Key Vote Alert: Senate – “No” the Appropriations Minibus
The Club for Growth urges all Senators to vote NO on the Appropriations Minibus. The results of this vote will be included in the Club for Growth Foundation’s 2023 congressional scorecard.
The Club for Growth opposes the Appropriations Minibus which includes the following three Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bills:
- Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
- Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies
- Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, and Related Agencies.
The passage of the so-called “Fiscal Responsibility Act” (FRA) earlier this year was another triumph of Big Government and the reckless, inflationary spending that far too many members remain addicted to. However, Senate negotiators have marked up these three appropriations bills at even higher levels of discretionary spending than the FRA provided through emergency spending designations. In addition to the $10.84 billion in additional cap-adjusted spending authority, the Senate Amendment would facilitate $36.811 billion in previously enacted so-called “emergency spending” designations that blow through the already insufficient spending controls provided by the FRA. This brings total budget authority facilitated by the minibus to $316.087 billion – $47.651 billion higher than what many conservatives were led to believe would be the true “cap” on spending in these divisions set by the FRA.
The hubris of Senate leaders is a slap in the face to Americans suffering from high inflation, record interest rates and a $1.7 trillion annual deficit in FY2023. It is imperative to rescind previously emergency-designated spending and return to pre-COVID spending discretionary spending levels absent gimmicks that fleece hardworking taxpayers. Club for Growth urges Senators to oppose this fiscally reckless legislation.
Club for Growth Foundation’s Congressional Scorecard for the 118th 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
284
Vote Date
November 1, 2023
Vote Counts
YEAs:
82
NAYs:
15
Not Voting:
3
Lisa Murkowski
AK
R
Y
Dan Sullivan
AK
R
Y
Katie Britt
AL
R
Y
Tommy Tuberville
AL
R
N
John Boozman
AR
R
Y
Tom Cotton
AR
R
Y
Mark Kelly
AZ
D
Y
Kyrsten Sinema
AZ
I
Y
Laphonza Butler
CA
D
Y
Alex Padilla
CA
D
Y
Michael Bennet
CO
D
Y
John Hickenlooper
CO
D
Y
Richard Blumenthal
CT
D
Y
Christopher Murphy
CT
D
Y
Thomas Carper
DE
D
Y
Christopher Coons
DE
D
Y
Marco Rubio
FL
R
Y
Rick Scott
FL
R
N
Thomas Ossoff
GA
D
Y
Raphael Warnock
GA
D
Y
Mazie Hirono
HI
D
Y
Brian Schatz
HI
D
Y
Joni Ernst
IA
R
N
Chuck Grassley
IA
R
Y
Mike Crapo
ID
R
N
Jim Risch
ID
R
N
Tammy Duckworth
IL
D
Y
Richard Durbin
IL
D
Y
Mike Braun
IN
R
N
Todd Young
IN
R
Y
Roger Marshall
KS
R
Y
Jerry Moran
KS
R
Y
Mitch McConnell
KY
R
Y
Rand Paul
KY
R
N
Bill Cassidy
LA
R
Y
John Kennedy
LA
R
Y
Edward Markey
MA
D
Y
Elizabeth Warren
MA
D
Y
Benjamin Cardin
MD
D
Y
Chris Van Hollen
MD
D
Y
Susan Collins
ME
R
Y
Angus King
ME
I
Y
Gary Peters
MI
D
Y
Debbie Stabenow
MI
D
Y
Amy Klobuchar
MN
D
Y
Tina Smith
MN
D
Y
Josh Hawley
MO
R
N
Eric Schmitt
MO
R
N
Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS
R
Y
Roger Wicker
MS
R
Y
Steve Daines
MT
R
Y
Jon Tester
MT
D
Y
Ted Budd
NC
R
N
Thom Tillis
NC
R
A
Kevin Cramer
ND
R
Y
John Hoeven
ND
R
Y
Deb Fischer
NE
R
Y
Pete Ricketts
NE
R
N
Maggie Hassan
NH
D
Y
Jeanne Shaheen
NH
D
Y
Cory Booker
NJ
D
Y
Robert Menendez
NJ
D
Y
Martin Heinrich
NM
D
Y
Ben Lujan
NM
D
Y
Catherine Cortez Masto
NV
D
Y
Jacky Rosen
NV
D
Y
Kirsten Gillibrand
NY
D
Y
Chuck Schumer
NY
D
Y
Sherrod Brown
OH
D
Y
J.D. Vance
OH
R
Y
James Lankford
OK
R
Y
Markwayne Mullin
OK
R
Y
Jeff Merkley
OR
D
Y
Ron Wyden
OR
D
Y
Bob Casey
PA
D
Y
John Fetterman
PA
D
Y
Jack Reed
RI
D
Y
Sheldon Whitehouse
RI
D
Y
Lindsey Graham
SC
R
Y
Tim Scott
SC
R
A
Mike Rounds
SD
R
Y
John Thune
SD
R
Y
Marsha Blackburn
TN
R
Y
Bill Hagerty
TN
R
Y
John Cornyn
TX
R
Y
Ted Cruz
TX
R
N
Mike Lee
UT
R
A
Mitt Romney
UT
R
Y
Tim Kaine
VA
D
Y
Mark Warner
VA
D
Y
Bernie Sanders
VT
I
Y
Peter Welch
VT
D
Y
Maria Cantwell
WA
D
Y
Patty Murray
WA
D
Y
Tammy Baldwin
WI
D
Y
Ron Johnson
WI
R
N
Shelley Moore Capito
WV
R
Y
Joe Manchin
WV
D
Y
John Barrasso
WY
R
N
Cynthia Lummis
WY
R
N