“YES” on Signing the Roy Letter to Pledge Against Requesting Earmarks

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Club for Growth supports a letter being circulated by Representative Chip Roy (R-TX-21) which calls on Members of Congress to pledge they will not request earmarks also currently referred to as “Community Project Funding”. Whether a Member signs the Roy 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 Members of Congress to pledge to not request earmarks by signing the Roy 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.

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Vote Results

Club Position

Yes

Required for Majority

1/2

Vote Results

Vote Number

0

Vote Date

March 17, 2021

Vote Counts

YEAs:

33

NAYs:

398

Not Voting:

0

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State

Party

Vote Position

Alma Adams

NC

D

Nay

Robert Aderholt

AL

R

Nay

Pete Aguilar

CA

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Nay

Rick Allen

GA

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Nay

Colin Allred

TX

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Nay

Mark Amodei

NV

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Nay

Kelly Armstrong

ND

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Nay

Jodey Arrington

TX

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Nay

Jake Auchincloss

MA

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Nay

Cindy Axne

IA

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Nay

Brian Babin

TX

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Nay

Don Bacon

NE

R

Nay

James Baird

IN

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Nay

Troy Balderson

OH

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Nay

Jim Banks

IN

R

Yea

Andy Barr

KY

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Nay

Nanette Barragan

CA

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Nay

Karen Bass

CA

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Nay

Joyce Beatty

OH

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Cliff Bentz

OR

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Nay

Ami Bera

CA

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Jack Bergman

MI

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Don Beyer

VA

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Nay

Stephanie Bice

OK

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Nay

Andy Biggs

AZ

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Yea

Gus Bilirakis

FL

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Nay

Sanford Bishop

GA

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Dan Bishop

NC

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Yea

Earl Blumenauer

OR

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Lauren Boebert

CO

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Yea

Suzanne Bonamici

OR

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Mike Bost

IL

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Carolyn Bourdeaux

GA

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Nay

Jamaal Bowman

NY

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Nay

Brendan Boyle

PA

D

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Kevin Brady

TX

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Mo Brooks

AL

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Yea

Anthony Brown

MD

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Nay

Julia Brownley

CA

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Nay

Vern Buchanan

FL

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Nay

Ken Buck

CO

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Yea

Larry Bucshon

IN

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Nay

Ted Budd

NC

R

Yea

Tim Burchett

TN

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Nay

Michael Burgess

TX

R

Nay

Cori Bush

MO

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Nay

Cheri Bustos

IL

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Nay

G.K. Butterfield

NC

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Nay

Ken Calvert

CA

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Nay

Kat Cammack

FL

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Nay

Salud Carbajal

CA

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Nay

Tony Cardenas

CA

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Jerry Carl

AL

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Andre Carson

IN

