Key Vote Alert: “NO” SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1158 AND “NO” ON SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1865, THE END-OF-YEAR SPENDING AGREEMENT AKA THE “DOUBLE-DECKER BUS”
Club for Growth opposes the Senate Amendment to H.R. 1158, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, and the Senate Amendment to H.R. 1865, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, and urges all Representatives and Senators to vote no. The legislation is expected to be considered soon in the House of Representatives and Senate. The results of both of the votes will be included in the Club for Growth Foundation’s 2019 Congressional Scorecard.
This legislation spends at the discretionary spending levels of this budget-busting Bipartisan Budget Act, which increased the FY2020 spending cap by over $171 billion and is about a 5:1 ratio of higher spending over revenue cuts on the repeal of the Obamacare taxes on an annualized basis.
The “Double-Decker Bus” is a spending agreement that has been split into two appropriations bills. Additionally, the Double-Decker Bus includes many anomalies that do not belong on spending bills, including anomalies that extend the authorizations of several expiring federal programs, such as a 7-year reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im), and reauthorizations of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and the Temporary Assistants for Needy Families (TANF) through the end of the fiscal year. The bill also waives statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO).
Additionally, the bill includes supplemental appropriations for natural disaster relief that is not subject to the budget caps. Congress has been unable to complete meaningful reforms on expiring federal programs and is instead ramming everything through on two gigantic last-minute spending bills. The spending levels of this bill will accommodate a deficit of over $1 trillion for FY2020.
Though many Members feel that a robust defense budget is required to maintain military readiness and national security, a large threat to our defense and national security remains the national debt, and a Defense Business Board report showed $125 billion in administrative waste in Pentagon business operations. A moment of reckoning will be upon Members when net interest payments exceed our defense budget in just a few years.
Last month, Club for Growth warned Members of Congress against passing a 4-week Continuing Resolution that expired on December 20th because it would back up Members of Congress against a deadline that was certain to force Senators and Representatives into supporting a last-minute deal before Christmas. Members of Congress can probably find provisions they support within the thousands of pages of legislation in the Double-Decker Bus. However, full consideration of this massive piece of legislation should alarm Members of Congress and force them to realize they have abdicated their legislative authority to the Appropriations Committees and Congressional Leadership.
