Donald Payne

(NJ-10)

2018 Score:: 19
lifetime:: 9
Rank:: 291
District:: 10

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Votes

2018 19%

Title	Description	Club Position	Rep. Position
H.R. 2	Farm bill with no conservative reforms	N	A
H.R. 6760	Tax Cuts 2.0 - make the Trump tax cuts permanent	Y	N
H.R. 6757	Tax Cuts 2.0 - expand IRAs and create Universal Savings Accounts	Y	N
H.R. 5420	Nationalize 89 acres to expand FDR national historic site	N	Y
H.R. 6157	Bloated $855B Cromnibus	N	Y
H.R. 6199	Expands Health Savings Accounts	Y	N
S. 1182	Extends National Flood Insurance Program	N	Y
H.R. 184	Repeals the medical device tax	Y	N
H.R. 6147	Prohibit DC from seizing property to enforce Obamacare's individual mandate	Y	N
H.R. 6147	Cut $46.5 million from the National Endowment on the Arts and Humanities	Y	N
H.R. 6147	Prohibit funds for the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program	Y	N
H.R. 6147	Prohibit DC from enforcing Obamacare's individual mandate	Y	N
H.R. 5895	Cut funding by $15 billion	Y	N
H.R. 5895	Eliminate funding for the Advanced Research Project Agency	Y	N
H.R. 3	Trump's $14.8 billion rescissions package	Y	N
H.R. 5895	Holman Act for Mark Gabriel, the Western Area Power Administrator	Y	N
H.R. 5895	Cut funding by 1%	Y	N
H.R. 5515	Require dinnerware at DoD to be domestically sourced (Buy American)	N	N
H.R. 5515	Require stainless steel flatware at DoD to be domestically sourced (Buy American)	N	N
H.R. 2	Repeals the EPA's Waters of the U.S. rule	Y	N
H.R. 2	Farm bill with weak work requirement reforms - no other reforms	N	N
H.R. 2	Repeal the biomass and bioenergy subsidy programs	Y	N
H.R. 2	Phase out farm subsidies by the year 2030	Y	N
H.R. 2	Reform the sugar program	Y	N
H.R. 4	Prohibit funds for Davis-Bacon wage requirements	Y	N
H.R. 1625	FY18 continuing resolution thru Sept 30, 2018	N	Y
H.R. 620	Require individuals to ask establishments to comply with ADA before filing a lawsuit	Y	N
H.R. 1892	Trump-Schumer Bipartisan Budget Act. CR thru 3/23/2018. $90B for disaster relief. Debt ceiling suspended until 3/1/2019	N	N

2017 5%

Title	Description	Club Position	Rep. Position
	Discharge petition to force a vote on a bill to repeal the 2010 health care law known as "Obamacare"	Y	N
H R 4667	Passage of the bill to provide $81 billion in supplemental spending for disaster relief	N	N
H R 1	Final passage of the House and Senate compromise on the tax cut bill	Y	N
H R 3979	Passage of the bill to extend the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's volunteer program at a cost of $2 million a year	N	Y
H R 1	Passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to lower individual and corporate tax rates and limit certain deductions	Y	N
H RES 569	Passage of a bill to provide $36.5 billion for disaster relief and cancel $16 billion of flood insurance debt	N	Y
H R 3354	Amendment to cut National Labor Relations Board salaries and expenses by $99 million	Y	N
H R 3354	Amendment to cut the EPA budget by $1.8 million	Y	N
H R 10	Passage of the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 to repeal many provisions in the Dodd-Frank law	Y	N
H R 601	Final passage of a bill with $15.2 billion for disaster relief and that suspends the debt limit until Dec. 8, 2017	N	Y
H R 3354	Amendment to reduce EPA funding by $10.2 million	Y	N
H R 3354	Amendment to reduce subsidies by $150 million for air service to small communities	Y	N
H R 3354	Amendment that includes a reduction of mass transit maintenance grants by $474 million	Y	N
H R 3354	Amendment to cut $1.1 billion in grants for Amtrak	Y	N
H RES 502	Final adoption of a bill and agreement to a Senate amendment to add $7.9 billion for hurricane disaster relief	N	Y
H R 3354	Amendment to reduce spending by 2% for the Department of Housing and Urban Development	Y	N
H R 26	Passage of "REINS" Act to require congressional approval before major rules can take effect	Y	N
H CON RES	Substitute amendment to the budget resolution to adopt the Republican Study Committee proposal to cut spending and balance the budget	Y	N
H J RES 36	Passage of a resolution to reject a regulation to reduce methane flaring	Y	N
H R 3219	Amendment to cut discretionary spending by 1% in the energy and water provisions of the appropriations bill	Y	N
H R 3219	Amendment to bar funds to be used to enforce Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage requirements	Y	N
H R 2883	Motion to add to a bill a requirement that only USA-made iron and steel products be used in border-crossing facilites	N	Y
H R 1259	Passage of a bill to bolster the ability of the Veterans Dept to fire employees for poor performance	Y	A
S CON RES	Passage of a budget resolution with instructions to repeal much of the 2010 healthcare law known as "Obamacare"	Y	N

