

Emanuel Cleaver

MO

D

Y

Michael Cloud

TX

R

Y

James Clyburn

SC

D

Y

Steve Cohen

TN

D

Y

Tom Cole

OK

R

Y

Chris Collins

NY

R

Y

Doug Collins

GA

R

Y

James Comer

KY

R

Y

Barbara Comstock

VA

R

Y

K. Michael Conaway

TX

R

Y

Gerald Connolly

VA

D

Y

Paul Cook

CA

R

Y

Jim Cooper

TN

D

Y

Luis Correa

CA

D

Y

Jim Costa

CA

D

Y

Ryan Costello

PA

R

Y

Joe Courtney

CT

D

Y

Kevin Cramer

ND

R

Y

Rick Crawford

AR

R

Y

Charlie Crist

FL

D

Y

Joseph Crowley

NY

D

Y

Henry Cuellar

TX

D

Y

John Culberson

TX

R

Y

Elijah Cummings

MD

D

Y

Carlos Curbelo

FL

R

Y

John Curtis

UT

R

Y

Danny Davis

IL

D

Y

Susan Davis

CA

D

Y

Rodney Davis

IL

R

Y

Peter DeFazio

OR

D

Y

Diana DeGette

CO

D

Y

John Delaney

MD

D

Y

Rosa DeLauro

CT

D

Y

Suzan DelBene

WA

D

Y

Val Demings

FL

D

Y

Jeff Denham

CA

R

Y

Mark DeSaulnier

CA

D

Y

Scott DesJarlais

TN

R

Y

Ted Deutch

FL

D

Y

Mario Diaz-Balart

FL

R

Y

Debbie Dingell

MI

D

Y

Michael Doyle

PA

D

Y

Sean Duffy

WI

R

Y

Neal Dunn

FL

R

Y

Tom Emmer

MN

R

Y

Eliot Engel

NY

D

Y

Anna Eshoo

CA

D

Y

Adriano Espaillat

NY

D

Y

Ron Estes

KS

R

Y

Elizabeth Esty

CT

D

Y

Dwight Evans

PA

D

Y

John Faso

NY

R

Y

Drew Ferguson

GA

R

Y

Brian Fitzpatrick

PA

Y

Chuck Fleischmann

TN

R

Y

Bill Flores

TX

R

Y

Jeff Fortenberry

NE

R

Y

Bill Foster

IL

D

Y

Lois Frankel

FL

D

Y

Marcia Fudge

OH

D

Y

Tulsi Gabbard

HI

D

Y

Ruben Gallego

AZ

D

Y

John Garamendi

CA

D

Y

Greg Gianforte

MT

R

Y

Bob Gibbs

OH

R

Y

Jimmy Gomez

CA

D

Y

Vicente Gonzalez

TX

D

Y

Bob Goodlatte

VA

R

Y

Josh Gottheimer

NJ

D

Y

Trey Gowdy

SC

R

Y

Kay Granger

TX

R

Y

Tom Graves

GA

R

Y

Garret Graves

LA

R

Y

Sam Graves

MO

R

Y

Al Green

TX

D

Y

Gene Green

TX

D

Y

H. Morgan Griffith

VA

R

Y

Raul Grijalva

AZ

D

Y

Glenn Grothman

WI

R

Y

Brett Guthrie

KY

R

Y

Luis Gutierrez

IL

D

Y

Colleen Hanabusa

HI

D

Y

Karen Handel

GA

R

Y

Gregg Harper

MS

R

Y

Alcee Hastings

FL

D

Y

Denny Heck

WA

D

Y

Kevin Hern

OK

R

Y

Jaime Herrera Beutler

WA

R

Y

Brian Higgins

NY

D

Y

Clay Higgins

LA

R

Y

French Hill

AR

R

Y

James Himes

CT

D

Y

Trey Hollingsworth

IN

R

Y

Steny Hoyer

MD

D

Y

Richard Hudson

NC

R

Y

Jared Huffman

CA

D

Y

Bill Huizenga

MI

R

Y

Randy Hultgren

IL

R

Y

Duncan Hunter

CA

R

Y

Will Hurd

TX

R

Y

Darrell Issa

CA

R

Y

Sheila Jackson-Lee

TX

D

Y

Pramila Jayapal

WA

D

Y

Hakeem Jeffries

NY

D

Y

Lynn Jenkins

KS

R

Y

Bill Johnson

OH

R

Y

Mike Johnson

LA

R

Y

