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
Alma Adams
NC
D
Y
Pete Aguilar
CA
D
N
Colin Allred
TX
D
Y
Cindy Axne
IA
D
Y
Nanette Barragan
CA
D
N
Karen Bass
CA
D
N
Joyce Beatty
OH
D
Y
Ami Bera
CA
D
Y
Don Beyer
VA
D
Y
Sanford Bishop
GA
D
Y
Earl Blumenauer
OR
D
N
Suzanne Bonamici
OR
D
N
Brendan Boyle
PA
D
N
Anthony Brindisi
NY
D
Y
Anthony Brown
MD
D
Y
Julia Brownley
CA
D
Y
Cheri Bustos
IL
D
Y
G.K. Butterfield
NC
D
Y
Salud Carbajal
CA
D
Y
Tony Cardenas
CA
D
N
Andre Carson
IN
D
Y
Matthew Cartwright
PA
D
Y
Ed Case
HI
D
Y
Sean Casten
IL
D
Y
Kathy Castor
FL
D
Y
Joaquin Castro
TX
D
N
Judy Chu
CA
D
N
David Cicilline
RI
D
Y
Gil Cisneros
CA
D
Y
Katherine Clark
MA
D
Y
Yvette Clarke
NY
D
N
Lacy Clay
MO
D
Y
Emanuel Cleaver
MO
D
Y
James Clyburn
SC
D
Y
Steve Cohen
TN
D
N
Gerald Connolly
VA
D
Y
Jim Cooper
TN
D
Y
Luis Correa
CA
D
N
Jim Costa
CA
D
Y
Joe Courtney
CT
D
Y
TJ Cox
CA
D
Y
Angela Craig
MN
D
Y
Charlie Crist
FL
D
Y
Jason Crow
CO
D
Y
Henry Cuellar
TX
D
N
Joe Cunningham
SC
D
Y
Sharice Davids
KS
D
Y
Danny Davis
IL
D
Y
Susan Davis
CA
D
Y
Madeleine Dean
PA
D
Y
Peter DeFazio
OR
D
N
Diana DeGette
CO
D
N
Rosa DeLauro
CT
D
Y
Suzan DelBene
WA
D
Y
Antonio Delgado
NY
D
Y
Val Demings
FL
D
Y
Mark DeSaulnier
CA
D
N
Ted Deutch
FL
D
Y
Debbie Dingell
MI
D
Y
Lloyd Doggett
TX
D
N
Michael Doyle
PA
D
N
Eliot Engel
NY
D
N
Veronica Escobar
TX
D
N
Anna Eshoo
CA
D
N
Adriano Espaillat
NY
D
N
Dwight Evans
PA
D
Y
Abby Finkenauer
IA
D
Y
Lizzie Fletcher
TX
D
Y
Bill Foster
IL
D
Y
Lois Frankel
FL
D
Y
Marcia Fudge
OH
D
Y
Tulsi Gabbard
HI
D
A
Ruben Gallego
AZ
D
N
John Garamendi
CA
D
Y
Sylvia Garcia
TX
D
N
Jesus Garcia
IL
D
N
Jared Golden
ME
D
Y
Jimmy Gomez
CA
D
N
Vicente Gonzalez
TX
D
N
Josh Gottheimer
NJ
D
Y
Al Green
TX
D
N
Raul Grijalva
AZ
D
N
Debra Haaland
NM
D
N
Josh Harder
CA
D
Y
Alcee Hastings
FL
D
Y
Jahana Hayes
CT
D
Y
Denny Heck
WA
D
Y
Brian Higgins
NY
D
Y
James Himes
CT
D
Y
Kendra Horn
OK
D
Y
Steven Horsford
NV
D
Y
Chrissy Houlahan
PA
D
Y
Steny Hoyer
MD
D
Y
Jared Huffman
CA
D
N
Sheila Jackson-Lee
TX
D
N
Pramila Jayapal
WA
D
N
Hakeem Jeffries
NY
D
Y
Henry Johnson
GA
D
Y
Eddie Johnson
TX
D
A
Marcy Kaptur
OH
D
Y
William Keating
MA
D
Y
Robin Kelly
IL
D
Y
Joseph Kennedy
MA
D
N
Ro Khanna
CA
D
N
Daniel Kildee
MI
D
Y
Derek Kilmer
WA
D
Y
Andy Kim
