Key Vote Alert – Senate – YES on Cruz Amdt #969
“YES” on Cruz Amdt. #969 to H.R. 1319
Club for Growth strongly supports Senator Ted Cruz’s amendment #969, which would provide children with an option for in-classroom education instruction if the child’s local public school does not commit to reopening to 5-day-a-week, in-classroom instruction for the remainder of the current school year and the 2021-2022 school year and urges all Senators to vote YES on the amendment. The result of the vote will be included in the Club for Growth Foundation’s 2021 Congressional Scorecard.
Club for Growth has encouraged Congress for nearly a year to deliver parental choice in K-12 education to students and families that are unable to access high-quality education during the coronavirus pandemic. This important amendment would help accommodate a safe re-opening of schools and a return to in-person education by requiring schools to submit a re-opening plan. For students that are not able to access high-quality education because a school is not re-opening, a grant program to assist families with educational costs in order to provide students to alternative education will be established with grants as high as $10,000 per student to offset qualified expenses associated with K-12 education.
Allowing for federal dollars to follow students and parents, rather than educational institutions, will greatly improve parental choice in education, improve educational opportunities for students, and ensure that educational bureaucrats stop playing a game of political chicken at the expense of students’ education.
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
Yes
Required for Majority
1/2
Vote Results
Amendment Rejected
Vote Number
95
Vote Date
March 6, 2021
Vote Counts
YEAs:
0
NAYs:
0
Not Voting:
100
Tammy Baldwin
WI
D
N
John Barrasso
WY
R
Y
Michael Bennet
CO
D
N
Marsha Blackburn
TN
R
Y
Richard Blumenthal
CT
D
N
Roy Blunt
MO
R
Y
Cory Booker
NJ
D
N
John Boozman
AR
R
Y
Mike Braun
IN
R
Y
Sherrod Brown
OH
D
N
Richard Burr
NC
R
Y
Maria Cantwell
WA
D
N
Shelley Moore Capito
WV
R
Y
Benjamin Cardin
MD
D
N
Thomas Carper
DE
D
N
Bob Casey
PA
D
N
Bill Cassidy
LA
R
Y
Susan Collins
ME
R
Y
Christopher Coons
DE
D
N
John Cornyn
TX
R
Y
Catherine Cortez Masto
NV
D
N
Tom Cotton
AR
R
Y
Kevin Cramer
ND
R
Y
Mike Crapo
ID
R
Y
Ted Cruz
TX
R
Y
Steve Daines
MT
R
Y
Tammy Duckworth
IL
D
N
Richard Durbin
IL
D
N
Joni Ernst
IA
R
Y
Dianne Feinstein
CA
D
N
Deb Fischer
NE
R
Y
Kirsten Gillibrand
NY
D
N
Lindsey Graham
SC
R
Y
Chuck Grassley
IA
R
Y
Bill Hagerty
TN
R
Y
Maggie Hassan
NH
D
N
Josh Hawley
MO
R
Y
Martin Heinrich
NM
D
N
John Hickenlooper
CO
D
N
Mazie Hirono
HI
D
N
John Hoeven
ND
R
Y
Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS
R
Y
James Inhofe
OK
R
Y
Ron Johnson
WI
R
Y
Tim Kaine
VA
D
N
Mark Kelly
AZ
D
N
John Kennedy
LA
R
Y
Angus King
ME
I
N
Amy Klobuchar
MN
D
N
James Lankford
OK
R
Y
Patrick Leahy
VT
D
N
Mike Lee
UT
R
Y
Ben Lujan
NM
D
N
Cynthia Lummis
WY
R
Y
Joe Manchin
WV
D
N
Edward Markey
MA
D
N
Roger Marshall
KS
R
Y
Mitch McConnell
KY
R
Y
Robert Menendez
NJ
D
N
Jeff Merkley
OR
D
N
Jerry Moran
KS
R
Y
Lisa Murkowski
AK
R
Y
Christopher Murphy
CT
D
N
Patty Murray
WA
D
N
Thomas Ossoff
GA
D
N
Alex Padilla
CA
D
N
Rand Paul
KY
R
Y
Gary Peters
MI
D
N
Rob Portman
OH
R
Y
Jack Reed
RI
D
N
Jim Risch
ID
R
Y
Mitt Romney
UT
R
Y
Jacky Rosen
NV
D
N
Mike Rounds
SD
R
Y
Marco Rubio
FL
R
Y
Bernie Sanders
VT
I
N
Ben Sasse
NE
R
Y
Brian Schatz
HI
D
N
Chuck Schumer
NY
D
N
Rick Scott
FL
R
Y
Tim Scott
SC
R
Y
Jeanne Shaheen
NH
D
N
Richard Shelby
AL
R
Y
Krysten Sinema
AZ
D
N
Tina Smith
MN
D
N
Debbie Stabenow
MI
D
N
Dan Sullivan
AK
R
A
Jon Tester
MT
D
N
John Thune
SD
R
Y
Thom Tillis
NC
R
Y
Pat Toomey
PA
R
Y
Tommy Tuberville
AL
R
Y
Chris Van Hollen
MD
D
N
Mark Warner
VA
D
N
Raphael Warnock
GA
D
N
Elizabeth Warren
MA
D
N
Sheldon Whitehouse
RI
D
N
Roger Wicker
MS
R
Y
Ron Wyden
OR
D
N
Todd Young
IN
R
Y