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
Cory Booker
NJ
D
A
Tammy Duckworth
IL
D
A
John McCain
AZ
R
A
Lamar Alexander
TN
R
N
Tammy Baldwin
WI
D
N
Michael Bennet
CO
D
N
Richard Blumenthal
CT
D
N
Roy Blunt
MO
R
N
John Boozman
AR
R
N
Sherrod Brown
OH
D
N
Richard Burr
NC
R
N
Maria Cantwell
WA
D
N
Shelley Moore Capito
WV
R
N
Benjamin Cardin
MD
D
N
Thomas Carper
DE
D
N
Bob Casey
PA
D
N
Bill Cassidy
LA
R
N
Susan Collins
ME
R
N
Christopher Coons
DE
D
N
Bob Corker
TN
R
N
Catherine Cortez Masto
NV
D
N
Tom Cotton
AR
R
N
Joe Donnelly
IN
D
N
Richard Durbin
IL
D
N
Dianne Feinstein
CA
D
N
Cory Gardner
CO
R
N
Kirsten Gillibrand
NY
D
N
Lindsey Graham
SC
R
N
Kamala Harris
CA
D
N
Maggie Hassan
NH
D
N
Orrin Hatch
UT
R
N
Martin Heinrich
NM
D
N
Heidi Heitkamp
ND
D
N
Dean Heller
NV
R
N
Mazie Hirono
HI
D
N
John Hoeven
ND
R
N
James Inhofe
OK
R
N
Johnny Isakson
GA
R
N
Doug Jones
AL
D
N
Tim Kaine
VA
D
N
Angus King
ME
I
N
Amy Klobuchar
MN
D
N
Patrick Leahy
VT
D
N
Joe Manchin
WV
D
N
Edward Markey
MA
D
N
Claire McCaskill
MO
D
N
Mitch McConnell
KY
R
N
Robert Menendez
NJ
D
N
Jeff Merkley
OR
D
N
Lisa Murkowski
AK
R
N
Christopher Murphy
CT
D
N
Patty Murray
WA
D
N
Bill Nelson
FL
D
N
David Perdue
GA
R
N
Gary Peters
MI
D
N
Rob Portman
OH
R
N
Jack Reed
RI
D
N
Pat Roberts
KS
R
N
Mike Rounds
SD
R
N
Bernie Sanders
VT
I
N
Brian Schatz
HI
D
N
Chuck Schumer
NY
D
N
Jeanne Shaheen
NH
D
N
Richard Shelby
AL
R
N
Debbie Stabenow
MI
D
N
Dan Sullivan
AK
R
N
Jon Tester
MT
D
N
John Thune
SD
R
N
Thom Tillis
NC
R
N
Tom Udall
NM
D
N
Chris Van Hollen
MD
D
N
Mark Warner
VA
D
N
Elizabeth Warren
MA
D
N
Sheldon Whitehouse
RI
D
N
Roger Wicker
MS
R
N
Ron Wyden
OR
D
N
Todd Young
IN
R
N
John Barrasso
WY
R
Y
John Cornyn
TX
R
Y
Mike Crapo
ID
R
Y
Ted Cruz
TX
R
Y
Steve Daines
MT
R
Y
Michael Enzi
WY
R
Y
Joni Ernst
IA
R
Y
Deb Fischer
NE
R
Y
Jeff Flake
AZ
R
Y
Chuck Grassley
IA
R
Y
Ron Johnson
WI
R
Y
John Kennedy
LA
R
Y
James Lankford
OK
R
Y
Mike Lee
UT
R
Y
Jerry Moran
KS
R
Y
Rand Paul
KY
R
Y
Jim Risch
ID
R
Y
Marco Rubio
FL
R
Y
Ben Sasse
NE
R
Y
Tim Scott
SC
R
Y
Pat Toomey
PA
R
Y