NJ
D
Y
Ron Kind
WI
D
Y
Ann Kirkpatrick
AZ
D
Y
Raja Krishnamoorthi
IL
D
Y
Ann Kuster
NH
D
Y
Conor Lamb
PA
D
Y
James Langevin
RI
D
Y
Rick Larsen
WA
D
Y
John Larson
CT
D
Y
Brenda Lawrence
MI
D
Y
Al Lawson
FL
D
Y
Suzanne Lee
NV
D
Y
Barbara Lee
CA
D
N
Andy Levin
MI
D
N
Mike Levin
CA
D
Y
John Lewis
GA
D
A
Ted Lieu
CA
D
N
Daniel Lipinski
IL
D
Y
David Loebsack
IA
D
Y
Zoe Lofgren
CA
D
N
Alan Lowenthal
CA
D
N
Nita Lowey
NY
D
Y
Ben Lujan
NM
D
N
Elaine Luria
VA
D
Y
Stephen Lynch
MA
D
Y
Tom Malinowski
NJ
D
Y
Carolyn Maloney
NY
D
N
Sean Maloney
NY
D
Y
Doris Matsui
CA
D
Y
Ben McAdams
UT
D
N
Lucy McBath
GA
D
Y
Betty McCollum
MN
D
Y
Donald McEachin
VA
D
Y
James McGovern
MA
D
N
Jerry McNerney
CA
D
Y
Gregory Meeks
NY
D
Y
Grace Meng
NY
D
N
Gwen Moore
WI
D
N
Joseph Morelle
NY
D
Y
Seth Moulton
MA
D
Y
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
FL
D
Y
Stephanie Murphy
FL
D
Y
Jerrold Nadler
NY
D
A
Grace Napolitano
CA
D
N
Richard Neal
MA
D
Y
Joseph Neguse
CO
D
N
Donald Norcross
NJ
D
N
Tom O'Halleran
AZ
D
Y
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
NY
D
N
Ilhan Omar
MN
D
N
Frank Pallone
NJ
D
N
Jimmy Panetta
CA
D
N
Christopher Pappas
NH
D
Y
Bill Pascrell
NJ
D
N
Donald Payne
NJ
D
Y
Ed Perlmutter
CO
D
Y
Scott Peters
CA
D
Y
Collin Peterson
MN
D
Y
Dean Phillips
MN
D
Y
Chellie Pingree
ME
D
Y
Mark Pocan
WI
D
N
Katie Porter
CA
D
Y
Ayanna Pressley
MA
D
N
David Price
NC
D
Y
Mike Quigley
IL
D
Y
Jamie Raskin
MD
D
N
Kathleen Rice
NY
D
Y
Cedric Richmond
LA
D
N
Lisa Rochester
DE
D
Y
Max Rose
NY
D
Y
Harley Rouda
CA
D
Y
Lucille Roybal Allard
CA
D
N
Raul Ruiz
CA
D
Y
C.A. Ruppersberger
MD
D
Y
Bobby Rush
IL
D
Y
Tim Ryan
OH
D
Y
Linda Sanchez
CA
D
N
John Sarbanes
MD
D
Y
Mary Scanlon
PA
D
Y
Janice Schakowsky
IL
D
N
Adam Schiff
CA
D
Y
Bradley Schneider
IL
D
Y
Kurt Schrader
OR
D
Y
Kim Schrier
WA
D
Y
David Scott
GA
D
Y
Robert Scott
VA
D
Y
José Serrano
NY
D
A
Terri Sewell
AL
D
Y
Donna Shalala
FL
D
Y
Brad Sherman
CA
D
Y
Mikie Sherrill
NJ
D
Y
Albio Sires
NJ
D
Y
Elissa Slotkin
MI
D
Y
Adam Smith
WA
D
N
Darren Soto
FL
D
Y
Abigail Spanberger
VA
D
Y
Jackie Speier
CA
D
N
Greg Stanton
AZ
D
Y
Haley Stevens
MI
D
Y
Thomas Suozzi
NY
D
N
Eric Swalwell
CA
D
Y
Mark Takano
CA
D
N
Bennie Thompson
MS
D
A
Mike Thompson
CA
D
Y
Dina Titus
NV
D
N
Rashida Tlaib
MI
D
