Key Vote Alert – “NO” on the Omnibus / Neutral on Tax Extenders
KEY VOTE ALERT
“NO” on the Omnibus (Amdt #1 to HR 2029)
Neutral on the Tax Extenders (Amdt #2 to HR 2029)
The Club for Growth urges all members of Congress to oppose the Omnibus budget deal, while we take no position on the tax extenders package. Both chambers are expected to vote on these two proposals in the next few days. The Omnibus vote will be included in the Club for Growth’s 2015 Congressional Scorecard.
Even with House Republican leaders promising procedural reforms, the Omnibus spending bill is still a “business as usual” proposal that justifies Americans’ resentment and distrust of Washington politicians. At more than 2,000 pages, it is a smorgasbord of spending, complete with goodies for everyone except taxpayers. Worse, it busts the spending caps enacted by the 2011 Budget Control Act, that did a modest job at restraining the growth in government.
In a lot of ways, the tax extenders deal is similar to the Omnibus. The Club has opposed short-term reauthorizations of the extenders in the past. But this current bill has at least one redeeming quality – it makes permanent several provisions that can eventually be used to help make a future tax reform proposal more pro-growth through a broader base and deeper rate reductions. It should be noted that the fraud protections in the plan are weak, but it’s good that a discussion on this matter has finally been started. However, with all the special interest giveaways in the plan, we cannot support it. Therefore, we will be neutral on its consideration.
Our Congressional Scorecard for the 114th 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
339
Vote Date
December 18, 2015
Vote Counts
YEAs:
65
NAYs:
33
Not Voting:
2
Lisa Murkowski
AK
R
Y
Dan Sullivan
AK
R
N
Jeff Sessions
AL
R
N
Richard Shelby
AL
R
N
John Boozman
AR
R
N
Tom Cotton
AR
R
N
Jeff Flake
AZ
R
N
John McCain
AZ
R
N
Barbara Boxer
CA
D
A
Dianne Feinstein
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
A
Johnny Isakson
GA
R
Y
David Perdue
GA
R
Y
Mazie Hirono
HI
D
Y
Brian Schatz
HI
D
Y
Joni Ernst
IA
R
N
Chuck Grassley
IA
R
N
Mike Crapo
ID
R
N
Jim Risch
ID
R
N
Richard Durbin
IL
D
Y
Mark Kirk
IL
R
Y
Daniel Coats
IN
R
Y
Joe Donnelly
IN
D
Y
Jerry Moran
KS
R
N
Pat Roberts
KS
R
Y
Mitch McConnell
KY
R
Y
Rand Paul
KY
R
N
Bill Cassidy
LA
R
N
David Vitter
LA
R
N
Edward Markey
MA
D
N
Elizabeth Warren
MA
D
Y
Benjamin Cardin
MD
D
Y
Barbara Mikulski
MD
D
Y
Susan Collins
ME
R
Y
Angus King
ME
I
Y
Gary Peters
MI
D
Y
Debbie Stabenow
MI
D
Y
Al Franken
MN
D
Y
Amy Klobuchar
MN
D
Y
Roy Blunt
MO
R
Y
Claire McCaskill
MO
D
N
Thad Cochran
MS
R
Y
Roger Wicker
MS
R
Y
Steve Daines
MT
R
N
Jon Tester
MT
D
N
Richard Burr
NC
R
N
Thom Tillis
NC
R
Y
Heidi Heitkamp
ND
D
Y
John Hoeven
ND
R
Y
Deb Fischer
NE
R
N
Ben Sasse
NE
R
N
Kelly Ayotte
NH
R
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
Dean Heller
NV
R
Y
Harry Reid
NV
D
Y
Kirsten Gillibrand
NY
D
Y
Chuck Schumer
NY
D
Y
Sherrod Brown
OH
D
Y
Rob Portman
OH
R
N
James Inhofe
OK
R
Y
James Lankford
OK
R
Y
Jeff Merkley
OR
D
N
Ron Wyden
OR
D
N
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
N
Mike Rounds
SD
R
Y
John Thune
SD
R
N
Lamar Alexander
TN
R
Y
Bob Corker
TN
R
Y
John Cornyn
TX
R
Y
Ted Cruz
TX
R
N
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
N
John Barrasso
WY
R
Y
Michael Enzi
WY
R
N