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John Carter

TX

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Buddy Carter

GA

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Nay

Matthew Cartwright

PA

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Ed Case

HI

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Sean Casten

IL

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Kathy Castor

FL

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Joaquin Castro

TX

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Nay

Madison Cawthorn

NC

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Nay

Steve Chabot

OH

R

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Liz Cheney

WY

R

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Judy Chu

CA

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David Cicilline

RI

D

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Katherine Clark

MA

D

Nay

Yvette Clarke

NY

D

Nay

Emanuel Cleaver

MO

D

Nay

Ben Cline

VA

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Michael Cloud

TX

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James Clyburn

SC

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Andrew Clyde

GA

R

Yea

Steve Cohen

TN

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Nay

Tom Cole

OK

R

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James Comer

KY

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Gerald Connolly

VA

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Nay

Jim Cooper

TN

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Luis Correa

CA

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Jim Costa

CA

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Joe Courtney

CT

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Angela Craig

MN

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Nay

Rick Crawford

AR

R

Nay

Dan Crenshaw

TX

R

Nay

Charlie Crist

FL

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Nay

Jason Crow

CO

D

Nay

Henry Cuellar

TX

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Nay

John Curtis

UT

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Sharice Davids

KS

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Warren Davidson

OH

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Yea

Danny Davis

IL

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Nay

Rodney Davis

IL

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Nay

Madeleine Dean

PA

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Nay

Peter DeFazio

OR

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Nay

Diana DeGette

CO

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Nay

Rosa DeLauro

CT

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Nay

Suzan DelBene

WA

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Nay

Antonio Delgado

NY

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Val Demings

FL

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Nay

Mark DeSaulnier

CA

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Nay

Scott DesJarlais

TN

R

Nay

Ted Deutch

FL

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Nay

Mario Diaz-Balart

FL

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Nay

Debbie Dingell

MI

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Nay

Lloyd Doggett

TX

D

Nay

Byron Donalds

FL

R

Yea

Michael Doyle

PA

D

Nay

Jeff Duncan

SC

R

Nay

Neal Dunn

FL

R

Nay

Tom Emmer

MN

R

Nay

Veronica Escobar

TX

D

Nay

Anna Eshoo

CA

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Nay

Adriano Espaillat

NY

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Nay

Ron Estes

KS

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Nay

Dwight Evans

PA

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Nay

Pat Fallon

TX

R

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Randy Feenstra

IA

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Drew Ferguson

GA

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Teresa Fernandez

NM

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Michelle Fischbach

MN

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Nay

Scott Fitzgerald

WI

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Brian Fitzpatrick

PA

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Nay

Chuck Fleischmann

TN

R

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Lizzie Fletcher

TX

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Nay

Jeff Fortenberry

NE

R