Henry Johnson

GA

D

Y

Eddie Johnson

TX

D

Y

Brenda Jones

MI

D

Y

David Joyce

OH

R

Y

Marcy Kaptur

OH

D

Y

John Katko

NY

R

Y

Robin Kelly

IL

D

Y

Trent Kelly

MS

R

Y

Mike Kelly

PA

R

Y

Joseph Kennedy

MA

D

Y

Ro Khanna

CA

D

Y

Ruben Kihuen

NV

D

Y

Daniel Kildee

MI

D

Y

Derek Kilmer

WA

D

Y

Peter King

NY

R

Y

Steve King

IA

R

Y

Adam Kinzinger

IL

R

Y

Raja Krishnamoorthi

IL

D

Y

Ann Kuster

NH

D

Y

David Kustoff

TN

R

Y

Darin LaHood

IL

R

Y

Doug LaMalfa

CA

R

Y

Conor Lamb

PA

D

Y

James Langevin

RI

D

Y

Rick Larsen

WA

D

Y

John Larson

CT

D

Y

Bob Latta

OH

R

Y

Brenda Lawrence

MI

D

Y

Al Lawson

FL

D

Y

Barbara Lee

CA

D

Y

Sander Levin

MI

D

Y

John Lewis

GA

D

Y

Ted Lieu

CA

D

Y

Daniel Lipinski

IL

D

Y

Frank LoBiondo

NJ

R

Y

David Loebsack

IA

D

Y

Zoe Lofgren

CA

D

Y

Billy Long

MO

R

Y

Mia Love

UT

R

Y

Alan Lowenthal

CA

D

Y

Nita Lowey

NY

D

Y

Frank Lucas

OK

R

Y

Blaine Luetkemeyer

MO

R

Y

Ben Lujan

NM

D

Y

Stephen Lynch

MA

D

Y

Thomas MacArthur

NJ

R

Y

Sean Maloney

NY

D

Y

Carolyn Maloney

NY

D

Y

Kenny Marchant

TX

R

Y

Tom Marino

PA

R

Y

Roger Marshall

KS

R

Y

Doris Matsui

CA

D

Y

Kevin McCarthy

CA

R

Y

Michael McCaul

TX

R

Y

Betty McCollum

MN

D

Y

Donald McEachin

VA

D

Y

James McGovern

MA

D

Y

Patrick McHenry

NC

R

Y

David McKinley

WV

R

Y

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

WA

R

Y

Jerry McNerney

CA

D

Y

Gregory Meeks

NY

D

Y

Grace Meng

NY

D

Y

Luke Messer

IN

R

Y

Paul Mitchell

MI

R

Y

John Moolenaar

MI

R

Y

Joseph Morelle

NY

D

Y

Seth Moulton

MA

D

Y

Markwayne Mullin

OK

R

Y

Stephanie Murphy

FL

D

Y

Jerrold Nadler

NY

D

Y

Grace Napolitano

CA

D

Y

Richard Neal

MA

D

Y

Dan Newhouse

WA

R

Y

Kristi Noem

SD

R

Y

Richard Nolan

MN

D

Y

Donald Norcross

NJ

D

Y

Devin Nunes

CA

R

Y

Tom O'Halleran

AZ

D

Y

Beto O'Rourke

TX

D

Y

Pete Olson

TX

R

Y

Steven Palazzo

MS

R

Y

Frank Pallone

NJ

D

Y

Gary Palmer

AL

R

Y

Jimmy Panetta

CA

D

Y

Bill Pascrell

NJ

D

Y

Erik Paulsen

MN

R

Y

Stevan Pearce

NM

R

Y

Nancy Pelosi

CA

D

Y

Ed Perlmutter

CO

D

Y

Scott Peters

CA

D

Y

Collin Peterson

MN

D

Y

Chellie Pingree

ME

D

Y

Robert Pittenger

NC

R

Y

Mark Pocan

WI

D

Y

Ted Poe

TX

R

Y

Bruce Poliquin

ME

R

Y

David Price

NC

D

Y

Mike Quigley

IL

D

Y

Jamie Raskin

MD

D

Y

Tom Reed

NY

R

Y

David Reichert

WA

R

Y

James Renacci

OH

R

Y

Kathleen Rice

NY

D

Y

Tom Rice

SC

R

Y

Cedric Richmond

LA

D

Y

Martha Roby