2016 0%

Title	Description	Club Position	Rep. Position
H R 985	Pass bill to allow creation of a concrete promotion program in the Commerce Dep't	N	Y
H R 5325	Passage of FY17 omnibus continuing spending bill to Dec. 9, no offsets to Zika and block grant increases	N	A
H R 5278	Amendment to remove provision temporarily allowing a lower minimum wage in Puerto Rico for young workers	N	A
S 1252	Pass a bill to create a $3.8 billion program to promote global security and agricultural development	N	Y
H R 5485	Amendment to remove provision barring new IRS rules on "political activity" for advocacy nonprofits	N	Y
H R 3762	Pass bill to repeal much of ObamaCare	Y	A
H R 5538	Amendment to bar Davis-Bacon wage requirements that makes Interior Dep't spending less efficient	Y	N
H R 5538	Amendment to bar funds from being used to oppose an executive order on climate change	N	Y
H J RES 88	Override veto of bill to disapprove of Labor Department's "fiduciary rule" on retirement investment advice	Y	N
H R 5525	Vote on bill to end mobile phone subsidies	Y	N
H R 5293	Amendment to block athletic shoe earmark	Y	N
H R 5053	Passage of bill to prohibit IRS from compiling database of nonprofit donors	Y	N
H R 5325	Amendment to cut 1% from most spending on Congress	Y	A
H R 5055	Amendment to cut $285 million from Energy Dep't fossil energy research programs	Y	N
H R 5055	Amendment to cut $7 million from the Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee program	Y	N
H R 5055	Amendment to cut $185 million from the Energy Dep't	Y	N
H R 5055	Amendment to cut $3.5 billion from the Energy Dep't.	Y	N
H R 4974	Amendment to block executive order encouraging the use of only union labor in gov't contracts	Y	N
H R 4909	Amendment to require defense department to use the cheapest form of energy	Y	N
H R 4901	Pass bill to continue DC school choice programs	Y	A
H J RES 88	Pass bill to disapprove of Labor Department's "fiduciary rule" on retirement investment advice	Y	N
S J RES 22	Pass bill to disapprove of the EPA's "Waters of the U.S." regulation	Y	N
H R 1644	Amendment to reallocate funds from abandoned mine program to economically distressed communities	N	Y

