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4: On Passage:
H.R. 1560 - Protecting Cyber Networks Act✘ Yea
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5: On the
Amendment: H.Amdt. 172
to H.R. 2028: To Reduce Spending in Energy and Water by $2.95 Billion✘ Nay
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6: On the
Amendment: H.Amdt. 503
to H.R. 2685 - To Limit Surveillance of U.S. Citizens Under Section 702 of
FISA✘ Nay
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13: On the
Amendment: H.Admt. 713
to H.R. 702 - To remove additional Maritime Security Fleet funding✘ Nay
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14: On Passage:
H.R. 597 - Reform Exports and Expand the American Economy Act (Ex-Im Re-Authorization)✘ Yea
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15: On Motion
that the House Concur in the Senate Amendment with an Amendment: H.R. 1314
- Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015✘ Yea
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20: On the
Conference Report: H.R. 22 - Highway Funding Bill & Ex-Im Reauthorization✘ Yea
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21: On Passage:
H.R. 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act (Omnibus)✘ Yea
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2014: 113th Congress 46%
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1: Concurring with Senate Amendments: H.R. 3547 - Omnibus
Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2014✘ Yea
Key Vote 1:
Concurring with Senate Amendments: H.R. 3547 - Omnibus Appropriations for
Fiscal Year 2014
Roll
Call 21H.R. 3547
This bill funded the federal government for the
remainder of fiscal year 2014. It spends $45 billion more than the budget
caps established in 2011, and perpetuates a vast amount of wasteful
spending from previous years. Lawmakers were also given almost no time to
read this 1,500 page spending bill.
"Nay"
votes scored.
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2: On the Conference Report: H.R. 2642 - Federal
Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (Farm Bill)✘ Yea
Key Vote 2:
On the Conference Report: H.R. 2642 - Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk
Management Act (Farm Bill)
Roll
Call 31H.R.
2642
This final version of the Farm Bill, reconciled
between the House and Senate, actually undoes some of the already modest reforms
to crop insurance and food stamps that were previously in the bill. This
five-year reauthorization of the Farm Bill will spend nearly a trillion
dollars over ten years, and remains loaded with corporate welfare and
special carve-outs for well-connected agricultural corporations.
"Nay"
votes scored.
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3: On
Passage: S. 540 - Temporary Debt Limit Extension Act✔ Nay
Key Vote 3: On Passage: S. 540 - Temporary Debt Limit
Extension Act
Roll
Call 61S. 540
This bill suspends the debt
limit until March 15th of 2015, allowing the president to potentially run
up as much debt as he pleases during that time period. The debt is already
projected to increase by about $1 trillion over that period, to over $18
trillion. Meanwhile, this debt ceiling suspension contains no reforms to
curb spending whatsoever.
"Nay" votes scored.
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4: On
Passage: H.R. 3865 - Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act✔ Yea
Key Vote 4: On Passage: H.R. 3865 - Stop Targeting of
Political Beliefs by the IRS Act
Roll
Call 69H.R. 3865
This bill would stop the
IRS for one year from finalizing a proposed regulation that would stop
grassroots non-profit groups from engaging in political free speech. On the
heels of the IRS targeting of conservative groups, the regulation that this
bill would delay would seemingly finish their job by excluding tea parties
and other grassroots groups from any role in the political process.
"Yea" votes scored.
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5: On Passage: H.R. 3370 - Homeowner Flood Insurance
Affordability Act✘ Yea
Key Vote 5:
On Passage: H.R. 3370 - Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act
Roll
Call 91H.R. 3370
This bill would delay a major reform to the National
Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that would have returned some semblance of
market rates to flood insurance premiums. Currently, NFIP is over $25
billion in debt because homeowners in frequently flooded areas do not have
to pay an amount that is equal to the risk they incur, meaning that the
government takes a loss when the inevitable floods occur. By delaying the
scheduled reforms, the NFIP will require a taxpayer bailout for billions of
dollars.
"Nay"
votes scored.
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6: On
Passage: H.R. 4118 - SIMPLE Fairness Act (One-year Delay of ObamaCare's
Individual Mandate)✔ Yea
Key Vote 6: On Passage: H.R. 4118 - SIMPLE Fairness
Act (One-year Delay of ObamaCare's Individual Mandate)
Roll
Call 97H.R. 4118
Delaying Obamacare's
unconstitutional individual insurance mandate extends the same exception to
the law that was extended to businesses with the delay of the employer
mandate. This delay would also prevent Obamacare from taking full effect, and
provides an extended window to work on defunding, delaying, or dismantling
the entire law.
"Yea" votes scored.
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7: On
Passage: H.R. 3826 - Electricity Security and Affordability Act✔ Yea
Key Vote 7: On Passage: H.R. 3826 - Electricity
Security and Affordability Act
Roll
Call 106H.R. 3826
This bill would stop the
EPA from imposing proposed regulations that would effectively ban new
coal-fired power plants from ever being constructed. It would require the
EPA to take into account current achievable technologies from existing
plants when setting future emission reductions, stopping them from
promulgating impossible regulations that would kill the coal industry.
"Yea" votes scored.
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8: On the
Amendment: H.Amdt 671 to H.R. 4435 - Preventing NDAA funds from being used
to implement climate change initiatives✔ Yea
Key Vote 8: On the Amendment: H.Amdt 671 to H.R. 4435
- Preventing NDAA funds from being used to implement climate change
initiatives
Roll
Call 231H.R. 4435
This amendment specifically
prevents Defense funding from being used to implement any climate change
recommendations that are based upon controversial international and U.S. scientific
assessments, including the IPCC's 5th Assessment Report, the U.S. Global
Change Research Program National Climate Assessment, or the United Nations
Agenda 21 sustainable development plan.
"Yea" votes scored.
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9: On the
Amendment: H.Amdt. 696 to H.R. 4660 - To eliminate the Economic Development
Administration☐ Did Not Vote
Key Vote 9: On the Amendment: H.Amdt. 696 to H.R.
4660 - To eliminate the Economic Development Administration
Roll
Call 243H.R. 4660
This amendment by Rep. Mike
Pompeo would eliminate the Economic Development Administration, a Great
Society creation that has turned into a de facto backdoor earmark program.
"Yea" votes scored.
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10: On the Amendment: H.Amdt. 824 to H.R. 4745 - To cut
T-HUD spending by 1%✔ Yea
Key Vote 10: On the Amendment: H.Amdt. 824 to H.R.
4745 - To cut T-HUD spending by 1%
Roll
Call 289H.R. 4745
This amendment by Rep. Marsha
Blackburn would cut spending from Transportation and Housing & Urban
Development appropriations bill by 1% across the board.