AL

R

Y

Lisa Rochester

DE

D

Y

David Roe

TN

R

Y

Mike Rogers

AL

R

Y

Hal Rogers

KY

R

Y

Dana Rohrabacher

CA

R

Y

Todd Rokita

IN

R

Y

Tom Rooney

FL

R

Y

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

FL

R

Y

Jacky Rosen

NV

D

Y

Peter Roskam

IL

R

Y

Dennis Ross

FL

R

Y

David Rouzer

NC

R

Y

Lucille Roybal Allard

CA

D

Y

Edward Royce

CA

R

Y

Raul Ruiz

CA

D

Y

C.A. Ruppersberger

MD

D

Y

Bobby Rush

IL

D

Y

Steve Russell

OK

R

Y

John Rutherford

FL

R

Y

Tim Ryan

OH

D

Y

Linda Sanchez

CA

D

Y

John Sarbanes

MD

D

Y

Steve Scalise

LA

R

Y

Mary Scanlon

PA

D

Y

Janice Schakowsky

IL

D

Y

Adam Schiff

CA

D

Y

Bradley Schneider

IL

D

Y

Kurt Schrader

OR

D

Y

Robert Scott

VA

D

Y

Austin Scott

GA

R

Y

David Scott

GA

D

Y

José Serrano

NY

D

Y

Pete Sessions

TX

R

Y

Terri Sewell

AL

D

Y

Carol Shea-Porter

NH

D

Y

Brad Sherman

CA

D

Y

John Shimkus

IL

R

Y

Bill Shuster

PA

R

Y

Mike Simpson

ID

R

Y

Kyrsten Sinema

AZ

D

Y

Albio Sires

NJ

D

Y

Adam Smith

WA

D

Y

Lamar Smith

TX

R

Y

Jason Smith

MO

R

Y

Christopher Smith

NJ

R

Y

Adrian Smith

NE

R

Y

Lloyd Smucker

PA

R

Y

Darren Soto

FL

D

Y

Jackie Speier

CA

D

Y

Elise Stefanik

NY

R

Y

Steve Stivers

OH

R

Y

Thomas Suozzi

NY

D

Y

Eric Swalwell

CA

D

Y

Mark Takano

CA

D

Y

Scott Taylor

VA

R

Y

Claudia Tenney

NY

R

Y

Mike Thompson

CA

D

Y

Glenn Thompson

PA

R

Y

Glenn Thompson

PA

R

Y

Bennie Thompson

MS

D

Y

Mac Thornberry

TX

R

Y

Scott Tipton

CO

R

Y

Dina Titus

NV

D

Y

Paul Tonko

NY

D

Y

Norma Torres

CA

D

Y

David Trott

MI

R

Y

Niki Tsongas

MA

D

Y

Michael Turner

OH

R

Y

Fred Upton

MI

R

Y

David Valadao

CA

R

Y

Juan Vargas

CA

D

Y

Marc Veasey

TX

D

Y

Filemon Vela

TX

D

Y

Nydia Velazquez

NY

D

Y

Peter Visclosky

IN

D

Y

Ann Wagner

MO

R

Y

Tim Walberg

MI

R

Y

Greg Walden

OR

R

Y

Mark Walker

NC

R

Y

Jackie Walorski

IN

R

Y

Mimi Walters

CA

R

Y

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

FL

D

Y

Maxine Waters

CA

D

Y

Bonnie Watson Coleman

NJ

D

Y

Randy Weber

TX

R

Y

Daniel Webster

FL

R

Y

Peter Welch

VT

D

Y

Brad Wenstrup

OH

R

Y

Bruce Westerman

AR

R

Y

Susan Wild

PA

D

Y

Roger Williams

TX

R

Y

Joe Wilson

SC

R

Y

Frederica Wilson

FL

D

Y

Robert Wittman

VA

R

Y

Steve Womack

AR

R

Y

Rob Woodall

GA

R

Y

John Yarmuth

KY

D

Y

Kevin Yoder

KS

R

Y

Ted Yoho

FL

R

Y

Don Young

AK

R

Y

David Young

IA

R

Y

Lee Zeldin

NY

R

Y

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