“YES” ON SIGNING THE LEE LETTER TO COMMIT AGAINST REPEALING THE BAN ON EARMARKS
Club for Growth supports a letter being circulated by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) which commits Senators to vote against repealing the ban on earmarks and pledges against participating in the wasteful spending practice that is prone to abuse. Whether a Senator signs the Lee letter will be included in the Club for Growth Foundation’s 2021 Congressional Scorecard.
Club for Growth strongly opposes earmarking in federal spending. Earmarks, member directed appropriations, or community project funding, — whatever they’re called – are the currency of corruption in the DC Swamp. While earmarks make up a small part of federal spending, they are used as legalized bribery to force Members of Congress to accept a small amount of funding for a pet project in a Congressional District in exchange for a large amount of federal spending that too often is not scrutinized by Members of Congress, Congressional staff, or the American public at-large.
Club for Growth encourages all Senators to sign the Lee Letter. The Culture of Corruption in the federal government is too often accommodated through federal earmarks. Federal spending is broken in Washington. Instead of Congress using earmarks as a way to accommodate federal spending, Congress should work on spending reforms that will decrease the federal deficit, balance the federal budget, and begin to pay down the national debt – without increasing taxes on individuals or businesses.
Club for Growth Foundation’s Congressional Scorecard for the 117th 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
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Yes
Required for Majority
1/2
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Vote Date
April 19, 2021
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Tammy Baldwin
WI
D
N
John Barrasso
WY
R
Y
Michael Bennet
CO
D
N
Marsha Blackburn
TN
R
N
Richard Blumenthal
CT
D
N
Roy Blunt
MO
R
N
Cory Booker
NJ
D
N
John Boozman
AR
R
N
Mike Braun
IN
R
Y
Sherrod Brown
OH
D
N
Richard Burr
NC
R
N
Maria Cantwell
WA
D
N
Shelley Moore Capito
WV
R
N
Benjamin Cardin
MD
D
N
Thomas Carper
DE
D
N
Bob Casey
PA
D
N
Bill Cassidy
LA
R
N
Susan Collins
ME
R
N
Christopher Coons
DE
D
N
John Cornyn
TX
R
Y
Catherine Cortez Masto
NV
D
N
Tom Cotton
AR
R
N
Kevin Cramer
ND
R
N
Mike Crapo
ID
R
N
Ted Cruz
TX
R
Y
Steve Daines
MT
R
Y
Tammy Duckworth
IL
D
N
Richard Durbin
IL
D
N
Joni Ernst
IA
R
Y
Dianne Feinstein
CA
D
N
Deb Fischer
NE
R
N
Kirsten Gillibrand
NY
D
N
Lindsey Graham
SC
R
N
Chuck Grassley
IA
R
N
Bill Hagerty
TN
R
N
Maggie Hassan
NH
D
N
Josh Hawley
MO
R
Y
Martin Heinrich
NM
D
N
John Hickenlooper
CO
D
N
Mazie Hirono
HI
D
N
John Hoeven
ND
R
N
Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS
R
N
James Inhofe
OK
R
N
Ron Johnson
WI
R
Y
Tim Kaine
VA
D
N
Mark Kelly
AZ
D
N
John Kennedy
LA
R
N
Angus King
ME
I
N
Amy Klobuchar
MN
D
N
James Lankford
OK
R
Y
Patrick Leahy
VT
D
N
Mike Lee
UT
R
Y
Ben Lujan
NM
D
N
Cynthia Lummis
WY
R
Y
Joe Manchin
WV
D
N
Edward Markey
MA
D
N
Roger Marshall
KS
R
N
Mitch McConnell
KY
R
N
Robert Menendez
NJ
D
N
Jeff Merkley
OR
D
N
Jerry Moran
KS
R
N
Lisa Murkowski
AK
R
N
Christopher Murphy
CT
D
N
Patty Murray
WA
D
N
Thomas Ossoff
GA
D
N
Alex Padilla
CA
D
N
Rand Paul
KY
R
Y
Gary Peters
MI
D
N
Rob Portman
OH
R
Y
Jack Reed
RI
D
N
Jim Risch
ID
R
Y
Mitt Romney
UT
R
Y
Jacky Rosen
NV
D
N
Mike Rounds
SD
R
N
Marco Rubio
FL
R
Y
Bernie Sanders
VT
I
N
Ben Sasse
NE
R
Y
Brian Schatz
HI
D
N
Chuck Schumer
NY
D
N
Tim Scott
SC
R
N
Rick Scott
FL
R
Y
Jeanne Shaheen
NH
D
N
Richard Shelby
AL
R
N
Krysten Sinema
AZ
D
N
Tina Smith
MN
D
N
Debbie Stabenow
MI
D
N
Dan Sullivan
AK
R
N
Jon Tester
MT
D
N
John Thune
SD
R
N
Thom Tillis
NC
R
N
Pat Toomey
PA
R
Y
Tommy Tuberville
AL
R
Y
Chris Van Hollen
MD
D
N
Mark Warner
VA
D
N
Raphael Warnock
GA
D
N
Elizabeth Warren
MA
D
N
Sheldon Whitehouse
RI
D
N
Roger Wicker
MS
R
N
Ron Wyden
OR
D
N
Todd Young
IN
R
N