"Yea" votes scored.
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11: On the Amendment: H.Amdt.
935 to H.R. 4870 - To restrict agencies from accessing U.S. citizens' communications
metadata✘ Nay
Key Vote
11: On the Amendment: H.Amdt. 935 to H.R. 4870 -
To restrict agencies from accessing U.S. citizens' communications metadata
Roll
Call 327H.R. 4870
This amendment by Rep. Thomas Massie requires the NSA
and other intelligence agencies to obtain specific warrants in order to
access communications metadata collected on American citizens. It also
stops intelligence agencies from using "backdoor" security
vulnerabilities to access companies' data.
"Yea"
votes scored.
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12: On the Amendment: H.Amdt.
992 to H.R. 4923 - To reduce or eliminate funding for three Department of
Energy programs✘ Nay
Key Vote
12: On the Amendment: H.Amdt. 992 to H.R. 4923 -
To reduce or eliminate funding for three Department of Energy programs
Roll
Call 377H.R. 4923
This amendment by Rep. Tom McClintock would eliminate
all funding for the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program and the
Fossil Energy Research and Development Program, and reduce funding for the
Nuclear Energy Programs, saving taxpayers $3.1 billion dollars.
"Yea"
votes scored.
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13: On the Amendment: H.Amdt.
1049 to H.R. 4923 - To reduce non defense
spending in the bill to 2008 levels✘ Nay
Key Vote
13: On the Amendment: H.Amdt. 1049 to H.R. 4923 -
To reduce non defense spending in the bill to
2008 levels
Roll
Call 400H.R. 4923
This amendment would reduce spending in the Energy
& Water Appropriations bill by 7.4831%, which would return spending in
the bill to 2008 levels. Defense and nuclear security programs would be exempted
from the cut.
"Yea"
votes scored.
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14: On Passage: H.R. 5021 - Highway and Transportation
Funding Act✘ Yea
Key Vote
14: On Passage: H.R. 5021 - Highway and Transportation Funding Act
Roll
Call 414H.R. 5021
This bill bails out the nearly depleted Highway Trust
Fund through May of 2015, using revenue gimmicks to supposedly offset most
of the cost. The Highway Trust fund desperately needs reform instead of
merely continuing to receive periodic taxpayer bailouts.
"Nay"
votes scored.
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2013: 113th Congress 55%
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1: H.Amdt. 4 to H.R. 152 - To
offset $17 billion of hurricane relief funds by cutting discretionary
spending by 1.63%✘ Nay
Key Vote 1:
H.Amdt. 4 to H.R. 152 - To offset $17 billion of
hurricane relief funds by cutting discretionary spending by 1.63%
Roll
Call 14H.R. 152
The funding for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts was
appropriated as "emergency" funding, meaning that it was above
and beyond the amount of spending allowed by existing budget caps. This
amendment by Rep. Mulvaney would simply offset a
large portion of this emergency spending by making a slight,
across-the-board reduction in discretionary spending.
"Yea"
votes scored.
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2: H.Amdt.5
to H.R. 152 - To add $33.677 billion in additional spending.✔ Nay
Key Vote 2: H.Amdt.5 to H.R. 152 - To add $33.677
billion in additional spending.
Roll
Call 22H.R. 152
This amendment, sponsored
by Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11), would add another $33 billion to the
Disaster Relief Act, bringing the total spending in the bill to over $50
billion. Although the bill is supposedly to help the victims of Hurricane
Sandy, the better portion of this amendment funds unrelated programs such
as community development block grants. The "emergency" spending
is also not offset, meaning that it will add to the federal deficit.
"Nay" votes scored.
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3: H.R. 152
- Disaster Relief Appropriations Act✔ Nay
Key Vote 3: H.R. 152 - Disaster Relief Appropriations
Act
Roll
Call 23H.R. 152
This bill is an
"emergency" appropriations bill that contains $50.1 billion in
spending that is supposed to aid those affected by Hurricane Sandy. In
reality, however, most of the spending will not provide acute disaster relief,
and much of it is not even scheduled to be spent until 2014 or later. Thus,
the bill functions more like a stimulus than true disaster relief and its
spending should be appropriated through the budget process instead of as
emergency spending that adds to the federal deficit.
"Nay" votes scored.
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4: H.R. 325 - To Increase the Debt Limit until May
19th, 2013✘ Yea
Key Vote 4:
H.R. 325 - To Increase the Debt Limit until May 19th, 2013
Roll
Call 30H.R. 325
This bill raises the statutory limit on the public
debt (the "debt ceiling") by whatever amount is necessary to reach
May 19th, 2013. Although the bill theoretically contains a "no budget,
no pay" provision conditional upon the Senate passing a budget
resolution, in reality the provision has no teeth. FreedomWorks
insists that further increases in the debt ceiling by accompanied by
proportional decreases in federal spending in order to address the
ever-increasing federal debt, which at the time of this bill stood at $16.4
trillion. Instead, this bill amounts to a "clean" debt ceiling
hike, accompanied by the unenforceable promise of spending reforms at a
later date.
"Nay"
votes scored.
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5: H.Res. 99 - Rule providing
for consideration of H.R. 933 (the Continuing Resolution to fund the United
States government)✘ Yea
Key Vote 5:
H.Res. 99 - Rule providing for consideration of
H.R. 933 (the Continuing Resolution to fund the United States government)
Roll
Call 60H.Res.
99
This closed rule does allow for any extended debate
or amendments to the Continuing Resolution, thus allowing a bill that
spends at the rate of over $1 trillion per year to be passed without any
input from individual Members of Congress on the floor of the House.
"Nay"
votes scored.
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6: H.R. 45
- To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and other
Obamacare-related provisions✔ Yea
Key Vote 6: H.R. 45 - To repeal the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act and other Obamacare-related provisions
Roll
Call 154H.R. 45
This bill would repeal ObamaCare
entirely, stopping the government takeover of our health care. If allowed
to take effect, ObamaCare will greatly increase health insurance costs,
reduce the quality of care, and eventually lead to direct rationing of
care. It also contains unconstitutional mandates that attempt to force
people to buy health insurance, an unprecedented use of federal power.
"Yea" votes scored.
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7: H.R. 1947 - Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk
Management Act (Farm Bill)✘ Yea
Key Vote 7:
H.R. 1947 - Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (Farm Bill)
Roll
Call 286H.R. 1947
The so-called "Farm Bill" is actually a
combination of agricultural policy and welfare, with food stamps accounting
for 80 percent of the bill's nearly trillion dollars in projected spending.