N
Paul Tonko
NY
D
N
Norma Torres
CA
D
N
Xochitl Torres Small
NM
D
Y
Lori Trahan
MA
D
N
David Trone
MD
D
Y
Lauren Underwood
IL
D
Y
Jeff Van Drew
NJ
D
Y
Juan Vargas
CA
D
A
Marc Veasey
TX
D
Y
Filemon Vela
TX
D
N
Nydia Velazquez
NY
D
N
Peter Visclosky
IN
D
Y
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
FL
D
Y
Maxine Waters
CA
D
N
Bonnie Watson Coleman
NJ
D
N
Peter Welch
VT
D
N
Jennifer Wexton
VA
D
Y
Susan Wild
PA
D
Y
Frederica Wilson
FL
D
Y
John Yarmuth
KY
D
Y
Justin Amash
MI
I
N
Ralph Abraham
LA
R
Y
Robert Aderholt
AL
R
Y
Rick Allen
GA
R
Y
Mark Amodei
NV
R
Y
Kelly Armstrong
ND
R
N
Jodey Arrington
TX
R
N
Brian Babin
TX
R
Y
Don Bacon
NE
R
Y
James Baird
IN
R
Y
Troy Balderson
OH
R
Y
Jim Banks
IN
R
Y
Andy Barr
KY
R
Y
Jack Bergman
MI
R
Y
Andy Biggs
AZ
R
N
Gus Bilirakis
FL
R
Y
Rob Bishop
UT
R
Y
Dan Bishop
NC
R
N
Mike Bost
IL
R
Y
Kevin Brady
TX
R
Y
Susan Brooks
IN
R
Y
Mo Brooks
AL
R
Y
Vern Buchanan
FL
R
Y
Ken Buck
CO
R
N
Larry Bucshon
IN
R
Y
Ted Budd
NC
R
N
Tim Burchett
TN
R
N
Michael Burgess
TX
R
Y
Bradley Byrne
AL
R
N
Ken Calvert
CA
R
Y
John Carter
TX
R
Y
Buddy Carter
GA
R
Y
Steve Chabot
OH
R
Y
Liz Cheney
WY
R
Y
Ben Cline
VA
R
N
Michael Cloud
TX
R
N
Tom Cole
OK
R
Y
Doug Collins
GA
R
Y
James Comer
KY
R
N
K. Michael Conaway
TX
R
Y
Paul Cook
CA
R
Y
Rick Crawford
AR
R
Y
Dan Crenshaw
TX
R
Y
John Curtis
UT
R
N
Warren Davidson
OH
R
N
Rodney Davis
IL
R
Y
Scott DesJarlais
TN
R
Y
Mario Diaz-Balart
FL
R
Y
Jeff Duncan
SC
R
N
Neal Dunn
FL
R
Y
Tom Emmer
MN
R
N
Ron Estes
KS
R
Y
Drew Ferguson
GA
R
Y
Brian Fitzpatrick
PA
R
Y
Chuck Fleischmann
TN
R
Y
Bill Flores
TX
R
Y
Jeff Fortenberry
NE
R
Y
Virginia Foxx
NC
R
Y
Russ Fulcher
ID
R
N
Matt Gaetz
FL
R
N
Mike Gallagher
WI
R
N
Greg Gianforte
MT
R
Y
Bob Gibbs
OH
R
Y
Louie Gohmert
TX
R
N
Anthony Gonzalez
OH
R
Y
Lance Gooden
TX
R
Y
Paul Gosar
AZ
R
N
Kay Granger
TX
R
Y
Tom Graves
GA
R
Y
Garret Graves
LA
R
Y
Sam Graves
MO
R
Y
Mark Green
TN
R
Y
H. Morgan Griffith
VA
R
N
Glenn Grothman
WI
R
N
Michael Guest
MS
R
Y
Brett Guthrie
KY
R
Y
James Hagedorn
MN
R
Y
Andy Harris
MD
R
Y
Vicky Hartzler
MO
R
Y
Kevin Hern
OK
R
N
Jaime Herrera Beutler
WA
R
Y
Jody Hice
GA
R
N
Clay Higgins
LA
R
N
French Hill
AR
R
Y
George Holding
NC
R
N
Trey Hollingsworth
IN
R
A
Richard Hudson
NC
R
Y
Bill Huizenga
MI
R
N