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Bill Foster

IL

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Nay

Virginia Foxx

NC

R

Yea

Lois Frankel

FL

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Nay

Scott Franklin

FL

R

Nay

Russ Fulcher

ID

R

Yea

Matt Gaetz

FL

R

Nay

Mike Gallagher

WI

R

Yea

Ruben Gallego

AZ

D

Nay

John Garamendi

CA

D

Nay

Andrew Garbarino

NY

R

Nay

Sylvia Garcia

TX

D

Nay

Jesus Garcia

IL

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Nay

Mike Garcia

CA

R

Nay

Bob Gibbs

OH

R

Nay

Carlos Gimenez

FL

R

Nay

Louie Gohmert

TX

R

Nay

Jared Golden

ME

D

Nay

Jimmy Gomez

CA

D

Nay

Tony Gonzales

TX

R

Nay

Anthony Gonzalez

OH

R

Nay

Vicente Gonzalez

TX

D

Nay

Robert Good

VA

R

Yea

Lance Gooden

TX

R

Yea

Paul Gosar

AZ

R

Nay

Josh Gottheimer

NJ

D

Nay

Kay Granger

TX

R

Nay

Garret Graves

LA

R

Nay

Sam Graves

MO

R

Nay

Al Green

TX

D

Nay

Mark Green

TN

R

Yea

Marjorie Greene

GA

R

Yea

H. Morgan Griffith

VA

R

Nay

Raul Grijalva

AZ

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Nay

Glenn Grothman

WI

R

Nay

Michael Guest

MS

R

Nay

Brett Guthrie

KY

R

Nay

James Hagedorn

MN

R

Nay

Josh Harder

CA

D

Nay

Andy Harris

MD

R

Yea

Diana Harshbarger

TN

R

Nay

Vicky Hartzler

MO

R

Nay

Alcee Hastings

FL

D

Nay

Jahana Hayes

CT

D

Nay

Kevin Hern

OK

R

Nay

Yvette Herrell

NM

R

Yea

Jaime Herrera Beutler

WA

R

Nay

Jody Hice

GA

R

Yea

Brian Higgins

NY

D

Nay

Clay Higgins

LA

R

Nay

French Hill

AR

R

Nay

James Himes

CT

D

Nay

Ashley Hinson

IA

R

Nay

Trey Hollingsworth

IN

R

Nay

Steven Horsford

NV

D

Nay

Chrissy Houlahan

PA

D

Nay

Steny Hoyer

MD

D

Nay

Richard Hudson

NC

R

Nay

Jared Huffman

CA

D

Nay

Bill Huizenga

MI

R

Nay

Darrell Issa

CA

R

Nay

Ronny Jackson

TX

R

Nay

Sheila Jackson-Lee

TX

D

Nay

Christopher Jacobs

NY

R

Nay

Sara Jacobs

CA

D

Nay

Pramila Jayapal

WA

D

Nay

Hakeem Jeffries

NY

D

Nay

Bill Johnson

OH

R

Nay

Henry Johnson

GA

D

Nay

Dusty Johnson

SD

R

Nay

Mike Johnson

LA

R

Nay

Eddie Johnson

TX

D

Nay

Mondaire Jones

NY

D

Nay

Jim Jordan

OH

R

Yea

David Joyce

OH

R

Nay

John Joyce

PA

R

Nay

Kaialii Kahele

HI

D

Nay

Marcy Kaptur

OH

D

Nay

John Katko

NY

R

Nay

William Keating

MA

D

Nay

Fred Keller

PA

R

Nay

Trent Kelly

MS

R

Nay

Mike Kelly

PA

R

Nay

Robin Kelly

IL

D

Nay

Ro Khanna

CA

D

Nay

Daniel Kildee

MI

D

Nay

Derek Kilmer

WA

D

Nay

Young Kim

CA

R

Nay

Andy Kim

NJ

D

Nay

Ron Kind

WI

D

Nay

Adam Kinzinger

IL

R

Nay

Ann Kirkpatrick

AZ

D

Nay

Raja Krishnamoorthi

IL

D

Nay

Ann Kuster

NH

D

Nay

David Kustoff

TN

R

Nay

Darin LaHood

IL

R

Nay

Doug LaMalfa

CA

R

Nay

Conor Lamb

PA

D

Nay

Doug Lamborn

CO

R

Nay

James Langevin

RI

D

Nay

Rick Larsen

WA

D

Nay

John Larson

CT

D

Nay

Bob Latta

OH

R

Nay

Jake LaTurner

KS

R

Nay

Brenda Lawrence

MI

D

Nay

Al Lawson

FL

D

Nay

Barbara Lee

CA

D

Nay

Suzanne Lee

NV

D

Nay

Debbie Lesko

AZ

R

Nay

Julia Letlow

LA

R

Nay

Andy Levin

MI

D

Nay

Mike Levin

CA

D

Nay

Ted Lieu

CA

D

Nay

Zoe Lofgren

CA

D

Nay

Billy Long

MO

R

Nay

Barry Loudermilk

GA

R

Nay

Alan Lowenthal

CA

D

Nay

Frank Lucas

OK

R

Nay

Blaine Luetkemeyer

MO

R

Nay

Elaine Luria

VA

D

Nay

Stephen Lynch

MA

D

Nay

Nancy Mace

SC

R

Yea

Tom Malinowski

NJ

D

Nay

Nicole Malliotakis

NY

R

Nay

Carolyn Maloney

NY

D

Nay

Sean Maloney

NY

D

Nay

Tracey Mann

KS

R

Yea

Kathy Manning

NC

D

Nay

Thomas Massie

KY

R

Nay

Brian Mast

FL

R

Nay

Doris Matsui

CA

D

Nay

Lucy McBath

GA

D

Nay

Kevin McCarthy

CA

R

Nay

Michael McCaul

TX

R

Nay

Lisa McClain

MI

R

Nay

Tom McClintock

CA

R

Yea

Betty McCollum

MN

D

Nay

Donald McEachin

VA

D

Nay

James McGovern

MA

D

Nay

Patrick McHenry

NC

R

Nay

David McKinley

WV

R

Nay

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

WA

R

Nay

Jerry McNerney

CA

D

Nay

Gregory Meeks

NY

D

Nay

Peter Meijer

MI

R

Nay

Grace Meng

NY

D

Nay

Dan Meuser

PA

R

Nay

Kweisi Mfume

MD

D

Nay

Mary Miller

IL

R

Yea

Carol Miller

WV

R

Nay

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

IA

R

Nay

John Moolenaar

MI

R

Nay

Alex Mooney

WV

R

Yea

Blake Moore

UT

R

Nay

Gwen Moore

WI

D

Nay

Barry Moore

AL

R

Yea

Joseph Morelle

NY

D

Nay

Seth Moulton

MA

D

Nay

Frank Mrvan

IN

D

Nay

Markwayne Mullin

OK

R

Nay

Greg Murphy

NC

R

Nay

Stephanie Murphy

FL

D

Nay