Aside from failing to contain the multitude of faults within the rapidly-expanding
food welfare programs, the agricultural portion of the bill is an amalgam
of direct corporate welfare for insurance companies and farm corporations
and special carve-outs and price supports for the specific industries with
the best lobbyists.
"Nay"
votes scored.
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8: H.Amdt. 258 to H.R. 2609 -
To eliminate $1.544 billion from funding for various energy R&D
programs✘ Nay
Key Vote 8:
H.Amdt. 258 to H.R. 2609 - To eliminate $1.544
billion from funding for various energy R&D programs
Roll
Call 319H.R. 2609
This amendment by Rep. McClintock would cut $1.544
billion from various research and development programs for alternative
energy. The free market can take care of researching and development the
next generation of energy technologies far more efficiently than the
federal government can, without the distorting effect of the government
picking winners and losers.
"Yea"
votes scored.
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9: H.R. 2642 - Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk
Management Act (Farm Bill)✘ Yea
Key Vote 9:
H.R. 2642 - Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (Farm Bill)
Roll
Call 353H.R.
2642
This version of the Farm Bill contains only the actual
agricultural side of the earlier bill, leaving food stamps to be considered
as their own bill. Unfortunately, this bill actually makes the Farm Bill
worse by making the billions in subsidies to farm corporations and dozens
of special hand-outs to favored industries permanent, instead of making
free market reforms. The bill also still contains the brand new,
unnecessary "shallow-loss" crop insurance entitlement, which will
actually increase the Farm Bill's cost.
"Nay"
votes scored.
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10: H.R. 2668 - Fairness for American Families Act✔ Yea
Key Vote 10: H.R. 2668 - Fairness for American
Families Act
Roll
Call 363H.R. 2668
This bill would simply
delay the enactment of ObamaCare's "individual mandate" for one
year, extending the same temporary reprieve for individuals that was
granted to businesses when the administration delayed the employer mandate.
Delaying the individual mandate effectively forces a delay of the entire
law, and buys time to work to defund and dismantle ObamaCare entirely.
"Yea" votes scored.
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11: H.Amdt. 413 to H.R. 2397 -
to prevent the NSA from blanket metadata collection on Americans without
specific authorization.✘ Nay
Key Vote
11: H.Amdt. 413 to H.R. 2397 - to prevent the NSA
from blanket metadata collection on Americans without specific
authorization.
Roll
Call 412H.R. 2397
This amendment to the DoD Appropriations Act, by Rep.
Justin Amash (R-MI), protects a basic 4th
Amendment right by requiring that the NSA can only gather electronic data
from people who are actively under an investigation with approval of the
FISA court. This is basic due process under the law - you need a specific
warrant to search and seize an individual's physical property; the same
should apply to that individual's communications and digital property.
"Yea"
votes scored.
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12: On the Amendment: H.Amdt.422 to H.R. 2610 - To
eliminate the Essential Air Service program✘ Nay
Key Vote
12: On the Amendment: H.Amdt.422 to H.R. 2610 - To eliminate the Essential
Air Service program
Roll
Call 422H.R. 2610
This amendment to the T-HUD Appropriations bill would
eliminate the Essential Air Service program, a wasteful federal subsidy
that supports seldom-used rural airfields. This would save taxpayers $100
million.
"Yea"
votes scored.
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13: H.Amdt. 448 to H.R. 367 - To require that Congress
be allowed to vote on any tax or levy upon carbon emissions✔ Yea
Key Vote 13: H.Amdt. 448 to H.R. 367 - To require
that Congress be allowed to vote on any tax or levy upon carbon emissions
Roll
Call 437H.R. 367
This amendment by Rep. Scalise
(R-LA) effectively prevents the executive branch from levying any form of
carbon tax without Congressional approval. Since a carbon tax would be
tremendously destructive to the economy as a whole, this measure would
hopefully make such a tax far less likely to pass.
"Yea" votes scored.
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14: H.R. 367 - Regulations From the Executive in Need of
Scrutiny (REINS) Act✔ Yea
Key Vote 14: H.R. 367 - Regulations From the
Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act
Roll
Call 445H.R. 367
This bill, entitled the
“REINS Act”, would require a vote in Congress on any “major” regulations
issued by the executive branch before it could be enforced on the American
people. The REINS Act would thus restore accountability and protect
citizens’ rights by giving elected officials a voice in all major
regulations issued.
"Yea" votes scored.
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15: H.R. 2009 - Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act✔ Yea
Key Vote 15: H.R. 2009 - Keep the IRS Off Your Health
Care Act
Roll
Call 447H.R. 2009
This bill would prevent the
IRS from implementing or enforcing any aspect of ObamaCare. Under the law
as written, the IRS would have access to a massive new data source called
the "Federal Data Services Hub", which would give the IRS
employees charged with enforcing ObamaCare's mandates unprecedented access
to information about each and every taxpayer. In the wake of multiple
scandals in which IRS employees deliberately leaked sensitive personal
information on political candidates and groups, it makes little sense to
put them in charge or our health care.
"Yea" votes scored.
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16: Meadows Letter to Defund ObamaCare
through the Continuing Resolution✘ Nay
Key Vote
16: Meadows Letter to Defund ObamaCare through
the Continuing Resolution
Congressman Mark Meadows solicited signatures for a
letter to Speaker Boehner, asking that the House Republicans stand firm in
their commitment to defund ObamaCare through the
Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the federal government. Members who
signed the letter affirmed their commitment to resist ObamaCare
using a must-pass bill (the CR), rather than continuing to take
ineffectual, symbolic votes to that effect.
"Yea"
votes scored.
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17: H.J. Res. 59 - Continuing Resolution (with no
funding for ObamaCare)✔ Yea
Key Vote 17: H.J. Res. 59 - Continuing Resolution
(with no funding for ObamaCare)
Roll
Call 478H.J.Res.
59
This initial Continuing
Resolution offered by the House during the debate over the funding for
ObamaCare fully funds the entire federal government except for any further
implementation or operation of ObamaCare. The premium increases, dropped
insurance policies, and delays of major portions of ObamaCare made clear
that this poorly-written law could not succeed, and this Continuing Resolution
was the last chance to stop ObamaCare's harmful policies before they took
full effect.
"Yea" votes scored. Double Score
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18: To Concur in Senate Amendments: H.R. 2775 -
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014✔ Nay
Key Vote 18: To Concur in Senate Amendments: H.R.
2775 - Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014
Roll
Call 550H.R. 2775
H.R. 2775 was used as the
vehicle for the Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the federal government.
This bill funds the government fully (including ObamaCare) through January
15th of 2014, suspends the debt ceiling completely until February of 2014,
and obliges both chambers of Congress to go to conference on a full-year
budget. In other words, this CR allows for more uncontrolled spending and
debt, with no reforms to either, does nothing to address ObamaCare, and
potentially promises more future spending if a budget agreement is reached.
