FreedomWorks.Org is one of several conservative groups that rates Voting records.

Below is their view on votes made by Missouri’s current Representative.

 

 

 

Key Vote Description     http://congress.freedomworks.org/legislators/vicky-hartzler

Legislator Score / Vote

2015: 114th Congress57%

·                                 4: On Passage: H.R. 1560 - Protecting Cyber Networks Act Yea

·                                 5: On the Amendment: H.Amdt. 172 to H.R. 2028: To Reduce Spending in Energy and Water by $2.95 Billion Nay

·                                 6: On the Amendment: H.Amdt. 503 to H.R. 2685 - To Limit Surveillance of U.S. Citizens Under Section 702 of FISA Nay

·                                 13: On the Amendment: H.Admt. 713 to H.R. 702 - To remove additional Maritime Security Fleet funding Nay

·                                 14: On Passage: H.R. 597 - Reform Exports and Expand the American Economy Act (Ex-Im Re-Authorization) Yea

·                                 15: On Motion that the House Concur in the Senate Amendment with an Amendment: H.R. 1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 Yea

·                                 20: On the Conference Report: H.R. 22 - Highway Funding Bill & Ex-Im Reauthorization Yea

·                                 21: On Passage: H.R. 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act (Omnibus) Yea

·                                 View scorecard »

·                                 View scorecard »

 

2014: 113th Congress 46%

·                     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.

·                     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.

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.

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.

·                     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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

·                     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.

·                     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.

·                     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.

·                     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.

·                     View scorecard »

2013: 113th Congress 55%

·                     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.

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.

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.

·                     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.

·                     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.

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.

·                     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.

·                     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.

·                     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.

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.

·                     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.

·                     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.

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.

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.

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.

·                     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.

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

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.

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.

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.

·                     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.

·                     View scorecard »

2012: 112th Congress 55%

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.

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.

·                     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.

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.

·                     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.

·                     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.

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.

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.

·                     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.

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.

·                     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.

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.

·                     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.

·                     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.

·                     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.

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.

·                     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.

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.

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.

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.

·                     View scorecard »

2011: 112th Congress 82%

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.

·                     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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

·                     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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

·                     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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

·                     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.

·                     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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

·                     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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

"Yea" votes scored.

Key Vote 40: H.R. 10 - Making major executive regulations subject to Congressional vote (REINS Act)

Roll 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.

"Yea" votes scored.

·                      

 

 

Alternate Sources

 

http://www.thenewamerican.com/freedomindex/web/freedom.png

__________________________________________________________

 

 

Heritage Action Score Card

 

 

 

Paid for by John Webb for Congress