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Vote Alert: House: Fund Obama Priorities & Planned Parenthood

This government funding bill funded all aspects of the federal government from October 1 through December 9, 2016. Absent from this budget bill was any sort of meaningful limitations on a single illegal, abusive, or harmful executive action taken by President Obama. In fact, this spending bill funded every major policy priority of the Obama administration. Absent from the bill were limitations or reforms to Obamacare, Planned Parenthood funding, Obama’s transgender bathroom mandate on the states, sanctuary cities, unconstitutional amnesty, or anything resembling a spending reduction or fiscal responsibility to address our $20 trillion debt. Additionally, this spending bill offered specific funding to combat Zika, despite funding already being available. There were no restrictions on whether this government money could go to Planned Parenthood, which effectively increased government funding for the nation’s largest abortion provider. What was particularly disturbing about this blank check is that the timing of the budget deadline coincided with two new harmful unilateral policies of the Obama administration: the giveaway of oversight over internet IP addresses to a foreign entity and a net increase in refugee admissions for the new fiscal year. Of course, the failure to do anything about Obama’s increase in refugee admissions comes on top of the existing increase in refugees from the Middle East during a time of grave homeland security concerns. While one expects compromise with divided government, this spending package was truly breathtaking as it embodies Democrat values – as if Republicans did not in fact actually control Congress. Finally, this bill was timed to expire during December, and thus creates a lame-duck session, which exposes America to the inevitable danger of multiple onerous policies jammed through by retiring members, including those who have lost their bid for reelection. The bill passed the House on September 28, 2016 342-85.

 

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Conservative position: NO

 
  
 
 
 

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YEAS—342
         
Abraham
 Adams
Aderholt
 Aguilar
Allen
Amodei
 Ashford
Barletta
Barr
Barton
 Bass
 Beatty
 Becerra
Benishek
 Bera
 Beyer
Bilirakis
 Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Blum
 Bonamici
Bost
Boustany
 Boyle, Brendan F.
 Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brooks (IN)
 Brown (FL)
 Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
 Bustos
 Butterfield
Calvert
 Capps
 Capuano
 Carney
 Carson (IN)
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
 Cartwright
 Castor (FL)
 Castro (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
 Chu, Judy
 Cicilline
 Clark (MA)
 Clarke (NY)
Clawson (FL)
 Clay
 Cleaver
 Clyburn
Coffman
 Cohen
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
 Connolly
Cook
 Cooper
 Costa
Costello (PA)
 Courtney
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
 Crowley
 Cuellar
Culberson
 Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
 Davis (CA)
 Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
 DeGette
 Delaney
 DeLauro
 DelBene
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
 DeSaulnier
 Deutch
Diaz-Balart
 Doggett
Dold
Donovan
 Doyle, Michael F.
 Duckworth
Duffy
 Edwards
 Engel
 Eshoo
 Esty
 Farr
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Forbes
 Foster
Foxx
 Frankel (FL)
Frelinghuysen
 Fudge
 Gabbard
 Gallego
 Garamendi
Garrett
Gibson
Goodlatte
 
Graham
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
 Grayson
 Green, Al
 Green, Gene
 Grijalva
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
 Gutiérrez
 Hahn
Hanna
Hardy
Harper
Hartzler
 Hastings
Heck (NV)
 Heck (WA)
Herrera Beutler
 Higgins
Hill
 Himes
 Hinojosa
 Honda
 Hoyer
Hudson
 Huffman
Huizenga (MI)
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
 Israel
Issa
 Jackson Lee
 Jeffries
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
 Johnson (GA)
Johnson (OH)
 Johnson, E. B.
Jolly
Joyce
 Kaptur
Katko
 Keating
 Kelly (IL)
 Kennedy
 Kilmer
 Kind
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Knight
 Kuster
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
 Langevin
 Larsen (WA)
 Larson (CT)
Latta
 Lee
 Lewis
 Lieu, Ted
 Lipinski
LoBiondo
 Loebsack
 Lofgren
Loudermilk
Love
 Lowenthal
 Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
 Lujan Grisham (NM)
 Luján, Ben Ray (NM)
Lummis
 Lynch
MacArthur
 Maloney, Carolyn
 Maloney, Sean
 Matsui
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
 McCollum
 McGovern
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
 McNerney
McSally
Meehan
 Meeks
 Meng
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
 Moore
 Moulton
 Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
 Nadler
 Napolitano
 Neal
Noem
 Nolan
 Norcross
 
Nugent
Nunes
 O'Rourke
Olson
Palazzo
 Pallone
 Pascrell
Paulsen
 Pelosi
 Perlmutter
 Peters
 Peterson
 Pingree
Pittenger
 Pocan
Poliquin
 Polis
Posey
 Price (NC)
Price, Tom
 Quigley
 Rangel
Reed
Reichert
 Rice (NY)
 Richmond
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Rouzer
 Roybal-Allard
Royce
 Ruiz
 Ruppersberger
 Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
 Sánchez, Linda T.
 Sanchez, Loretta
 Sarbanes
Scalise
 Schakowsky
 Schiff
 Schrader
 Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
 Scott, David
 Serrano
Sessions
 Sewell (AL)
 Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
 Sinema
 Sires
 Slaughter
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
 Smith (WA)
 Speier
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
 Swalwell (CA)
 Takano
 Thompson (CA)
 Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
 Titus
 Tonko
 Torres
Trott
 Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Valadao
 Van Hollen
 Vargas
 Veasey
 Vela
 Velázquez
 Visclosky
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
 Walz
 Wasserman Schultz
 Watson Coleman
Webster (FL)
 Welch
Wenstrup
Westerman
 Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Womack
Woodall
 Yarmuth
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
 
 

NAYS—85
         
Amash
Babin
Black
Blackburn
 Blumenauer
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Buck
Burgess
Byrne
 Conyers
Davidson
 DeFazio
DesJarlais
 Dingell
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
 Ellison
Ellmers (NC)
Emmer (MN)
Farenthold
Fincher
Flores
Fortenberry
Franks (AZ)
Gibbs
Gohmert
Gosar
 
Gowdy
Griffith
Harris
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Holding
Huelskamp
Hultgren
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
 Kildee
King (IA)
Labrador
LaHood
 Lawrence
 Levin
Long
Marchant
Marino
Massie
 McDermott
Meadows
Mullin
Mulvaney
Neugebauer
Newhouse
 
Palmer
Pearce
Perry
Pitts
Pompeo
Ratcliffe
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Roskam
Rothfus
Russell
Salmon
Sanford
Schweikert
Sensenbrenner
Smith (MO)
Smith (NJ)
Stutzman
Walker
 Waters, Maxine
Weber (TX)
Westmoreland
Williams
Wittman
 
 

NOT VOTING—5
         
Cárdenas
 Kirkpatrick
 
Payne
Poe (TX)
 
Rush
 
 

 

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