"Nay" votes scored.
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19: H.R. 2728 - Protecting States’ Rights to Promote
American Energy Security Act✔ Yea
Key Vote 19: H.R. 2728 - Protecting States’ Rights to
Promote American Energy Security Act
Roll
Call 604H.R. 2728
This bill would protect
individual states' rights to develop energy resources within their borders
by declaring state regulations on hydraulic fracturing to have supremacy
over those issued by the federal EPA. Hydraulic fracturing (or
"fracking") has proven to be a safe and economical way to develop
America's vast natural gas resources, and in those state which choose to
allow fracking thousands of new jobs will be created as a result.
"Yea" votes scored.
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20: H.R. 1900 - Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform
Act✔ Yea
Key Vote 20: H.R. 1900 - Natural Gas Pipeline
Permitting Reform Act
Roll
Call 611H.R. 1900
This bill simply expedites the
permitting process for establishing natural gas pipelines. Currently the
federal government has slowed down pipeline construction by as much as
several years in many instances, and this bill would require that the
permitting process be finished within one year of a permit request being
filed.
"Yea" votes scored.
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21: On Concurring in the Senate Amendment: H.J.Res. 59 - The Ryan/Murray Budget✘ Yea
Key Vote
21: On Concurring in the Senate Amendment: H.J.Res.
59 - The Ryan/Murray Budget
Roll
Call 640H.J.Res.
59
This is the final House vote to pass the budget deal
negotiated by Congressman Paul Ryan and Senator Patty Murray. The deal
breaks the budget caps established in 2011 by $63 billion over two years,
while claiming to contain a net deficit reduction over ten years by raising
fees and making other minor cuts. With no guarantee that future congresses
will obey the scheduled spending cuts, this bill delivers increases in both
spending and taxes in exchange for no meaningful reforms.
"Nay"
votes scored.
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2012: 112th Congress 55%
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1: H.R.
1173 - Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act✔ Yea
Key Vote 1: H.R. 1173 - Fiscal Responsibility and
Retirement Security Act
Roll
Call 18H.R. 1173
The bill would repeal the
Community Living Assistance Services and Support (CLASS) Act. The CLASS Act
is the long-term care entitlement, which even the Dept. of Health and Human
Services admits is prohibitively expensive. Voting to repeal CLASS at this
time advances the larger goal of fully repealing President Obama's
unworkable Affordable Care Act.
"Yea" votes scored.
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2: H.R.
3578 - To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985 to reform the budget baseline✔ Yea
Key Vote 2: H.R. 3578 - To amend the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to reform the budget baseline
Roll
Call 32H.R. 3578
The bill would reform the
way that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) calculates the baseline
spending assumptions that are the basis for all of its projections of
future spending. The legislation would remove the assumption from CBO
calculations that spending will increase each year in proportion to
inflation, which makes Congress’ new spending each year look like less than
it is. The Baseline Reform Act would make the federal budget process more
honest and transparent.
"Yea" votes scored.
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3: H.R. 4105 - To apply the countervailing duty
provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 to nonmarket economy countries✘ Yea
Key Vote 3:
H.R. 4105 - To apply the countervailing duty provisions of the Tariff Act
of 1930 to nonmarket economy countries
Roll
Call 96H.R. 4105
FreedomWorks opposes
this bill. It would allow the Department of Commerce to continue issuing
countervailing duty (CVD) on imports from China, Vietnam and other
countries deemed non-market economies (NMEs). H.R. 4105 would hurt U.S.
consumers and importers while further escalating a trade war with China.
Like other taxes, the cost of tariffs, including “countervailing duties”
are only paid by consumers.
"Nay"
votes scored.
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4:
H.Amdt.1003 to H.Con.Res. 112 - Substitute amendment containing the
Republican Study Committee budget for FY 2013✔ Yea
Key Vote 4: H.Amdt.1003 to H.Con.Res. 112 -
Substitute amendment containing the Republican Study Committee budget for
FY 2013
Roll
Call 149H.C.Res.
112
The amendment would replace
Paul Ryan's budget proposal, which does not balance until after 2040, with
the Republican Study Committee's alternative proposal, which would balance
in five years. The RSC's budget also simplifies the tax code, reforms
Medicare and Social Security, and caps federal spending at just below 2008
levels. The RSC budget is the kind of aggressive but workable reform we
need in order to get America back on the path to fiscal sustainability.
"Yea" votes scored.
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5: H.R. 4628 - To extend student loan interest rates
for undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans✘ Yea
Key Vote 5:
H.R. 4628 - To extend student loan interest rates for undergraduate Federal
Direct Stafford Loans
Roll
Call 195H.R. 4628
This bill would keep student loan rates at 3.4
percent instead of allowing them to rise to their 2007 level of 6.8
percent. Artificially keeping student loan rates low not only costs
taxpayers billions of dollars, it also distorts markets by encouraging
students to take loans that they otherwise may not have been able to
afford, which in turn encourages colleges to charge more for tuition.
"Nay"
votes scored.
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6: H.Amdt.1039 to H.R. 5326 - to eliminate the Economic
Development Administration✘ Nay
Key Vote 6:
H.Amdt.1039 to H.R. 5326 - to eliminate the Economic Development
Administration
Roll
Call 207H.R. 5326
This amendment would eliminate the Economic
Development Administration (EDA), which is an obsolete program whose grants
are being used by many Members of Congress to essentially create earmarks.
Eliminating this useless program would also save over $500 million per
year.
"Yea"
votes scored.
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7:
H.Amdt.1065 to H.R. 5326 - to cut Commerce, Science, & Justice
appropriations by 1%✔ Yea
Key Vote 7: H.Amdt.1065 to H.R. 5326 - to cut
Commerce, Science, & Justice appropriations by 1%
Roll
Call 221H.R. 5326
This amendment would cut
Commerce, Science & Justice Appropriations across the board by 1%, for
an annual savings of $511 million.
"Yea" votes scored.
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8:
H.Amdt.1066 to H.R. 5326 - to cut $2.7 billion from selected portions of
CJS appropriations.✔ Yea
Key Vote 8: H.Amdt.1066 to H.R. 5326 - to cut $2.7
billion from selected portions of CJS appropriations.
Roll
Call 222H.R. 5326
This amendment would reduce
spending for each of the agencies funded by this bill by 12.2%, exempting
certain key organizations such as the U.S. Marshals and the FBI. This would
save $2.7 billion in FY 2014 and apply that money towards reducing the
budget deficit.
"Yea" votes scored.