Duncan Hunter
CA
R
A
Will Hurd
TX
R
Y
Dusty Johnson
SD
R
N
Mike Johnson
LA
R
N
Bill Johnson
OH
R
Y
Jim Jordan
OH
R
N
John Joyce
PA
R
N
David Joyce
OH
R
Y
John Katko
NY
R
Y
Fred Keller
PA
R
N
Mike Kelly
PA
R
N
Trent Kelly
MS
R
Y
Peter King
NY
R
Y
Steve King
IA
R
N
Adam Kinzinger
IL
R
Y
David Kustoff
TN
R
Y
Darin LaHood
IL
R
N
Doug LaMalfa
CA
R
Y
Doug Lamborn
CO
R
Y
Bob Latta
OH
R
N
Debbie Lesko
AZ
R
Y
Billy Long
MO
R
Y
Barry Loudermilk
GA
R
Y
Frank Lucas
OK
R
A
Blaine Luetkemeyer
MO
R
Y
Kenny Marchant
TX
R
Y
Roger Marshall
KS
R
Y
Thomas Massie
KY
R
N
Brian Mast
FL
R
Y
Kevin McCarthy
CA
R
Y
Michael McCaul
TX
R
Y
Tom McClintock
CA
R
N
Patrick McHenry
NC
R
Y
David McKinley
WV
R
Y
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
WA
R
N
Mark Meadows
NC
R
N
Dan Meuser
PA
R
Y
Carol Miller
WV
R
Y
Paul Mitchell
MI
R
Y
John Moolenaar
MI
R
Y
Alex Mooney
WV
R
N
Markwayne Mullin
OK
R
N
Greg Murphy
NC
R
Y
Dan Newhouse
WA
R
Y
Ralph Norman
SC
R
N
Devin Nunes
CA
R
Y
Pete Olson
TX
R
Y
Steven Palazzo
MS
R
Y
Gary Palmer
AL
R
N
Greg Pence
IN
R
Y
Scott Perry
PA
R
N
Bill Posey
FL
R
Y
John Ratcliffe
TX
R
N
Tom Reed
NY
R
Y
Guy Reschenthaler
PA
R
Y
Tom Rice
SC
R
N
Denver Riggleman
VA
R
Y
Martha Roby
AL
R
Y
David Roe
TN
R
Y
Mike Rogers
AL
R
Y
Hal Rogers
KY
R
Y
Francis Rooney
FL
R
N
John Rose
TN
R
Y
David Rouzer
NC
R
N
Chip Roy
TX
R
N
John Rutherford
FL
R
Y
Steve Scalise
LA
R
Y
David Schweikert
AZ
R
N
Austin Scott
GA
R
Y
F. James Sensenbrenner
WI
R
N
John Shimkus
IL
R
A
Mike Simpson
ID
R
Y
Jason Smith
MO
R
N
Adrian Smith
NE
R
Y
Christopher Smith
NJ
R
Y
Lloyd Smucker
PA
R
N
Ross Spano
FL
R
N
Pete Stauber
MN
R
Y
Elise Stefanik
NY
R
Y
Bryan Steil
WI
R
N
Greg Steube
FL
R
N
Chris Stewart
UT
R
Y
Steve Stivers
OH
R
Y
Van Taylor
TX
R
N
Glenn Thompson
PA
R
Y
Mac Thornberry
TX
R
Y
William Timmons
SC
R
N
Scott Tipton
CO
R
Y
Michael Turner
OH
R
Y
Fred Upton
MI
R
Y
Ann Wagner
MO
R
Y
Tim Walberg
MI
R
Y
Greg Walden
OR
R
Y
Mark Walker
NC
R
A
Jackie Walorski
IN
R
Y
Michael Waltz
FL
R
Y
Steve Watkins
KS
R
Y
Randy Weber
TX
R
Y
Daniel Webster
FL
R
Y
Brad Wenstrup
OH
R
Y
Bruce Westerman
AR
R
Y
Roger Williams
TX
R
Y
Joe Wilson
SC
R
Y
Robert Wittman
VA
R
Y
Steve Womack
AR
R
Y
Rob Woodall
GA
R
Y
Ron Wright
TX
R
N
Ted Yoho
FL
R
N
Don Young
AK
R
Y
Lee Zeldin
NY
R
N