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”

Scott Parkinson | December 17, 2019

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 20^th 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.

Club Position

Required for Majority

1/2

Vote Results

Passed

Vote Number

690

Vote Date

December 17, 2019

Vote Counts

YEAs:

280

NAYs:

138

Not Voting:

Name

State

Party

Vote Position

Ralph Abraham

Yea

Alma Adams

Yea

Robert Aderholt

Yea

Pete Aguilar

Nay

Rick Allen

Yea

Colin Allred

Yea

Justin Amash

Nay

Mark Amodei

Yea

Kelly Armstrong

Nay

Jodey Arrington

Nay

Cindy Axne

Yea

Brian Babin

Yea

Don Bacon

Yea

James Baird

Yea

Troy Balderson

Yea

Jim Banks

Yea

Andy Barr

Yea

Nanette Barragan

Nay

Karen Bass

Nay

Joyce Beatty

Yea

Ami Bera

Yea

Jack Bergman

Yea

Don Beyer

Yea

Andy Biggs

Nay

Gus Bilirakis

Yea

Sanford Bishop

Yea

Rob Bishop

Yea

Dan Bishop

Nay

Earl Blumenauer

Nay

Suzanne Bonamici

Nay

Mike Bost

Yea

Brendan Boyle

Nay

Kevin Brady

Yea

Anthony Brindisi

Yea

Susan Brooks

Yea

Mo Brooks

Yea

Anthony Brown

Yea

Julia Brownley

Yea

Vern Buchanan

Yea

Ken Buck

Nay

Larry Bucshon

Yea

Ted Budd

Nay

Tim Burchett

Nay

Michael Burgess

Yea

Cheri Bustos

Yea

G.K. Butterfield

Yea

Bradley Byrne

Nay

Ken Calvert

Yea

Salud Carbajal

Yea

Tony Cardenas

Nay

Andre Carson

Yea

John Carter

Yea

Buddy Carter

Yea

Matt Cartwright

Yea

Ed Case

Yea

Sean Casten

Yea

Kathy Castor

Yea

Joaquin Castro

Nay

Steve Chabot

Yea

Liz Cheney

Yea

Judy Chu

Nay

David Cicilline

Yea

Gil Cisneros

Yea

Katherine Clark

Yea

Yvette Clarke

Nay

Lacy Clay

Yea

Emanuel Cleaver

Yea

Ben Cline

Nay

Michael Cloud

Nay

James Clyburn

Yea

Steve Cohen

Nay

Tom Cole

Yea

Bonnie Coleman

Nay

Doug Collins

Yea

James Comer

Nay

K. Michael Conaway

Yea

Gerald Connolly

Yea

Paul Cook

Yea

Jim Cooper

Yea

Luis Correa

Nay

Jim Costa

Yea

Joe Courtney

Yea

TJ Cox

Yea

Angela Craig

Yea

Rick Crawford

Yea

Dan Crenshaw

Yea

Charlie Crist

Yea

Jason Crow

Yea

Henry Cuellar

Nay

Joe Cunningham

Yea

John Curtis

Nay

Sharice Davids

Yea

Warren Davidson

Nay

Susan Davis

Yea

Rodney Davis

Yea

Danny Davis

Yea

Madeleine Dean

Yea

Peter DeFazio

Nay

Diana DeGette

Nay

Rosa DeLauro

Yea

Suzan DelBene

Yea

Antonio Delgado

Yea

Val Demings

Yea

Mark DeSaulnier

Nay

Scott DesJarlais

Yea

Ted Deutch

Yea

Mario Diaz-Balart

Yea

Debbie Dingell

Yea

Lloyd Doggett

Nay

Michael Doyle

Nay

Jeff Duncan

Nay

Neal Dunn

Yea

Tom Emmer

Nay

Eliot Engel

Nay

Veronica Escobar

Nay

Anna Eshoo

Nay

Adriano Espaillat

Nay

Ron Estes

Yea

Dwight Evans

Yea

Drew Ferguson

Yea

Abby Finkenauer

Yea

Brian Fitzpatrick

Yea

Chuck Fleischmann

Yea

Lizzie Fletcher

Yea

Bill Flores

Yea

Jeff Fortenberry

Yea

Bill Foster

Yea

Virginia Foxx

Yea

Lois Frankel

Yea

Marcia Fudge

Yea

Russ Fulcher

Nay

Tulsi Gabbard

Matt Gaetz