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9: To Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: H.R. 2072
- To reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, and for other purposes✘ Yea
Key Vote 9:
To Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: H.R. 2072 - To reauthorize the
Export-Import Bank, and for other purposes
Roll
Call 224H.R. 2072
FreedomWorks opposes
reauthorizing the Export-Import bank because it is essentially a corporate welfare
program that hands out trade subsidies to politically connected companies.
The government could better improve exports by reducing regulations and
corporate taxation, which would render American manufacturing more
competitive with the rest of the world.
"Nay"
votes scored.
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10: H.Amdt.1178 to H.R 5325 - to eliminate the Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program.✔ Yea
Key Vote 10: H.Amdt.1178 to H.R 5325 - to eliminate
the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program.
Roll
Call 311H.R. 5325
This amendment would
eliminate the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program, which
directly subsidizes green energy companies. This program is pure corporate
welfare, with the government picking winners and losers in the energy
sector, and eliminating it would save taxpayers $1.45 billion annually.
"Yea" votes scored.
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11: H.Amdt. 1185 to H.R. 5325
- To defund the Fossil Fuel Research and Development programs✘ Nay
Key Vote
11: H.Amdt. 1185 to H.R. 5325 - To defund the
Fossil Fuel Research and Development programs
Roll
Call 317H.R. 5325
This amendment would eliminate much of the Department
of Fossil Energy, another federal agency which uses taxpayer dollars to
subsidize green energy research. This would save nearly half a billion
dollars in 2013, and return more research and development to the private
sector where it belongs.
"Yea"
votes scored.
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12: H.Amdt.1217 to H.R. 5325 - to cut $3.1 billion from
Energy and Water appropriations.✔ Yea
Key Vote 12: H.Amdt.1217 to H.R. 5325 - to cut $3.1
billion from Energy and Water appropriations.
Roll
Call 336H.R. 5325
This amendment would cut
nearly 10% from the Energy and Water Appropriations bill, for an annual
savings of $3.1 billion. This cut would comply with the Republican Study
Committee's budget, which aims to balance the federal budget in five years.
"Yea" votes scored.
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13: Motion to Instruct Conferees: H.R. 4348 - to require
that transportation spending be capped.✘ Nay
Key Vote
13: Motion to Instruct Conferees: H.R. 4348 - to require that transportation
spending be capped.
Roll
Call 378H.R. 4348
This motion by Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) would instruct
the House conferees to insist upon capping highway spending at the amount
taken in by the gas tax. The gas tax was intended to be the sole revenue
source for the Highway Trust Fund, but the federal government has routinely
outspent their revenue supply in the past decades, requiring periodic
bailouts of the Trust Fund.
"Yea"
votes scored.
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14: H.R. 5972 - Making appropriations for the
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development.✘ Yea
Key Vote
14: H.R. 5972 - Making appropriations for the Departments of
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development.
Roll
Call 450H.R. 5972
This bill provides funding for the Departments of
Transportation and Housing & Urban Development. It increases funding
for such unnecessary programs as Amtrak, the Essential Air Service, and community
development block grants. The bill fails to make any real cuts to spending,
in spite of the country's massive deficits.
"Nay"
votes scored.
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15: On the Conference Report: H.R. 4348 - To provide an
extension of Federal-aid highway ... transit, and other programs✘ Yea
Key Vote
15: On the Conference Report: H.R. 4348 - To provide an extension of
Federal-aid highway ... transit, and other programs
Roll
Call 451H.R. 4348
FreedomWorks opposes
this bill because it reauthorizes federal highway spending at a level that
far exceeds its revenue from the gas tax. This bill also includes an
amendment which continues the artificial lowering of student loan rates, a
practice which encourages students to incur debt that they cannot afford to
pay back.
"Nay"
votes scored.
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16: H.R. 6079 - To repeal the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare)✔ Yea
Key Vote 16: H.R. 6079 - To repeal the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare)
Roll
Call 460H.R. 6079
This bill would fully
repeal the unaffordable and unpopular health care law popularly known as
"ObamaCare". ObamaCare fails to either protect patients or make
health care more affordable, and must be repealed and replaced with
free-market, patient-centered reforms to bring competition into the
industry and drive down costs for all consumers.
"Yea" votes scored.
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17: H.Amdt. 1431 to H.R. 5856
- To cut $1.07 billion from DoD Appropriations✘ Nay
Key Vote
17: H.Amdt. 1431 to H.R. 5856 - To cut $1.07
billion from DoD Appropriations
Roll
Call 495H.R. 5856
This amendment selectively cuts $1.07 billion from
the Department of Defense's Appropriations, exempting military pay and
benefits from any cuts. As the DoD accounts for over 40% of total
discretionary spending, targeted cuts in defense spending will be necessary
in order to ever balance the budget.
"Yea"
votes scored.
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18: H.R. 459 - To require a full audit of the Federal
Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks ✔ Yea
Key Vote 18: H.R. 459 - To require a full audit of
the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks
Roll
Call 513H.R. 459
This bill would require the
Comptroller of the United States to conduct a comprehensive audit of the
Federal Reserve, in order to determine where this powerful and notoriously
opaque private agency has been allocating the U.S. money supply.
Transparency in the Federal Reserve is an essential first step to
reestablishing a sound monetary policy.
"Yea" votes scored.
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19: H.R. 3409 - Stop the War on Coal Act✔ Yea
Key Vote 19: H.R. 3409 - Stop the War on Coal Act
Roll
Call 603H.R. 3409
This bill would prohibit
the Secretary of the Interior from promulgating upcoming regulations that
would devastate the coal industry and make it nearly impossible for many
companies to develop new mines. Attacking coal development will massively
increase the cost of energy over a large portion of the country, further
straining resources in the midst of a weak economy.
"Yea" votes scored.
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20: On Concurring with the Senate Amendments: H.R. 8 -
Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012✔ Nay
Key Vote 20: On Concurring with the Senate Amendments:
H.R. 8 - Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
Roll
Call 659H.R. 8
This bill is the vehicle
for the deal brokered by Senator McConnell and Vice President Biden to
avert the "fiscal cliff". While it extends the 2001, 2003 and
2009 tax cuts and credits for most Americans, it allows them to expire on
those earning over $450,000 per year. The bill also contains a $30 billion
extension of unemployment benefits, and reauthorizes the 2008 Farm Bill for
nine months. H.R. 8 allows the payroll tax holiday to expire, effectively
raising taxes on 77% of taxpayers, yet extends dozens of tax credits and
deductions that amount to corporate welfare for special interests. It also
fails to extend the Bush-era tax cuts to all Americans, thus raising taxes
at a time when economic growth is desperately needed.