The bill also includes a provision to bailout pensions for thousands of coal miners. This is in essence, an earmark to Members that have fiercely advocated for the pension bailout.
On the bright side, the legislation repeals the Cadillac tax, the 2.3 percent Medical Device Tax, and a health insurance fee. These Obamacare-era taxes have caused health care costs to skyrocket and their repeal is welcomed, although an appropriations bill should not be the legislative vehicle to repeal these taxes. A better course of action would be repealing these Obamacare taxes along with Obamacare’s spending.
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
690
Vote Date
December 17, 2019
Vote Counts
YEAs:
280
NAYs:
138
Not Voting:
12
Ralph Abraham
LA
R
Yea
Alma Adams
NC
D
Yea
Robert Aderholt
AL
R
Yea
Pete Aguilar
CA
D
Nay
Rick Allen
GA
R
Yea
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
Yea
Andy Barr
KY
R
Yea
Nanette Barragan
CA
D
Nay
Karen Bass
CA
D
Nay
Joyce Beatty
OH
D
Yea
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
Sanford Bishop
GA
D
Yea
Rob Bishop
UT
R
Yea
Dan Bishop
NC
R
Nay
Earl Blumenauer
OR
D
Nay
Suzanne Bonamici
OR
D
Nay
Mike Bost
IL
R
Yea
Brendan Boyle
PA
D
Nay
Kevin Brady
TX
R
Yea
Anthony Brindisi
NY
D
Yea
Susan Brooks
IN
R
Yea
Mo Brooks
AL
R
Yea
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
Yea
Cheri Bustos
IL
D
Yea
G.K. Butterfield
NC
D
Yea
Bradley Byrne
AL
R
Nay
Ken Calvert
CA
R
Yea
Salud Carbajal
CA
D
Yea
Tony Cardenas
CA
D
Nay
Andre Carson
IN
D
Yea
John Carter
TX
R
Yea
Buddy Carter
GA
R
Yea
Matt Cartwright
PA
D
Yea
Ed Case
HI
D
Yea
Sean Casten
IL
D
Yea
Kathy Castor
FL
D
Yea
Joaquin Castro
TX
D
Nay
Steve Chabot
OH
R
Yea
Liz Cheney
WY
R
Yea
Judy Chu
CA
D
Nay
David Cicilline
RI
D
Yea
Gil Cisneros
CA
D
Yea
Katherine Clark
MA
D
Yea
Yvette Clarke
NY
D
Nay
Lacy Clay
MO
D
Yea
Emanuel Cleaver
MO
D
Yea
Ben Cline
VA
R
Nay
Michael Cloud
TX
R
Nay
James Clyburn
SC
D
Yea
Steve Cohen
TN
D
Nay
Tom Cole
OK
R
Yea
Bonnie Coleman
NJ
D
Nay
Doug Collins
GA
R
Yea
James Comer
KY
R
Nay
K. Michael Conaway
TX
R
Yea
Gerald Connolly
VA
D
Yea
Paul Cook
CA
R
Yea
Jim Cooper
TN
D
Yea
Luis Correa
CA
D
Nay
Jim Costa
CA
D
Yea
Joe Courtney
CT
D
Yea
TJ Cox
CA
D
Yea
Angela Craig
MN
D
Yea
Rick Crawford
AR
R
Yea
Dan Crenshaw
TX
R
Yea
Charlie Crist
FL
D
Yea
Jason Crow
CO
D
Yea
Henry Cuellar
TX
D
Nay
Joe Cunningham
SC
D
Yea
John Curtis
UT
R
Nay
Sharice Davids
KS
D
Yea
Warren Davidson
OH
R
Nay
Susan Davis
CA
D
Yea
Rodney Davis
IL
R
Yea
Danny Davis
IL
D
Yea
Madeleine Dean
PA
D
Yea
Peter DeFazio
OR
D
Nay
Diana DeGette
CO
D
Nay
Rosa DeLauro
CT
D
Yea
Suzan DelBene
WA
D
Yea
Antonio Delgado
NY
D
Yea
Val Demings
FL
D
Yea
Mark DeSaulnier
CA
D
Nay
Scott DesJarlais
TN
R
Yea
Ted Deutch
FL
D
Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart
FL
R
Yea
Debbie Dingell
MI
D
Yea
Lloyd Doggett
TX
D
Nay
Michael Doyle
PA
D
Nay
Jeff Duncan
SC
R
Nay
Neal Dunn
FL
R
Yea
Tom Emmer
MN
R
Nay
Eliot Engel
NY
D
Nay
Veronica Escobar
TX
D
Nay
Anna Eshoo
CA
D
Nay
Adriano Espaillat
NY
D
Nay
Ron Estes
KS
R
Yea
Dwight Evans
PA
D
Yea
Drew Ferguson
GA
R
Yea
Abby Finkenauer
IA
D
Yea
Brian Fitzpatrick
PA
R
Yea
Chuck Fleischmann
TN
R
Yea
Lizzie Fletcher
TX
D
Yea
Bill Flores
TX
R