Jerrold Nadler

NY

D

Nay

Grace Napolitano

CA

D

Nay

Richard Neal

MA

D

Nay

Joseph Neguse

CO

D

Nay

Troy Nehls

TX

R

Nay

Dan Newhouse

WA

R

Nay

Marie Newman

IL

D

Nay

Donald Norcross

NJ

D

Nay

Ralph Norman

SC

R

Yea

Devin Nunes

CA

R

Nay

Tom O'Halleran

AZ

D

Nay

Jay Obernolte

CA

R

Nay

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

NY

D

Nay

Ilhan Omar

MN

D

Nay

Burgess Owens

UT

R

Nay

Steven Palazzo

MS

R

Nay

Frank Pallone

NJ

D

Nay

Gary Palmer

AL

R

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Jimmy Panetta

CA

D

Nay

Christopher Pappas

NH

D

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Bill Pascrell

NJ

D

Nay

Donald Payne

NJ

D

Nay

Nancy Pelosi

CA

D

Nay

Greg Pence

IN

R

Nay

Ed Perlmutter

CO

D

Nay

Scott Perry

PA

R

Yea

Scott Peters

CA

D

Nay

August Pfluger

TX

R

Nay

Dean Phillips

MN

D

Nay

Chellie Pingree

ME

D

Nay

Mark Pocan

WI

D

Nay

Katie Porter

CA

D

Nay

Bill Posey

FL

R

Nay

Ayanna Pressley

MA

D

Nay

David Price

NC

D

Nay

Mike Quigley

IL

D

Nay

Jamie Raskin

MD

D

Nay

Tom Reed

NY

R

Nay

Guy Reschenthaler

PA

R

Nay

Kathleen Rice

NY

D

Nay

Tom Rice

SC

R

Nay

Lisa Rochester

DE

D

Nay

Mike Rogers

AL

R

Nay

Hal Rogers

KY

R

Nay

John Rose

TN

R

Nay

Matt Rosendale

MT

R

Yea

Deborah Ross

NC

D

Nay

David Rouzer

NC

R

Nay

Chip Roy

TX

R

Yea

Lucille Roybal-Allard

CA

D

Nay

Raul Ruiz

CA

D

Nay

C.A. Ruppersberger

MD

D

Nay

Bobby Rush

IL

D

Nay

John Rutherford

FL

R

Nay

Tim Ryan

OH

D

Nay

Maria Salazar

FL

R

Nay

Linda Sanchez

CA

D

Nay

John Sarbanes

MD

D

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Steve Scalise

LA

R

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Mary Scanlon

PA

D

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Janice Schakowsky

IL

D

Nay

Adam Schiff

CA

D

Nay

Bradley Schneider

IL

D

Nay

Kurt Schrader

OR

D

Nay

Kim Schrier

WA

D

Nay

David Schweikert

AZ

R

Yea

David Scott

GA

D

Nay

Robert Scott

VA

D

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Austin Scott

GA

R

Nay

Pete Sessions

TX

R

Nay

Terri Sewell

AL

D

Nay

Brad Sherman

CA

D

Nay

Mikie Sherrill

NJ

D

Nay

Mike Simpson

ID

R

Nay

Albio Sires

NJ

D

Nay

Elissa Slotkin

MI

D

Nay

Jason Smith

MO

R

Nay

Adrian Smith

NE

R

Nay

Christopher Smith

NJ

R

Nay

Adam Smith

WA

D

Nay

Lloyd Smucker

PA

R

Nay

Darren Soto

FL

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Nay

Abigail Spanberger

VA

D

Nay

Victoria Spartz

IN

R

Nay

Jackie Speier

CA

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Nay

Greg Stanton

AZ

D

Nay

Pete Stauber

MN

R

Nay

Michelle Steel

CA

R

Nay

Elise Stefanik

NY

R

Nay

Bryan Steil

WI

R

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Greg Steube

FL

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Nay

Haley Stevens

MI

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Nay

Chris Stewart

UT

R

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Steve Stivers

OH

R

Nay

Marilyn Strickland

WA

D

Nay

Thomas Suozzi

NY

D

Nay

Eric Swalwell

CA

D

Nay

Mark Takano

CA

D

Nay

Van Taylor

TX

R

Yea

Claudia Tenney

NY

R

Nay

Mike Thompson

CA

D

Nay

Bennie Thompson

MS

D

Nay

Glenn Thompson

PA

R

Nay

Tom Tiffany

WI

R

Nay

William Timmons

SC

R

Nay

Dina Titus

NV

D

Nay

Rashida Tlaib

MI

D

Nay

Paul Tonko

NY

D

Nay

Norma Torres

CA

D

Nay

Ritchie Torres

NY

D

Nay

Lori Trahan

MA

D

Nay

David Trone

MD

D

Nay

Michael Turner

OH

R

Nay

Lauren Underwood

IL

D

Nay

Fred Upton

MI

R

Nay

David Valadao

CA

R

Nay

Jeff Van Drew

NJ

R

Nay

Beth Van Duyne

TX

R

Nay

Juan Vargas

CA

D

Nay

Marc Veasey

TX

D

Nay

Filemon Vela

TX

D

Nay

Nydia Velazquez

NY

D

Nay

Ann Wagner

MO

R

Nay

Tim Walberg

MI

R

Nay

Jackie Walorski

IN

R

Nay

Michael Waltz

FL

R

Nay

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

FL

D

Nay

Maxine Waters

CA

D

Nay

Bonnie Watson Coleman

NJ

D

Nay

Randy Weber

TX

R

Nay

Daniel Webster

FL

R

Nay

Peter Welch

VT

D

Nay

Brad Wenstrup

OH

R

Nay

Bruce Westerman

AR

R

Nay

Jennifer Wexton

VA

D

Nay

Susan Wild

PA

D

Nay

Roger Williams

TX

R

Nay

Nikema Williams

GA

D

Nay

Joe Wilson

SC

R

Nay

Frederica Wilson

FL

D

Nay

Robert Wittman

VA

R

Nay

Steve Womack

AR

R

Nay

John Yarmuth

KY

D

Nay

Don Young

AK

R

Nay

Lee Zeldin

NY

R

Nay

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