"Nay" votes scored.
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2011: 112th Congress 82%
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1: H.R. 2 -
Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act✔ Yea
Key Vote 1: H.R. 2 - Repealing the Job-Killing Health
Care Law Act
Roll
Call 14H.R.
2
The bill would fully repeal
the deeply controversial “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”
(ObamaCare) passed in March 2010. ObamaCare will reduce the quality and
drive up the cost of health care, and contains an unconstitutional mandate
requiring Americans to purchase health care simply because they exist.
"Yea" votes scored.
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2: H.Amdt.16 to H.R. 1 - To cut spending by $450
million✘ Nay
Key Vote 2:
H.Amdt.16 to H.R. 1 - To cut spending by $450 million
Roll
Call 46H.R.
1Amdt.
H 16
This amendment would save taxpayers $450 million by
cutting the development of the superfluous second engine for the F-35
fighter jet. The military already has one functioning engine for the F-35,
and this second design is a wasteful payoff to defense contractors. Even
the military says that this program is not necessary.
"Yea"
votes scored.
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3: H.Amdt.
45 to H.R. 1 - to cut the EPA's budget by $64 million✔ Yea
Key Vote 3: H.Amdt. 45 to H.R. 1 - to cut the EPA's
budget by $64 million
Roll
Call 63H.R.
1Amdt.
H 45
This bill would cut the
EPA's science and technology budget by $64 million. EPA programs were given
massive increases in funding in 2010, and were clearly over-funded. Many of
these programs are redundant and wasteful, funding scientific studies that
should be left to academia and the private sector.
"Yea" votes scored.
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4: H.Amdt.
58 to H.R. 1 - saving taxpayers $100 million✔ Yea
Key Vote 4: H.Amdt. 58 to H.R. 1 - saving taxpayers
$100 million
Roll
Call 72H.R.
1Amdt.
H 58
This amendment would save
taxpayers $100 million by reducing the Child & Family Services
entitlement, a program which contains a great deal of fraud and wasted
spending.
"Yea" votes scored.
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5: H.Amdt.
102 to H.R. 1 - to prohibit funds to employees who implement ObamaCare✔ Yea
Key Vote 5: H.Amdt. 102 to H.R. 1 - to prohibit funds
to employees who implement ObamaCare
Roll
Call 97H.R.
1Amdt.
H 102
This amendment prohibits
the use of funds to pay any employee, officer, contractor, or grantee of
any department or agency to implement the provisions of The Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act also known as "ObamaCare."
"Yea" votes scored.
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6:
H.Amdt.104 to H.R. 1 - to stop allocation of funds to Obamacare✔ Yea
Key Vote 6: H.Amdt.104 to H.R. 1 - to stop allocation
of funds to Obamacare
Roll
Call 98H.R.
1Amdt.
H 104
This amendment would prevent
any funds from H.R. 1 from being allocated to the implementation of the
job-killing and unconstitutional bill popularly known as ObamaCare.
"Yea" votes scored.
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7:
H.Amdt.105 to H.R. 1 - cutting funding for implementation of ObamaCare✔ Yea
Key Vote 7: H.Amdt.105 to H.R. 1 - cutting funding
for implementation of ObamaCare
Roll
Call 99H.R.
1Amdt.
H 105
This amendment specifically
disallows any funds from H.R. 1 from being used to pay the salary of any
employee working to implement ObamaCare.
"Yea" votes scored.
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8:
H.Amdt.106 to H.R. 1 - Denies implementation of the individual mandate of
ObamaCare✔ Yea
Key Vote 8: H.Amdt.106 to H.R. 1 - Denies
implementation of the individual mandate of ObamaCare
Roll
Call 100H.R.
1
This bill prevents the IRS
from being allowed to enforce the penalty under ObamaCare for failing to
enroll in a health insurance plan. Basically, this would make the
unconstitutional individual mandate in ObamaCare powerless, as there would
be no consequences for failing to comply with it.
"Yea" votes scored.
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9: H.Amdt.
111 to H.R. 1 - To reduce discretionary spending to 2008 levels and cut
$18.6 billion✔ Yea
Key Vote 9: H.Amdt. 111 to H.R. 1 - To reduce
discretionary spending to 2008 levels and cut $18.6 billion
Roll
Call 103H.R.
1Amdt.
H 111
This Republican Study Committee
amendment would reduce discretionary spending back to 2008 levels, which
would amount to $18.6 billion in cuts in 2011 alone.
"Yea" votes scored.
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10: H.Amdt. 167 to H.R. 1 - to
cut non-defense discretionary spending to 2006 levels✘ Nay
Key Vote 10:
H.Amdt. 167 to H.R. 1 - to cut non-defense
discretionary spending to 2006 levels
Roll
Call 143H.R.
1Amdt.
H 167
This amendment would reduce all non-defense
discretionary spending to 2006 levels, saving taxpayers billions of dollars
in 2011 alone. This is by far the boldest of the spending cuts offered to
the 2011 appropriations bill.
"Yea"
votes scored.
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11: H.Amdt.169 to H.R. 1 - to prevent the 2011 budget
from being required to pay for inflated union wages✔ Yea
Key Vote 11: H.Amdt.169 to H.R. 1 - to prevent the
2011 budget from being required to pay for inflated union wages
Roll
Call 144H.R.
1Amdt.
H 169
This bill would prevent any
projects in the 2011 budget from being required to comply with Davis-Bacon
wage requirements. Davis-Bacon is a leftover from the New Deal era which
costs taxpayers billions of dollars each year because it requires
government contractors to pay "local prevailing wages" for every
project, which usually leads to expensive union labor receiving the
contracts.
"Yea" votes scored.
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12: H.R. 1 - Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act,
2011✔ Yea
Key Vote 12: H.R. 1 - Full-Year Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2011
Roll
Call 147H.R.
1
This omnibus appropriations
bill for 2011 includes the largest single discretionary spending cut in
history, cutting $106 billion from various programs and departments. While
this is only a fraction of the cuts needed to rein in the government’s
spending, it is a very good first step in the right direction.
"Yea" votes scored.
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13: H.R. 4 - Small Business Paperwork Mandate
Elimination Act of 2011✔ Yea
Key Vote 13: H.R. 4 - Small Business Paperwork
Mandate Elimination Act of 2011
Roll
Call 162H.R.
4
This bill eliminates the
1099 reporting mandate from Obamacare. Due to a provision hidden in the
2,400 page health care law passed last March, businesses will be required
to submit an IRS form 1099 for all goods and services purchased over $600
starting in 2012. This is a paperwork nightmare that will significantly
hurt small businesses and cost an abundance of jobs, and must be repealed.
"Yea" votes scored.
