Key Vote Alert – “NO” on Appropriations Minibus
The Club for Growth urges all Senators and Representatives to vote NO on the Appropriations minibus. The results of this vote will be included in the Club for Growth Foundation’s 2024 congressional scorecard. This minibus includes the Defense, Homeland Security, Labor-HHS, Legislative Branch, Financial Services-General Government and State-Foreign Operations subcommittee appropriations bills.
Since passage of the last minibus appropriations bill on March 8, Washington has added an additional $117 billion in new debt. Continued unsustainable spending will only further fuel the cycle of inflation and interest rates that are eating away at every Americans standard of living. Unfortunately, this minibus continues the reckless march towards a debt crisis by spending above the spending caps set in the Fiscal Responsibility Act through gimmicks, offsets that fuel more spending and unjustified emergency designations. Further, the bill continues the inherently corrupt practice of earmarks to grease the skids for final passage. Simply put, this is not why conservatives were sent to Washington.
Further, bringing a bill of this magnitude should go through regular order – not under suspension of the rules. It violates the spirit of the rules of the GOP conference, which specifically prohibit consideration of legislation which “… fails to include a cost estimate, or for which the cost estimate exceeds $100,000,000, unless fully offset by at least an equal reduction in current spending…”, and be “…noticed to Members of the Republican Conference at least 5 days prior to floor consideration…” As of this writing, there is no cost estimate for members to review, the cost will clearly well exceed $100 million with numerous gimmicks and unjustified spending designations used as “offsets”, and members will not have five days to review the contents before consideration.
House conservatives must stand and fight. Despite scaremongering from liberals who got our nation in this mess, there is nothing unreasonable about enacting a long-term continuing resolution that keeps defense spending above FY2023 enacted levels and forces lawmakers to put the interests of the American people struggling with unaffordable groceries and mortgages before those shielded from the consequences of reckless spending. The American people want relief from Bidenflation and are desperate for leaders to firmly break with the status quo. Conservatives should answer this call and stand athwart the continued growth the D.C Leviathan. That begins by defeating this spending package.
Club for Growth Foundation’s Congressional Scorecard for the 118th 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
No
Required for Majority
1/2
Vote Results
Passed
Vote Number
114
Vote Date
March 23, 2024
Vote Counts
YEAs:
74
NAYs:
24
Not Voting:
2
Lisa Murkowski
AK
R
Y
Dan Sullivan
AK
R
Y
Katie Britt
AL
R
Y
Tommy Tuberville
AL
R
N
John Boozman
AR
R
Y
Tom Cotton
AR
R
Y
Mark Kelly
AZ
D
Y
Kyrsten Sinema
AZ
I
Y
Laphonza Butler
CA
D
Y
Alex Padilla
CA
D
Y
Michael Bennet
CO
D
N
John Hickenlooper
CO
D
Y
Richard Blumenthal
CT
D
Y
Christopher Murphy
CT
D
Y
Thomas Carper
DE
D
Y
Christopher Coons
DE
D
Y
Marco Rubio
FL
R
N
Rick Scott
FL
R
A
Thomas Ossoff
GA
D
Y
Raphael Warnock
GA
D
Y
Mazie Hirono
HI
D
Y
Brian Schatz
HI
D
Y
Joni Ernst
IA
R
Y
Chuck Grassley
IA
R
Y
Mike Crapo
ID
R
N
Jim Risch
ID
R
N
Tammy Duckworth
IL
D
Y
Richard Durbin
IL
D
Y
Mike Braun
IN
R
A
Todd Young
IN
R
Y
Roger Marshall
KS
R
N
Jerry Moran
KS
R
Y
Mitch McConnell
KY
R
Y
Rand Paul
KY
R
N
Bill Cassidy
LA
R
Y
John Kennedy
LA
R
N
Edward Markey
MA
D
Y
Elizabeth Warren
MA
D
Y
Benjamin Cardin
MD
D
Y
Chris Van Hollen
MD
D
Y
Susan Collins
ME
R
Y
Angus King
ME
I
Y
Gary Peters
MI
D
Y
Debbie Stabenow
MI
D
Y
Amy Klobuchar
MN
D
Y
Tina Smith
MN
D
Y
Josh Hawley
MO
R
N
Eric Schmitt
MO
R
N
Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS
R
Y
Roger Wicker
MS
R
Y
Steve Daines
MT
R
N
Jon Tester
MT
D
Y
Ted Budd
NC
R
N
Thom Tillis
NC
R
Y
Kevin Cramer
ND
R
Y
John Hoeven
ND
R
Y
Deb Fischer
NE
R
Y
Pete Ricketts
NE
R
N
Maggie Hassan
NH
D
Y
Jeanne Shaheen
NH
D
Y
Cory Booker
NJ
D
Y
Robert Menendez
NJ
D
Y
Martin Heinrich
NM
D
Y
Ben Lujan
NM
D
Y
Catherine Cortez Masto
NV
D
Y
Jacky Rosen
NV
D
Y
Kirsten Gillibrand
NY
D
Y
Chuck Schumer
NY
D
Y
Sherrod Brown
OH
D
Y
J.D. Vance
OH
R
N
James Lankford
OK
R
N
Markwayne Mullin
OK
R
Y
Jeff Merkley
OR
D
Y
Ron Wyden
OR
D
Y
Bob Casey
PA
D
Y
John Fetterman
PA
D
Y
Jack Reed
RI
D
Y
Sheldon Whitehouse
RI
D
Y
Lindsey Graham
SC
R
Y
Tim Scott
SC
R
N
Mike Rounds
SD
R
Y
John Thune
SD
R
Y
Marsha Blackburn
TN
R
N
Bill Hagerty
TN
R
N
John Cornyn
TX
R
Y
Ted Cruz
TX
R
N
Mike Lee
UT
R
N
Mitt Romney
UT
R
Y
Tim Kaine
VA
D
Y
Mark Warner
VA
D
Y
Bernie Sanders
VT
I
N
Peter Welch
VT
D
Y
Maria Cantwell
WA
D
Y
Patty Murray
WA
D
Y
Tammy Baldwin
WI
D
Y
Ron Johnson
WI
R
N
Shelley Moore Capito
WV
R
Y
Joe Manchin
WV
D
Y
John Barrasso
WY
R
N
Cynthia Lummis
WY
R
N