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