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