Key Vote Alert – “YES” on Sanford Amdt to H.R. 5293
KEY VOTE ALERT
“YES” on Sanford Amdt to HR 5293
The Club for Growth urges all House members to support the Sanford amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2017 (H.R. 5293). A vote on this amendment is expected later this week. This vote will be included in the Club for Growth’s 2016 Congressional Scorecard.
Rep. Sanford’s bipartisan amendment would bar funds for a de facto earmark benefitting the shoe company, New Balance. Under current law, troops can be given a cash allowance to purchase apparel, including shoes. The earmark would disallow this – just for footwear – forcing the Pentagon to provide shoes directly to military personnel. As such, current law also requires that any direct-purchase items be 100% American-made. In the near term, this would exclusively benefit New Balance as the sole provider of footwear.
Also, it shouldn’t be overlooked that, according to the Boston Globe, New Balance said the White House promised to consider the shoe maker for a similar Defense contract if the company would stop bad-mouthing Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. The merits of the trade deal notwithstanding, this type of cronyism is horrendous, and this de facto earmark should be vigorously rejected.
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Vote Results
Club Position
Yes
Required for Majority
1/2
Vote Results
Failed
Vote Number
313
Vote Date
June 16, 2016
Vote Counts
YEAs:
0
NAYs:
0
Not Voting:
414
Neil Abercrombie
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Ralph Abraham
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Alma Adams
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Robert Aderholt
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Pete Aguilar
CA
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Rick Allen
GA
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Justin Amash
MI
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Brad Ashford
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Brian Babin
TX
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Lou Barletta
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Joe Barton
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Joyce Beatty
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Xavier Becerra
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Dan Benishek
MI
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Kerry Bentivolio
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Don Beyer
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UT
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Ken Buck
CO
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CA
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CA
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MA
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DE
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TX
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UT
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CT
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TX
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Michael Fitzpatrick
PA
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TN
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IL
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Peter King
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Steve King
IA
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Zoe Lofgren
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Barry Loudermilk
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Mia Love
UT
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Frank Lucas
OK
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Blaine Luetkemeyer
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Michelle Lujan Grisham
NM
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Cynthia Lummis
WY
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Stephen Lynch
MA
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Thomas MacArthur
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Daniel Maffei
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Sean Maloney
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TX
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Tom Marino
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Jim Marshall
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Thomas Massie
KY
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Kevin McCarthy
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Michael McMahon
NY
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Cathy McMorris Rodgers
WA
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Mark Meadows
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Patrick Meehan
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Jeff Miller
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SC
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Randy Neugebauer
TX
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Dan Newhouse
WA
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Kristi Noem
SD
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Richard Nolan
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