Yea
Jeff Fortenberry
NE
R
Yea
Bill Foster
IL
D
Yea
Virginia Foxx
NC
R
Yea
Lois Frankel
FL
D
Yea
Marcia Fudge
OH
D
Yea
Russ Fulcher
ID
R
Nay
Tulsi Gabbard
HI
D
NV
Matt Gaetz
FL
R
Nay
Mike Gallagher
WI
R
Nay
Ruben Gallego
AZ
D
Nay
John Garamendi
CA
D
Yea
Sylvia Garcia
TX
D
Nay
Jesus Garcia
IL
D
Nay
Greg Gianforte
MT
R
Yea
Bob Gibbs
OH
R
Yea
Louie Gohmert
TX
R
Nay
Jared Golden
ME
D
Yea
Jimmy Gomez
CA
D
Nay
Anthony Gonzalez
OH
R
Yea
Vicente Gonzalez
TX
D
Nay
Lance Gooden
TX
R
Yea
Paul Gosar
AZ
R
Nay
Josh Gottheimer
NJ
D
Yea
Kay Granger
TX
R
Yea
Tom Graves
GA
R
Yea
Garret Graves
LA
R
Yea
Sam Graves
MO
R
Yea
Mark Green
TN
R
Yea
Al Green
TX
D
Nay
H. Morgan Griffith
VA
R
Nay
Raul Grijalva
AZ
D
Nay
Glenn Grothman
WI
R
Nay
Michael Guest
MS
R
Yea
Brett Guthrie
KY
R
Yea
Debra Haaland
NM
D
Nay
James Hagedorn
MN
R
Yea
Josh Harder
CA
D
Yea
Andy Harris
MD
R
Yea
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
Nay
Clay Higgins
LA
R
Nay
Brian Higgins
NY
D
Yea
French Hill
AR
R
Yea
James Himes
CT
D
Yea
George Holding
NC
R
Nay
Trey Hollingsworth
IN
R
NV
Kendra Horn
OK
D
Yea
Steven Horsford
NV
D
Yea
Chrissy Houlahan
PA
D
Yea
Steny Hoyer
MD
D
Yea
Richard Hudson
NC
R
Yea
Jared Huffman
CA
D
Nay
Bill Huizenga
MI
R
Nay
Duncan Hunter
CA
R
NV
Will Hurd
TX
R
Yea
Sheila Jackson-Lee
TX
D
Nay
Pramila Jayapal
WA
D
Nay
Hakeem Jeffries
NY
D
Yea
Dusty Johnson
SD
R
Nay
Henry Johnson
GA
D
Yea
Eddie Johnson
TX
D
NV
Bill Johnson
OH
R
Yea
Mike Johnson
LA
R
Nay
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
Mike Kelly
PA
R
Nay
Robin Kelly
IL
D
Yea
Trent Kelly
MS
R
Yea
Joseph Kennedy
MA
D
Nay
Ro Khanna
CA
D
Nay
Daniel Kildee
MI
D
Yea
Derek Kilmer
WA
D
Yea
Andy Kim
NJ
D
Yea
Ron Kind
WI
D
Yea
Steve King
IA
R
Nay
Peter King
NY
R
Yea
Adam Kinzinger
IL
R
Yea
Ann Kirkpatrick
AZ
D
Yea
Raja Krishnamoorthi
IL
D
Yea
Ann Kuster
NH
D
Yea
David Kustoff
TN
R
Yea
Darin LaHood
IL
R
Nay
Doug LaMalfa
CA
R
Yea
Conor Lamb
PA
D
Yea
Doug Lamborn
CO
R
Yea
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
Suzanne Lee
NV
D
Yea
Barbara Lee
CA
D
Nay
Debbie Lesko
AZ
R
Yea
Andy Levin
MI
D
Nay
Mike Levin
CA
D
Yea
John Lewis
GA
D
NV
Ted Lieu
CA
D
Nay
Daniel Lipinski
IL
D
Yea
David Loebsack
IA
D
Yea
Zoe Lofgren
CA
D
Nay
Billy Long
MO
R
Yea
Barry Loudermilk
GA
R
Yea
Alan Lowenthal
CA
D
Nay
Nita Lowey
NY
D
Yea
Frank Lucas
OK
R
NV
Blaine Luetkemeyer
MO
R
Yea
Ben Lujan
NM
D
Nay
Elaine Luria
VA
D
Yea
Stephen Lynch
MA
D
Yea
Tom Malinowski
NJ
D
Yea
Sean Maloney
NY
D
Yea
Carolyn Maloney
NY
D
Nay
Kenny Marchant
TX
R
Yea
Roger Marshall
KS
R
Yea
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
Yea
Michael McCaul
TX
R
Yea
Tom McClintock
CA
R
Nay
Betty McCollum
MN
D
Yea
Donald McEachin
VA
D
Yea
James McGovern
MA
D
Nay
Patrick McHenry
NC
R
Yea
David McKinley
WV
R
Yea
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
WA
R
Nay
Jerry McNerney
CA
D
Yea
Mark Meadows
NC
R
Nay
Gregory Meeks
NY
D
Yea
Grace Meng
NY
D
Nay
Dan Meuser
PA
R
Yea
Carol Miller
WV
R
Yea
Paul Mitchell
MI
R
Yea
John Moolenaar
MI
R
Yea
Alex Mooney
WV
R
Nay
Gwen Moore
WI
D
Nay
Joseph Morelle
NY
D
Yea
Seth Moulton
MA
D
Yea
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
FL
D
Yea
