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”

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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.

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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

Name

State

Party

Vote Position

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

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