2015 2%

Title	Description	Club Position	Rep. Position
	Three point penalty for those members who signed the discharge petition to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank	N	N
H R 2029	Passage of FY16 omnibus spending bill with higher spending caps	N	Y
H R 1314	Passage of a bill to increase the debt ceiling and spending caps	N	Y
H R 597	Passage of the bill to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, a major corporate welfare program	N	Y
H R 10	Pass the bill to reauthorize the DC school voucher program	Y	A
H R 758	Passage of bill to require that the loser pays for frivolous lawsuits	Y	N
H R 2577	Cut transportation and housing spending bill by 1%	Y	N
H R 702	Passage of the bill to end the ban on crude oil exports	Y	A
H R 2822	Cut Interior-Environment spending bill by 1%	Y	N
H R 5	Provide flexible block grants for education instead of the No Child Left Behind program	Y	N
H R 5	Allow parents to opt their students out of the No Child Left Behind program	Y	N
H R 22	Amendment to bar Davis-Bacon wage requirements that would make transportation spending less efficient	Y	N
H R 749	AMTRAK reauthorization	N	Y
H R 22	Amendment to state the sense of Congress to give the states maximum authority over transportation spending	Y	N
H R 22	Amendment to create a Tourism Committee in the Transportation Department	N	Y
H R 596	Repeal ObamaCare	Y	N
H R 22	Pass the transportation spending bill, which also includes reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank and an increase in crop insurance subsidies	N	A
S J RES 23	Passage of a resolution to disapprove the EPA's power plant emissions rule	Y	N
H R 427	Passage of "REINS" Act to require congressional approval before major rules can take effect	Y	N
H R 3038	Add $8.1 billion to highway spending and extend transportation security fees	N	Y
H R 6	Allow Congress to control spending on the NIH Innovation Fund on a yearly basis	Y	N
H R 6	Reauthorize NIH and FDA with bloated and new spending	N	Y
H R 2146	Passage of Trade Promotion Authority bill	Y	A
H R 1314	Agree to Senate amendment to spend money on a trade adjustment assistance program	N	N
H R 2028	Cut bloated energy & water spending bill by 11%	Y	N
H R 2028	Eliminate funding for the energy efficiency and renewable energy programs	Y	N
H R 1105	Death tax repeal	Y	N
H R 2	Permanent "doc fix" with no offseting spending reductions, a $140 billion increase in debt	N	A
H CON RES	Pass fiscally responsible Republican Study Cmte. Budget resolution	Y	A

2014 13%

Title	Description	Club Position	Rep. Position
H R 83	Pass bloated FY 2015 budget bill	N	N
H R 2	Approve Keystone pipeline, streamline drilling permitting, block EPA rules costing more than $1 billion or fracking rules	Y	N
H R 3522	Allow people to "keep their plan" rather than get ObamaCare-compliant plans	Y	N
H R 4923	Cut $3.1 billion in corporate welfare research subsidies in energy and water appropriations bill	Y	N
H R 4745	Cut 10% from a federal housing subsidy program	Y	N
H R 2548	Pass bill that includes reauthorization of subsidies for overseas private investment	N	Y
H R 3370	Pass fiscally irresponsible changes to federal flood insurance program	N	Y
H R 5771	Pass bill to extend poorly designed "temporary" tax breaks	N	Y
H R 1022	Creates new program devoted to "critical elements" in the Energy Dept.	N	Y
H R 4450	Extend the Travel Promotion Act	N	Y
H R 5021	Highway Trust Fund bailout	N	Y
H R 4923	Block Davis-Bacon union wage subsidy in energy and water appropriations bill	Y	N
H R 4923	Amendment to end Energy Department loan program	Y	N
H R 4923	Cut 7.5% from non-defense spending in energy and water appropriations bill	Y	N
H R 4660	Cut $247.5 million from the Economic Development Administration	Y	N
H R 4660	Cut $350 million from the Legal Services Corporation	Y	N
H R 3865	Pass bill to block IRS from imposing new nonprofit political speech limits	Y	N
H R 1944	Pass bill to bar funds to state or local gov't using eminent domain for private development	Y	Y
S 540	Suspend debt ceiling until March 15, 2015 with no reforms	N	Y
H R 2642	Final passage of bloated farm bill	N	N
H R 3547	Pass bloated FY 2014 budget bill	N	Y

