“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
Lisa Murkowski
AK
R
N
Dan Sullivan
AK
R
N
Richard Shelby
AL
R
N
Tommy Tuberville
AL
R
N
John Boozman
AR
R
N
Tom Cotton
AR
R
N
Mark Kelly
AZ
D
Y
Kyrsten Sinema
AZ
D
Y
Dianne Feinstein
CA
D
Y
Alex Padilla
CA
D
Y
Michael Bennet
CO
D
Y
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
N
Thomas Ossoff
GA
D
Y
Raphael Warnock
GA
D
Y
Mazie Hirono
HI
D
Y
Brian Schatz
HI
D
Y
Joni Ernst
IA
R
N
Chuck Grassley
IA
R
N
Mike Crapo
ID
R
N
Jim Risch
ID
R
N
Tammy Duckworth
IL
D
Y
Richard Durbin
IL
D
Y
Mike Braun
IN
R
N
Todd Young
IN
R
N
Roger Marshall
KS
R
N
Jerry Moran
KS
R
N
Mitch McConnell
KY
R
N
Rand Paul
KY
R
N
Bill Cassidy
LA
R
N
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
N
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
Roy Blunt
MO
R
N
Josh Hawley
MO
R
N
Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS
R
N
Roger Wicker
MS
R
N
Steve Daines
MT
R
N
Jon Tester
MT
D
Y
Richard Burr
NC
R
N
Thom Tillis
NC
R
N
Kevin Cramer
ND
R
N
John Hoeven
ND
R
N
Deb Fischer
NE
R
N
Ben Sasse
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
Rob Portman
OH
R
N
James Inhofe
OK
R
N
James Lankford
OK
R
N
Jeff Merkley
OR
D
Y
Ron Wyden
OR
D
Y
Bob Casey
PA
D
Y
Pat Toomey
PA
R
N
Jack Reed
RI
D
Y
Sheldon Whitehouse
RI
D
Y
Lindsey Graham
SC
R
N
Tim Scott
SC
R
N
Mike Rounds
SD
R
N
John Thune
SD
R
N
Marsha Blackburn
TN
R
N
Bill Hagerty
TN
R
N
John Cornyn
TX
R
N
Ted Cruz
TX
R
N
Mike Lee
UT
R
N
Mitt Romney
UT
R
N
Tim Kaine
VA
D
Y
Mark Warner
VA
D
Y
Patrick Leahy
VT
D
Y
Bernie Sanders
VT
I
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
N
Joe Manchin
WV
D
Y
John Barrasso
WY
R
N
Cynthia Lummis
WY
R
N