Nay

Mike Gallagher

Nay

Ruben Gallego

Nay

John Garamendi

Yea

Sylvia Garcia

Nay

Jesus Garcia

Nay

Greg Gianforte

Yea

Bob Gibbs

Yea

Louie Gohmert

Nay

Jared Golden

Yea

Jimmy Gomez

Nay

Anthony Gonzalez

Yea

Vicente Gonzalez

Nay

Lance Gooden

Yea

Paul Gosar

Nay

Josh Gottheimer

Yea

Kay Granger

Yea

Tom Graves

Yea

Garret Graves

Yea

Sam Graves

Yea

Mark Green

Yea

Al Green

Nay

H. Morgan Griffith

Nay

Raul Grijalva

Nay

Glenn Grothman

Nay

Michael Guest

Yea

Brett Guthrie

Yea

Debra Haaland

Nay

James Hagedorn

Yea

Josh Harder

Yea

Andy Harris

Yea

Vicky Hartzler

Yea

Alcee Hastings

Yea

Jahana Hayes

Yea

Denny Heck

Yea

Kevin Hern

Nay

Jaime Herrera Beutler

Yea

Jody Hice

Nay

Clay Higgins

Nay

Brian Higgins

Yea

French Hill

Yea

James Himes

Yea

George Holding

Nay

Trey Hollingsworth

Kendra Horn

Yea

Steven Horsford

Yea

Chrissy Houlahan

Yea

Steny Hoyer

Yea

Richard Hudson

Yea

Jared Huffman

Nay

Bill Huizenga

Nay

Duncan Hunter

Will Hurd

Yea

Sheila Jackson-Lee

Nay

Pramila Jayapal

Nay

Hakeem Jeffries

Yea

Dusty Johnson

Nay

Henry Johnson

Yea

Eddie Johnson

Bill Johnson

Yea

Mike Johnson

Nay

Jim Jordan

Nay

David Joyce

Yea

John Joyce

Nay

Marcy Kaptur

Yea

John Katko

Yea

William Keating

Yea

Fred Keller

Nay

Mike Kelly

Nay

Robin Kelly

Yea

Trent Kelly

Yea

Joseph Kennedy

Nay

Ro Khanna

Nay

Daniel Kildee

Yea

Derek Kilmer

Yea

Andy Kim

Yea

Ron Kind

Yea

Steve King

Nay

Peter King

Yea

Adam Kinzinger

Yea

Ann Kirkpatrick

Yea

Raja Krishnamoorthi

Yea

Ann Kuster

Yea

David Kustoff

Yea

Darin LaHood

Nay

Doug LaMalfa

Yea

Conor Lamb

Yea

Doug Lamborn

Yea

James Langevin

Yea

Rick Larsen

Yea

John Larson

Yea

Bob Latta

Nay

Brenda Lawrence

Yea

Al Lawson

Yea

Suzanne Lee

Yea

Barbara Lee

Nay

Debbie Lesko

Yea

Andy Levin

Nay

Mike Levin

Yea

John Lewis

Ted Lieu

Nay

Daniel Lipinski

Yea

David Loebsack

Yea

Zoe Lofgren

Nay

Billy Long

Yea

Barry Loudermilk

Yea

Alan Lowenthal

Nay

Nita Lowey

Yea

Frank Lucas

Blaine Luetkemeyer

Yea

Ben Lujan

Nay

Elaine Luria

Yea

Stephen Lynch

Yea

Tom Malinowski

Yea

Sean Maloney

Yea

Carolyn Maloney

Nay

Kenny Marchant

Yea

Roger Marshall

Yea

Thomas Massie

Nay

Brian Mast

Yea

Doris Matsui

Yea

Ben McAdams

Nay

Lucy McBath

Yea

Kevin McCarthy

Yea

Michael McCaul

Yea

Tom McClintock

Nay

Betty McCollum

Yea

Donald McEachin

Yea

James McGovern

Nay

Patrick McHenry

Yea

David McKinley

Yea

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Nay

Jerry McNerney

Yea

Mark Meadows

Nay

Gregory Meeks

Yea

Grace Meng

Nay

Dan Meuser

Yea

Carol Miller

Yea

Paul Mitchell

Yea

John Moolenaar

Yea

Alex Mooney

Nay

Gwen Moore

Nay

Joseph Morelle

Yea

Seth Moulton

Yea

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

Yea

Markwayne Mullin

Nay

Stephanie Murphy

Yea

Greg Murphy

Yea

Jerrold Nadler

Grace Napolitano

