Key Vote Alert – “YES” on “Penny Plan” Balanced Budget
KEY VOTE ALERT
“Yes” on Penny Plan Balanced Budget
(S.Con.Res. 36)
The Club for Growth supports Senator Rand Paul’s “Penny Plan” balanced budget and we urge all Senators to vote YES on it. A vote is expected as early as Thursday of this week. The vote will be included in the Club’s 2018 congressional scorecard.
It’s unfortunate that our country’s fiscal mess is so bad that lawmakers consider it politically safer to not pass a budget at all rather than risk passing one that upsets voters. Thankfully, Senate rules will force a debate on this issue instead of allowing Senators to stall and obfuscate.
The “Penny Plan” budget would repeal the recent Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, which raised spending by nearly $300 billion, and then it would cut one penny for every dollar spent on the federal budget. Together, these reforms would balance the budget within five years, and then put it on a sustainable 1% growth rate going forward.
With our national debt at just over $21 trillion, and with our annual deficit reaching $1 trillion in perpetuity, this balanced budget proposal is sorely needed.
Our Congressional Scorecard for the 115th 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 our members and to the public.
Vote Results
Club Position
Yes
Required for Majority
1/2
Vote Results
Motion to Proceed Rejected
Vote Number
99
Vote Date
May 17, 2018
Vote Counts
YEAs:
21
NAYs:
74
Not Voting:
3
Lisa Murkowski
AK
R
N
Dan Sullivan
AK
R
N
Doug Jones
AL
D
N
Richard Shelby
AL
R
N
John Boozman
AR
R
N
Tom Cotton
AR
R
N
Jeff Flake
AZ
R
Y
John McCain
AZ
R
A
Dianne Feinstein
CA
D
N
Kamala Harris
CA
D
N
Michael Bennet
CO
D
N
Cory Gardner
CO
R
N
Richard Blumenthal
CT
D
N
Christopher Murphy
CT
D
N
Thomas Carper
DE
D
N
Christopher Coons
DE
D
N
Bill Nelson
FL
D
N
Marco Rubio
FL
R
Y
Johnny Isakson
GA
R
N
David Perdue
GA
R
N
Mazie Hirono
HI
D
N
Brian Schatz
HI
D
N
Joni Ernst
IA
R
Y
Chuck Grassley
IA
R
Y
Mike Crapo
ID
R
Y
Jim Risch
ID
R
Y
Tammy Duckworth
IL
D
A
Richard Durbin
IL
D
N
Joe Donnelly
IN
D
N
Todd Young
IN
R
N
Jerry Moran
KS
R
Y
Pat Roberts
KS
R
N
Mitch McConnell
KY
R
N
Rand Paul
KY
R
Y
Bill Cassidy
LA
R
N
John Kennedy
LA
R
Y
Edward Markey
MA
D
N
Elizabeth Warren
MA
D
N
Benjamin Cardin
MD
D
N
Chris Van Hollen
MD
D
N
Susan Collins
ME
R
N
Angus King
ME
I
N
Gary Peters
MI
D
N
Debbie Stabenow
MI
D
N
Amy Klobuchar
MN
D
N
Roy Blunt
MO
R
N
Claire McCaskill
MO
D
N
Roger Wicker
MS
R
N
Steve Daines
MT
R
Y
Jon Tester
MT
D
N
Richard Burr
NC
R
N
Thom Tillis
NC
R
N
Heidi Heitkamp
ND
D
N
John Hoeven
ND
R
N
Deb Fischer
NE
R
Y
Ben Sasse
NE
R
Y
Maggie Hassan
NH
D
N
Jeanne Shaheen
NH
D
N
Cory Booker
NJ
D
A
Robert Menendez
NJ
D
N
Martin Heinrich
NM
D
N
Tom Udall
NM
D
N
Catherine Cortez Masto
NV
D
N
Dean Heller
NV
R
N
Kirsten Gillibrand
NY
D
N
Chuck Schumer
NY
D
N
Sherrod Brown
OH
D
N
Rob Portman
OH
R
N
James Inhofe
OK
R
N
James Lankford
OK
R
Y
Jeff Merkley
OR
D
N
Ron Wyden
OR
D
N
Bob Casey
PA
D
N
Pat Toomey
PA
R
Y
Jack Reed
RI
D
N
Sheldon Whitehouse
RI
D
N
Lindsey Graham
SC
R
N
Tim Scott
SC
R
Y
Mike Rounds
SD
R
N
John Thune
SD
R
N
Lamar Alexander
TN
R
N
Bob Corker
TN
R
N
John Cornyn
TX
R
Y
Ted Cruz
TX
R
Y
Orrin Hatch
UT
R
N
Mike Lee
UT
R
Y
Tim Kaine
VA
D
N
Mark Warner
VA
D
N
Patrick Leahy
VT
D
N
Bernie Sanders
VT
I
N
Maria Cantwell
WA
D
N
Patty Murray
WA
D
N
Tammy Baldwin
WI
D
N
Ron Johnson
WI
R
Y
Shelley Moore Capito
WV
R
N
Joe Manchin
WV
D
N
John Barrasso
WY
R
Y
Michael Enzi
WY
R
Y