Markwayne Mullin
OK
R
Nay
Stephanie Murphy
FL
D
Yea
Greg Murphy
NC
R
Yea
Jerrold Nadler
NY
D
NV
Grace Napolitano
CA
D
Nay
Richard Neal
MA
D
Yea
Joseph Neguse
CO
D
Nay
Dan Newhouse
WA
R
Yea
Donald Norcross
NJ
D
Nay
Ralph Norman
SC
R
Nay
Devin Nunes
CA
R
Yea
Tom O'Halleran
AZ
D
Yea
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
NY
D
Nay
Pete Olson
TX
R
Yea
Ilhan Omar
MN
D
Nay
Steven Palazzo
MS
R
Yea
Frank Pallone
NJ
D
Nay
Gary Palmer
AL
R
Nay
Jimmy Panetta
CA
D
Nay
Christopher Pappas
NH
D
Yea
Bill Pascrell
NJ
D
Nay
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
Nay
Katie Porter
CA
D
Yea
Bill Posey
FL
R
Yea
Ayanna Pressley
MA
D
Nay
David Price
NC
D
Yea
Mike Quigley
IL
D
Yea
Jamie Raskin
MD
D
Nay
John Ratcliffe
TX
R
Nay
Tom Reed
NY
R
Yea
Guy Reschenthaler
PA
R
Yea
Tom Rice
SC
R
Nay
Kathleen Rice
NY
D
Yea
Cedric Richmond
LA
D
Nay
Denver Riggleman
VA
R
Yea
Martha Roby
AL
R
Yea
Lisa Rochester
DE
D
Yea
David Roe
TN
R
Yea
Hal Rogers
KY
R
Yea
Mike Rogers
AL
R
Yea
Francis Rooney
FL
R
Nay
John Rose
TN
R
Yea
Max Rose
NY
D
Yea
Harley Rouda
CA
D
Yea
David Rouzer
NC
R
Nay
Chip Roy
TX
R
Nay
Lucille Roybal-Allard
CA
D
Nay
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
Yea
Linda Sanchez
CA
D
Nay
John Sarbanes
MD
D
Yea
Steve Scalise
LA
R
Yea
Mary Scanlon
PA
D
Yea
Janice Schakowsky
IL
D
Nay
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
Yea
Robert Scott
VA
D
Yea
F. James Sensenbrenner
WI
R
Nay
Jose Serrano
NY
D
NV
Terri Sewell
AL
D
Yea
Donna Shalala
FL
D
Yea
Brad Sherman
CA
D
Yea
Mikie Sherrill
NJ
D
Yea
John Shimkus
IL
R
NV
Mike Simpson
ID
R
Yea
Albio Sires
NJ
D
Yea
Elissa Slotkin
MI
D
Yea
Adrian Smith
NE
R
Yea
Christopher Smith
NJ
R
Yea
Jason Smith
MO
R
Nay
Adam Smith
WA
D
Nay
Lloyd Smucker
PA
R
Nay
Darren Soto
FL
D
Yea
Abigail Spanberger
VA
D
Yea
Ross Spano
FL
R
Nay
Jackie Speier
CA
D
Nay
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
Yea
Steve Stivers
OH
R
Yea
Thomas Suozzi
NY
D
Nay
Eric Swalwell
CA
D
Yea
Mark Takano
CA
D
Nay
Van Taylor
TX
R
Nay
Bennie Thompson
MS
D
NV
Mike Thompson
CA
D
Yea
Glenn Thompson
PA
R
Yea
Mac Thornberry
TX
R
Yea
William Timmons
SC
R
Nay
Scott Tipton
CO
R
Yea
Dina Titus
NV
D
Nay
Rashida Tlaib
MI
D
Nay
Paul Tonko
NY
D
Nay
Norma Torres
CA
D
Nay
Xochitl Torres Small
NM
D
Yea
Lori Trahan
MA
D
Nay
David Trone
MD
D
Yea
Michael Turner
OH
R
Yea
Lauren Underwood
IL
D
Yea
Fred Upton
MI
R
Yea
Jeff Van Drew
NJ
D
Yea
Juan Vargas
CA
D
NV
Marc Veasey
TX
D
Yea
Filemon Vela
TX
D
Nay
Nydia Velazquez
NY
D
Nay
Peter Visclosky
IN
D
Yea
Ann Wagner
MO
R
Yea
Tim Walberg
MI
R
Yea
Greg Walden
OR
R
Yea
Mark Walker
NC
R
NV
Jackie Walorski
IN
R
Yea
Michael Waltz
FL
R
Yea
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
FL
D
Yea
Maxine Waters
CA
D
Nay
Steve Watkins
KS
R
Yea
Randy Weber
TX
R
Yea
Daniel Webster
FL
R
Yea
Peter Welch
VT
D
Nay
Brad Wenstrup
OH
R
Yea
Bruce Westerman
AR
R
Yea
Jennifer Wexton
VA
D
Yea
Susan Wild
PA
D
Yea
Roger Williams
TX
R
Yea
Frederica Wilson
FL
D
Yea
Joe Wilson
SC
R
Yea
Robert Wittman
VA
R
Yea
Steve Womack
AR
R
Yea
Rob Woodall
GA
R
Yea
Ron Wright
TX
R
Nay
John Yarmuth
KY
D
Yea
Ted Yoho
FL
R
Nay
Don Young
AK
R
Yea
Lee Zeldin
NY
R
Nay