2013 15%

Title	Description	Club Position	Rep. Position
	Did not sponsor anti-China trade bill	Y	N
	Sandy Votes Points	Y	N
H J RES 59	Pass Ryan-Murray budget deal that partially unwinds the sequester and increases spending caps	N	Y
H R 2775	Pass government funding bill that cancels automatic spending cuts and suspends the debt ceiling until 2014	N	Y
H J RES 59	Pass gov't funding bill that delays the ObamaCare mandate; requires the president, congressmen and staff to use unsubsidized ObamaCare	Y	N
H J RES 59	Adopt government funding bill that defunds ObamaCare	Y	N
H R 807	Pass debt ceiling reform bill	Y	N
H R 2609	Cut energy program subsidies by $1.5 billion	Y	N
H R 2217	Amendment to block phase out of flood insurance subsidy in current law	N	Y
H R 2216	Block Davis-Bacon union wage subsidy in military construction	Y	N
H R 297	Pass bill to fund doctor education at children's hospitals	N	Y
H R 41	Pass fiscally irresponsible federal flood insurance program	N	Y
H R 367	Require congressional approval of major regulations	Y	N
H R 6726	Freeze federal employee pay	Y	N
H R 8	Pass deal to increase tax rates, delay automatic spending cuts	N	Y
H R 2610	Eliminate airline route subsidies	Y	Y
H R 2642	Pass bloated farm bill #2	N	N
H R 2609	Eliminate funding for the "advanced technology" vehicle manufacturing program	Y	N
H R 1947	Allow states to add work require -ments to the food stamp program	Y	N
H R 1947	Strike the Christmas Tree tax from the farm bill	Y	N
H R 1947	Pass bloated farm bill #1	N	N
H R 1947	Eliminate the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center	Y	N
H R 1947	Reduce the sugar subsidy program	Y	Y
H R 1947	Strike the farmers' market subsidy program from the bill	Y	N
H R 1947	Repeal dairy farm subsidy program	Y	N
H R 1947	Repeal subsidy to advertise farm products	Y	N
H R 3	Approve Keystone pipeline	Y	A
H R 45	Repeal ObamaCare	Y	N
H R 1120	Prohibit labor board from acting or issuing rules without a quorum	Y	N
H R 678	Add an anti-trade "Buy American" provision to a hydropower development bill	N	Y
H R 152	Increase Hurricane Sandy spending bill by $33.7 billion	N	N
H R 152	Cut spending to finance Hurricane Sandy spending	Y	Y
H R 152	Passage of fiscally irresponsible $50.5 billion Hurricane Sandy spending bill	N	N
H R 152	Increase Hurricane Sandy spending with no offsetting cuts	N	N
H R 152	Cut $1 million of new funding for the Legal Services Corporation	Y	N

2012 0%

Title	Description	Club Position	Rep. Position
	Cut Scorecard	Y	N
	Farm Bill Petition	Y	Y
H R 6684	Pass bill to reduce automatic spending cuts	N	N
H RES 841	Adopt rule on bill that increases tax rates and cancels spending cuts	N	N
H R 6156	Pass Russian free trade bill	Y	Y
H R 6213	Bar new energy loan guarantees	Y	I
H J RES 11	Pass omnibus government spending bill, fund ObamaCare	N	I
H R 5865	Create federal manufacturing planning board	N	I
H R 2072	Reauthorize Export-Import Bank subsidies	N	I
H R 4348	Cap transportation bill spending	Y	I
H R 3606	Ease SEC regulations on emerging growth companies	Y	I
H R 4105	Allow Commerce Dept. to impose new import taxes	N	I
H R 5325	Limit Davis Bacon union wage subsidy rule	Y	I
H R 1173	Repeal long term care entitlement	Y	I
H R 8	Extend all 2001 & 2003 tax rate cuts for 2013	Y	I
H R 4078	Pass Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act	Y	I
H R 6079	Repeal ObamaCare	Y	I
H R 4348	Pass bloated spending bill for tranportation programs and student loan and flood insurance subsidies	N	I
H R 4348	Ban use of imports in transportation projects	N	I
H R 4628	Extend student loan subsidies for one year	N	I
H CON RES	Pass Republican Study Cmte. Budget	Y	I
H R 3309	Impose new political speech restrictions	N	I
H R 3408	Expand oil and gas leasing	Y	I

Y = Yes Vote N = No Vote A = Absent for Vote