Nay

Richard Neal

Yea

Joseph Neguse

Nay

Dan Newhouse

Yea

Donald Norcross

Nay

Ralph Norman

Nay

Devin Nunes

Yea

Tom O'Halleran

Yea

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Nay

Pete Olson

Yea

Ilhan Omar

Nay

Steven Palazzo

Yea

Frank Pallone

Nay

Gary Palmer

Nay

Jimmy Panetta

Nay

Christopher Pappas

Yea

Bill Pascrell

Nay

Donald Payne

Yea

Greg Pence

Yea

Ed Perlmutter

Yea

Scott Perry

Nay

Scott Peters

Yea

Collin Peterson

Yea

Dean Phillips

Yea

Chellie Pingree

Yea

Mark Pocan

Nay

Katie Porter

Yea

Bill Posey

Yea

Ayanna Pressley

Nay

David Price

Yea

Mike Quigley

Yea

Jamie Raskin

Nay

John Ratcliffe

Nay

Tom Reed

Yea

Guy Reschenthaler

Yea

Tom Rice

Nay

Kathleen Rice

Yea

Cedric Richmond

Nay

Denver Riggleman

Yea

Martha Roby

Yea

Lisa Rochester

Yea

David Roe

Yea

Hal Rogers

Yea

Mike Rogers

Yea

Francis Rooney

Nay

John Rose

Yea

Max Rose

Yea

Harley Rouda

Yea

David Rouzer

Nay

Chip Roy

Nay

Lucille Roybal-Allard

Nay

Raul Ruiz

Yea

C.A. Ruppersberger

Yea

Bobby Rush

Yea

John Rutherford

Yea

Tim Ryan

Yea

Linda Sanchez

Nay

John Sarbanes

Yea

Steve Scalise

Yea

Mary Scanlon

Yea

Janice Schakowsky

Nay

Adam Schiff

Yea

Bradley Schneider

Yea

Kurt Schrader

Yea

Kim Schrier

Yea

David Schweikert

Nay

David Scott

Yea

Austin Scott

Yea

Robert Scott

Yea

F. James Sensenbrenner

Nay

Jose Serrano

Terri Sewell

Yea

Donna Shalala

Yea

Brad Sherman

Yea

Mikie Sherrill

Yea

John Shimkus

Mike Simpson

Yea

Albio Sires

Yea

Elissa Slotkin

Yea

Adrian Smith

Yea

Christopher Smith

Yea

Jason Smith

Nay

Adam Smith

Nay

Lloyd Smucker

Nay

Darren Soto

Yea

Abigail Spanberger

Yea

Ross Spano

Nay

Jackie Speier

Nay

Greg Stanton

Yea

Pete Stauber

Yea

Elise Stefanik

Yea

Bryan Steil

Nay

Greg Steube

Nay

Haley Stevens

Yea

Chris Stewart

Yea

Steve Stivers

Yea

Thomas Suozzi

Nay

Eric Swalwell

Yea

Mark Takano

Nay

Van Taylor

Nay

Bennie Thompson

Mike Thompson

Yea

Glenn Thompson

Yea

Mac Thornberry

Yea

William Timmons

Nay

Scott Tipton

Yea

Dina Titus

Nay

Rashida Tlaib

Nay

Paul Tonko

Nay

Norma Torres

Nay

Xochitl Torres Small

Yea

Lori Trahan

Nay

David Trone

Yea

Michael Turner

Yea

Lauren Underwood

Yea

Fred Upton

Yea

Jeff Van Drew

Yea

Juan Vargas

Marc Veasey

Yea

Filemon Vela

Nay

Nydia Velazquez

Nay

Peter Visclosky

Yea

Ann Wagner

Yea

Tim Walberg

Yea

Greg Walden

Yea

Mark Walker

Jackie Walorski

Yea

Michael Waltz

Yea

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Yea

Maxine Waters

Nay

Steve Watkins

Yea

Randy Weber

Yea

Daniel Webster

Yea

Peter Welch

Nay

Brad Wenstrup

Yea

Bruce Westerman

Yea

Jennifer Wexton

Yea

Susan Wild

Yea

Roger Williams

Yea

Frederica Wilson

Yea

Joe Wilson

Yea

Robert Wittman

Yea

Steve Womack

Yea

Rob Woodall

Yea

Ron Wright

Nay

John Yarmuth

Yea

Ted Yoho

Nay

Don Young

Yea

Lee Zeldin

Nay