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14: H.R. 830 - FHA Refinance Program Termination Act✔ Yea
Key Vote 14: H.R. 830 - FHA Refinance Program
Termination Act
Roll
Call 171H.R. 830
The bill would eliminate
the inefficient FHA Refinance Program, saving taxpayers $8 billion. This
program, one of the T.A.R.P bailout programs, refinances underwater loans
to the FHA, which by the government’s own admission transfers the risk on
these bad investments to the taxpayer. This program should never have been
created, as it is a clear violation of free market principles.
"Yea" votes scored.
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15: H.R. 836 - To rescind the unobligated funding for the
Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and to terminate the program✔ Yea
Key Vote 15: H.R. 836 - To rescind the unobligated
funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and to terminate the
program
Roll
Call 174H.R. 836
The bill would end the
Department of Housing & Urban Development’s Emergency Homeowners Relief
Program, saving taxpayers $1 billion. The program provides high-loss
mortgage loan subsidies to people who are very unlikely to be able to pay
back the money, which merely delays the inevitable foreclosures and wastes
taxpayers’ dollars.
"Yea" votes scored.
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16: H.J.Res. 48 - Making
further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other
purposes✘ Yea
Key Vote
16: H.J.Res. 48 - Making further continuing appropriations
for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes
Roll
Call 179H.J.Res.
48
This bill contains a Continuing Resolution (CR) to
fund the federal government. Because the Senate has refused to pass a
budget for three years, the government has been funded through these CR’s,
continuing our unsustainable levels of deficit spending without even the
transparency of the open budget process.
"Nay"
votes scored.
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17: H.R. 471 - Scholarships for Opportunity and Results
Act✔ Yea
Key Vote 17: H.R. 471 - Scholarships for Opportunity
and Results Act
Roll
Call 204H.R. 471
This bill would reauthorize
the Washington, D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, which provided school
vouchers to allow parents in failing school districts to send their
children to higher-quality schools of their choice. Congress ended this
program in 2009 despite its overwhelming success.
"Yea" votes scored.
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18: H.R. 910 - Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011✔ Yea
Key Vote 18: H.R. 910 - Energy Tax Prevention Act of
2011
Roll
Call 249H.R. 910
This bill, the “Energy Tax
Prevention Act of 2011”, would stop Obama's cap and trade scheme by
completely stripping the EPA of its ability to use the 'Clean Air Act' to
regulate greenhouse gases. This is important legislation that would take
serious steps towards addressing high energy costs and ensuring America's
energy security.
"Yea" votes scored.
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19: H.J.Res. 37 - Disapproving of the rule submitted by
the FCC with respect to regulating the Internet✔ Yea
Key Vote 19: H.J.Res. 37 - Disapproving of the rule
submitted by the FCC with respect to regulating the Internet
Roll
Call 252H.J.Res.
37
H.J. Res 37 would prohibit
the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from imposing net neutrality
regulations on Internet providers. These job-killing regulations would involve
new government controls on the Internet that would have significant
implications for investing in innovation and broadband deployment.
"Yea" votes scored.
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20: H.Amdt.258 to H.Con.Res. 34 - To replace the Paul
Ryan budget with the RSC's budget✔ Yea
Key Vote 20: H.Amdt.258 to H.Con.Res. 34 - To replace
the Paul Ryan budget with the RSC's budget
Roll
Call 275H.C.Res.
34Amdt.
H 258
This substitute amendment
would replace Paul Ryan's budget with the Republican Study Committee's
alternative proposal, which would actually balance the federal budget in
about a decade. Ryan's budget, while a step in the right direction, would
not balance the budget until at least 2040 – far too slowly given the
massive size of our nation’s debt.
"Yea" votes scored.
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21: H.Con.Res. 34 - Congressman Paul Ryan's Budget for
Fiscal Year 2012✔ Yea
Key Vote 21: H.Con.Res. 34 - Congressman Paul Ryan's
Budget for Fiscal Year 2012
Roll
Call 277H.C.Res.
34
This bill is Congressman
Paul Ryan’s budget proposal for FY 2012. It would balance the federal
budget by 2040 without raising taxes, and would cut $6.2 trillion over the
next decade compared to President Obama’s budget. The plan reduces government
spending to below 20 percent of GDP and block grants Medicaid to the
states.
"Yea" votes scored.
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22: H.R. 1213 - To repeal mandatory funding to the
states to establish health care exchanges.✔ Yea
Key Vote 22: H.R. 1213 - To repeal mandatory funding
to the states to establish health care exchanges.
Roll
Call 285H.R. 1213
The bill would repeal
mandatory funding provided to states in the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) to establish American Health Benefit
Exchanges. The Obama administration is already using this unlimited slush
fund to seduce states into collaborating in the implementation of ObamaCare
and has hinted at tapping it to bail out exploding state Medicaid budgets.
H.R. 1213 would strike the unlimited direct appropriation and rescind any
unobligated funds.
"Yea" votes scored.
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23: H.R. 1229 - Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work
Act✔ Yea
Key Vote 23: H.R. 1229 - Putting the Gulf of Mexico
Back to Work Act
Roll
Call 309H.R. 1229
The bill would amend the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to facilitate the production of American
energy resources from the Gulf of Mexico. The Obama administration has
delayed or canceled offshore lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico. The bill
would jumpstart offshore oil drilling by implementing a 30-day deadline in
which the secretary of the U.S. Interior Department would have to make a
decision on the Gulf of Mexico drilling permit applications.
"Yea" votes scored.
·
24: On Agreeing: H.Amdt.397 to H.R. 2017 - to reduce
spending of the legislation by 10%✘ Nay
Key Vote
24: On Agreeing: H.Amdt.397 to H.R. 2017 - to reduce spending of the
legislation by 10%
Roll
Call 402H.R. 2017Amdt.
H 397
The amendment to Homeland Security appropriations
would cut funding to that department by 10% across the board. This would
save over $3.5 billion from current funding levels.
"Yea"
votes scored.
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25: H.Amdt. 428 to H.R. 2112 -
to cut $700 million dollars in waste to pay off the debt✘ Nay
Key Vote
25: H.Amdt. 428 to H.R. 2112 - to cut $700
million dollars in waste to pay off the debt
Roll
Call 424H.R. 2112Amdt.
H 428
This amendment to the “megabus”
appropriations bill would reduce funding for the Economic Research Service
by $43 million; reduce funding for the National Agriculture Statistical
Service by $85 million; reduce funding for the Agriculture research service
by $650 million; zero out the Food for Peace program and to apply the
savings towards reducing the budget deficit.
"Yea"
votes scored.
