“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
Club Position
Yes
Required for Majority
1/2
Vote Results
Vote Number
0
Vote Date
April 19, 2021
Vote Counts
YEAs:
20
NAYs:
80
Not Voting:
0
Lisa Murkowski
AK
R
N
Dan Sullivan
AK
R
N
Richard Shelby
AL
R
N
Tommy Tuberville
AL
R
Y
John Boozman
AR
R
N
Tom Cotton
AR
R
N
Mark Kelly
AZ
D
N
Kyrsten Sinema
AZ
D
N
Dianne Feinstein
CA
D
N
Alex Padilla
CA
D
N
Michael Bennet
CO
D
N
John Hickenlooper
CO
D
N
Richard Blumenthal
CT
D
N
Christopher Murphy
CT
D
N
Thomas Carper
DE
D
N
Christopher Coons
DE
D
N
Marco Rubio
FL
R
Y
Rick Scott
FL
R
Y
Thomas Ossoff
GA
D
N
Raphael Warnock
GA
D
N
Mazie Hirono
HI
D
N
Brian Schatz
HI
D
N
Joni Ernst
IA
R
Y
Chuck Grassley
IA
R
N
Mike Crapo
ID
R
N
Jim Risch
ID
R
Y
Tammy Duckworth
IL
D
N
Richard Durbin
IL
D
N
Mike Braun
IN
R
Y
Todd Young
IN
R
N
Roger Marshall
KS
R
N
Jerry Moran
KS
R
N
Mitch McConnell
KY
R
N
Rand Paul
KY
R
Y
Bill Cassidy
LA
R
N
John Kennedy
LA
R
N
Edward Markey
MA
D
N
Elizabeth Warren
MA
D
N
Benjamin Cardin
MD
D
N
Chris Van Hollen
MD
D
N
Susan Collins
ME
R
N
Angus King
ME
I
N
Gary Peters
MI
D
N
Debbie Stabenow
MI
D
N
Amy Klobuchar
MN
D
N
Tina Smith
MN
D
N
Roy Blunt
MO
R
N
Josh Hawley
MO
R
Y
Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS
R
N
Roger Wicker
MS
R
N
Steve Daines
MT
R
Y
Jon Tester
MT
D
N
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
Y
Maggie Hassan
NH
D
N
Jeanne Shaheen
NH
D
N
Cory Booker
NJ
D
N
Robert Menendez
NJ
D
N
Martin Heinrich
NM
D
N
Ben Lujan
NM
D
N
Catherine Cortez Masto
NV
D
N
Jacky Rosen
NV
D
N
Kirsten Gillibrand
NY
D
N
Chuck Schumer
NY
D
N
Sherrod Brown
OH
D
N
Rob Portman
OH
R
Y
James Inhofe
OK
R
N
James Lankford
OK
R
Y
Jeff Merkley
OR
D
N
Ron Wyden
OR
D
N
Bob Casey
PA
D
N
Pat Toomey
PA
R
Y
Jack Reed
RI
D
N
Sheldon Whitehouse
RI
D
N
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
Y
Ted Cruz
TX
R
Y
Mike Lee
UT
R
Y
Mitt Romney
UT
R
Y
Tim Kaine
VA
D
N
Mark Warner
VA
D
N
Patrick Leahy
VT
D
N
Bernie Sanders
VT
I
N
Maria Cantwell
WA
D
N
Patty Murray
WA
D
N
Tammy Baldwin
WI
D
N
Ron Johnson
WI
R
Y
Shelley Moore Capito
WV
R
N
Joe Manchin
WV
D
N
John Barrasso
WY
R
Y
Cynthia Lummis
WY
R
Y