“NO” on H.CON.RES.11 & S.CON.RES.5, The Shell-Budget Resolutions

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Club for Growth opposes H.CON.RES.11 and S.CON.RES.5, the Democrats’ shell budget resolution, and urges all Representatives and Senators to vote no on the legislation. The result of the vote will be included in the Club for Growth Foundation’s 2021 Congressional Scorecard.

The Budget Resolution is intended to be an aspirational document that lays out a budgetary vision for the federal government. But now that President Biden and Democrats have unified government, they’re using the budget resolution merely as a vehicle to advance President Biden’s far-left agenda through budget reconciliation.

A budget resolution should propose constraints on the federal government on spending and revenues. But Democrats are using this budget resolution as a legislative “shell” that will merely serve as the legislative vehicle to allow for enactment of President Biden’s agenda. President Biden hasn’t even proposed a budget, nor has the House or Senate had any Committee hearings on the budget in 2021. The budget resolution is expected to advance a $1.9 trillion partisan COVID relief package the same week that the CBO projected economic growth to return to pre-COVID. Democrats also intend to include the extension the expansion of federal unemployment benefits, distribute stimulus checks to most Americans (including people that have not been economically harmed by the pandemic), and provide hundreds of billions of dollars to Governors in a cash bailout to states that have irresponsibly played games with their economy in order to damage political opponents, among other costly provisions.

Although subsequent legislation is forthcoming, this shell budget resolution is the first step forward for President Biden and Congressional Democrats to radically change America on a partisan vote through reconciliation. Members of Congress should instead negotiate pro-growth COVID relief legislation that safely reopens the American economy, reduces regulatory and tax burdens, and accommodates a rapid delivery of the COVID vaccination.

Club for Growth Foundation’s Congressional Scorecard for the 116th 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.

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Vote Results

Club Position

No

Required for Majority

1/2

Vote Results

Concurrent Resolution Agreed to

Vote Number

54

Vote Date

February 5, 2021

Vote Counts

YEAs:

50

NAYs:

50

Not Voting:

0

Name

State

Party

Vote Position

Tammy Baldwin

WI

D

Yea

John Barrasso

WY

R

Nay

Michael Bennet

CO

D

Yea

Marsha Blackburn

TN

R

Nay

Richard Blumenthal

CT

D

Yea

Roy Blunt

MO

R

Nay

Cory Booker

NJ

D

Yea

John Boozman

AR

R

Nay

Mike Braun

IN

R

Nay

Sherrod Brown

OH

D

Yea

Richard Burr

NC

R

Nay

Maria Cantwell

WA

D

Yea

Shelley Moore Capito

WV

R

Nay

Benjamin Cardin

MD

D

Yea

Thomas Carper

DE

D

Yea

Bob Casey

PA

D

Yea

Bill Cassidy

LA

R

Nay

Susan Collins

ME

R

Nay

Christopher Coons

DE

D

Yea

John Cornyn

TX

R

Nay

Catherine Cortez Masto

NV

D

Yea

Tom Cotton

AR

R

Nay

Kevin Cramer

ND

R

Nay

Mike Crapo

ID

R

Nay

Ted Cruz

TX

R

Nay

Steve Daines

MT

R

Nay

Tammy Duckworth

IL

D

Yea

Richard Durbin

IL

D

Yea

Joni Ernst

IA

R

Nay

Dianne Feinstein

CA

D

Yea

Deb Fischer

NE

R

Nay

Kirsten Gillibrand

NY

D

Yea

Lindsey Graham

SC

R

Nay

Chuck Grassley

IA

R

Nay

Bill Hagerty

TN

R

Nay

Maggie Hassan

NH

D

Yea

Josh Hawley

MO

R

Nay

Martin Heinrich

NM

D

Yea

John Hickenlooper

CO

D

Yea

Mazie Hirono

HI

D

Yea

John Hoeven

ND

R

Nay

Cindy Hyde-Smith

MS

R

Nay

James Inhofe

OK

R

Nay

Ron Johnson

WI

R

Nay

Tim Kaine

VA

D

Yea

Mark Kelly

AZ

D

Yea

John Kennedy

LA

R

Nay

Angus King

ME

I

Yea

Amy Klobuchar

MN

D

Yea

James Lankford

OK

R

Nay

Patrick Leahy

VT

D

Yea

Mike Lee

UT

R

Nay

Ben Lujan

NM

D

Yea

Cynthia Lummis

WY

R

Nay

Joe Manchin

WV

D

Yea

Edward Markey

MA

D

Yea

Roger Marshall

KS

R

Nay

Mitch McConnell

KY

R

Nay

Robert Menendez

NJ

D

Yea

Jeff Merkley

OR

D

Yea

Jerry Moran

KS

R

Nay

Lisa Murkowski

AK

R

Nay

Christopher Murphy

CT

D

Yea

Patty Murray

WA

D

Yea

Thomas Ossoff

GA

D

Yea

Alex Padilla

CA

D

Yea

Rand Paul

KY

R

Nay

Gary Peters

MI

D

Yea

Rob Portman

OH

R

Nay

Jack Reed

RI

D

Yea

Jim Risch

ID

R

Nay

Mitt Romney

UT

R

Nay

Jacky Rosen

NV

D

Yea

Mike Rounds

SD

R

Nay

Marco Rubio

FL

R

Nay

Bernie Sanders

VT

I

Yea

Ben Sasse

NE

R

Nay

Brian Schatz

HI

D

Yea

Chuck Schumer

NY

D

Yea

Rick Scott

FL

R

Nay

Tim Scott

SC

R

Nay

Jeanne Shaheen

NH

D

Yea

Richard Shelby

AL

R

Nay

Krysten Sinema

AZ

D

Yea

Tina Smith

MN

D

Yea

Debbie Stabenow

MI

D

Yea

Dan Sullivan

AK

R

Nay

Jon Tester

MT

D

Yea

John Thune

SD

R

Nay

Thom Tillis

NC

R

Nay

Pat Toomey

PA

R

Nay

Tommy Tuberville

AL

R

Nay

Chris Van Hollen

MD

D

Yea

Mark Warner

VA

D

Yea

Raphael Warnock

GA

D

Yea

Elizabeth Warren

MA

D

Yea

Sheldon Whitehouse

RI

D

Yea

Roger Wicker

MS

R

Nay

Ron Wyden

OR

D

Yea

Todd Young

IN

R

Nay

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