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26: H.Amdt. 443 to H.R. 2112 -
to cut $900 million in waste and apply to a spending reduction account✘ Nay
Key Vote
26: H.Amdt. 443 to H.R. 2112 - to cut $900
million in waste and apply to a spending reduction account
Roll
Call 434H.R. 2112Amdt.
H 443
This amendment to the “megabus”
appropriations bill would reduce Food for Peace Title II Grants by $940
million and apply the savings towards reducing the budget deficit.
"Yea"
votes scored.
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27: H.Amdt.596 to H.R. 2354 -to cut spending 9.93%
($3.04 billion) from Energy & Water Appropriations Act of 2012✔ Yea
Key Vote 27: H.Amdt.596 to H.R. 2354 -to cut spending
9.93% ($3.04 billion) from Energy & Water Appropriations Act of 2012
Roll
Call 538H.R. 2354Amdt.
H 596
This amendment to the
Energy & Water appropriations bill would cut spending by an additional
$3.04 billion – nearly 10% - and apply that total to reducing the budget
deficit.
"Yea" votes scored.
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28: H.R. 2560 - Cut, Cap, and Balance Act✔ Yea
Key Vote 28: H.R. 2560 - Cut, Cap, and Balance Act
Roll
Call 606H.R. 2560
This is the “Cut, Cap, and
Balance Act of 2011”, which would cut total spending for FY2012 by $111
billion, cap total federal spending, and require the passage of a Balanced
Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that includes a super-majority
requirement to raise taxes and a limit on spending before the debt limit
can be raised.
"Yea" votes scored.
·
29: H.Amdt. 715 to H.R. 2584 - to cut $3 billion and apply
it to the spending reduction account✔ Yea
Key Vote 29: H.Amdt. 715 to H.R. 2584 - to cut $3
billion and apply it to the spending reduction account
Roll
Call 633H.R. 2584Amdt.
H 715
This amendment to the
Department of Interior appropriations would reduce spending in that
department by over $3 billion and apply that money to reducing the budget
deficit.
"Yea" votes scored.
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30: S. 365 - The Budget Control Act of 2011✔ Nay
Key Vote 30: S. 365 - The Budget Control Act of 2011
Roll
Call 690S. 365
This weak bill, the “Budget
Control Act of 2011”, allows President Obama to raise the debt ceiling to
over $16 trillion, in exchange for undetermined spending cuts to be decided
by a "Super-Committee" picked from both parties. This committee
is unlikely to be able to agree to any real spending cuts, and is allowed
to use tax increases to create the necessary deficit reductions.
"Nay" votes scored.
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31: H.R. 2587 - Protecting Jobs From Government
Interference Act✔ Yea
Key Vote 31: H.R. 2587 - Protecting Jobs From
Government Interference Act
Roll
Call 711H.R. 2587
The bill would prohibit the
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from ordering any employer to close,
relocate or transfer employment under any circumstance. The Protecting Jobs
from Government Interference Act would help ensure that the government
agency does not over step their bounds by dictating decisions made by
private sector companies.
"Yea" votes scored.
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32: On Passage: H.R. 2401 - To require analyses of the
cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions of the EPA✔ Yea
Key Vote 32: On Passage: H.R. 2401 - To require
analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and
actions of the EPA
Roll
Call 741H.R. 2401
This bill, the TRAIN Act,
would establish an 11-member committee, chaired by the Department of
Commerce, to analyze the impacts of a number of major Environment
Protection Agency (EPA) regulations. This bill would push back against the
EPA's unconstitutional, outrageous rules and regulations that raise energy
prices for consumers, destroy jobs and increase our dependence on foreign
sources of energy.
"Yea" votes scored.
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33: On Concurring to the Senate Amdt.:
H.R. 2608 (Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government)✘ Yea
Key Vote
33: On Concurring to the Senate Amdt.: H.R. 2608
(Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government)
Roll
Call 745H.R. 2608
This bill was used as the vehicle for the Continuing
Resolution (CR) to fund the federal government. Because the Senate has
refused to pass a budget for three years, the government has been funded
through these CR’s, continuing our unsustainable levels of deficit spending
without even the transparency of the open budget process.
"Nay"
votes scored.
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35: H.R. 3078 - To implement the United States-Columbia Trade
Promotion Agreement✔ Yea
Key Vote 35: H.R. 3078 - To implement the United
States-Columbia Trade Promotion Agreement
Roll
Call 781H.R. 3078
This would ratify the
pending free trade agreement with Columbia. Freer trade will allow
Americans to reap the benefits of competition, which include more choices,
better products, and lower prices.
"Yea" votes scored.
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36: H.R. 3079 - To implement the United States-Panama
Trade Promotion Agreement✔ Yea
Key Vote 36: H.R. 3079 - To implement the United
States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement
Roll
Call 782H.R. 3079
This would ratify the
pending free trade agreement with Panama. Freer trade will allow Americans to
reap the benefits of competition, which include more choices, better
products, and lower prices.
"Yea" votes scored.
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37: H.R. 3080 - To implement the United States-Korea
Trade Agreement✔ Yea
Key Vote 37: H.R. 3080 - To implement the United
States-Korea Trade Agreement
Roll
Call 783H.R. 3080
This would ratify the
pending free trade agreement with South Korea. Freer trade will allow
Americans to reap the benefits of competition, which include more choices,
better products, and lower prices.
"Yea" votes scored.
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38: H.R. 2832 - To extend the Generalized System of
Preferences, and for other purposes✔ Nay
Key Vote 38: H.R. 2832 - To extend the Generalized
System of Preferences, and for other purposes
Roll
Call 784H.R. 2832
This bill picks favorites
among trading partners and disrupts the price system. The biggest problem
is that an amendment to extend Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) at the
current, higher post-stimulus levels is attached to the bill.
"Nay" votes scored.
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39: H.R. 2250 - EPA Regulatory Relief Act✔ Yea
Key Vote 39: H.R. 2250 - EPA Regulatory Relief Act
Roll
Call 791H.R. 2250
The bill would help to
curtail the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Boiler MACT regulations
on boilers and industrial incinerators. Boiler MACT is an unreasonable
regulation that would shut down businesses and cost thousands of jobs.
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40: H.R. 10 - Making major executive regulations subject
to Congressional vote (REINS Act)✔ Yea
Key Vote 40: H.R. 10 - Making major executive
regulations subject to Congressional vote (REINS Act)
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Call 901H.R. 10
This bill, titled the “REINS
Act” would require a vote in Congress on any “major” regulations issued by
the executive branch before it could be enforced on the American people.
The REINS Act would restore accountability and protect citizens’ rights by
giving elected officials a voice in all major regulations issued.
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