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:
150
NAYs:
260
Not Voting:
0
Robert Aderholt
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Mo Brooks
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Bradley Byrne
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Artur Davis
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Gary Palmer
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Martha Roby
AL
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Terri Sewell
AL
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Rick Crawford
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French Hill
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Bruce Westerman
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Steve Womack
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Ruben Gallego
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Paul Gosar
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Raul Grijalva
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Ann Kirkpatrick
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Martha McSally
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Matt Salmon
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David Schweikert
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John Shadegg
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Kyrsten Sinema
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Pete Aguilar
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Xavier Becerra
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Ken Calvert
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Lois Capps
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Paul Cook
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Jim Costa
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Susan Davis
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Jeff Denham
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Mark DeSaulnier
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Anna Eshoo
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Sam Farr
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John Garamendi
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Michael Honda
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Jared Huffman
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Duncan Hunter
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Darrell Issa
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Stephen Knight
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Doug LaMalfa
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Barbara Lee
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Ted Lieu
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Zoe Lofgren
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Kevin McCarthy
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Tom McClintock
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Jerry McNerney
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Devin Nunes
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Nancy Pelosi
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George Radanovich
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Dana Rohrabacher
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DE
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Jim Marshall
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Steve King
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David Young
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Mike Simpson
ID
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Thomas Massie
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Bill Delahunt
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William Keating
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Joseph Kennedy
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Stephen Lynch
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James McGovern
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Seth Moulton
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Richard Neal
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John Sarbanes
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Chris Van Hollen
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David Trott
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Fred Upton
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Tim Walberg
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Keith Ellison
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Trent Kelly
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Ryan Zinke
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Alma Adams
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G.K. Butterfield
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Virginia Foxx
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George Holding
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Richard Hudson
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Walter Jones
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Patrick McHenry
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Mark Meadows
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Robert Pittenger
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David Price
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David Rouzer
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Mark Walker
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Kevin Cramer
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Brad Ashford
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Ann Kuster
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Scott Garrett
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Leonard Lance
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Harry Teague
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Yvette Clarke
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Nydia Velazquez
NY
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Lee Zeldin
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Joyce Beatty
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OH
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Tom Rice
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John Duncan
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Lloyd Doggett
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Gene Green
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UT
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Mia Love
UT
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UT
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VA
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