E-Newsletter No. 2
February 2014
If not us, who?
If not now, when?
As many of you are aware, President Obama delivered his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, January 28th. Our Editorial Board was extremely pleased when, six minutes into his speech, the president acknowledged that what unites the people of this nation, regardless of race, or region, or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all; the notion that if you work hard, and take responsibility, you can get ahead in America. As we all know, this is the basic premise of our Foundation to Promote Personal Responsibility.
However, we were extremely disappointed that the president did not put forward any plan to fix the country’s growing debt problem. Instead, the “sound bite” that he included in his speech was – Our deficits – cut by more than half. However, as we know, that statement simply means that the US government’s debt is not being repaid, but instead continues to grow (more on that later).
Our Editorial Board recognizes that it will take a long time (many years) for our country to repay its debt, and we acknowledge that cutting the deficit is preferable to having the amount of the annual deficit grow each year. However, the US government is not accomplishing what it needs to do – – cut spending and generate the necessary surpluses to begin repaying the debt. Much of the remainder of the president’s speech was devoted to discussing additional programs that the federal government should initiate (without any mention of how those programs would be funded).
In our monthly newsletter, we intend to keep you informed about the amount of the incurred “on-book” debt per US citizen (i.e., the amount of “on-book” debt, which does not even include the present value of the future payments that have been promised for Social Security and Medicare). According to the US Debt clock, this amount of debt per citizen increased from $54,426 as of January 1st to $54,544 as of February 1st.
As many of you are aware, once the federal government was “re-opened” last October, the next key date became February 7th, when the country’s debt ceiling needed to be addressed. We are extremely disappointed to report that during the week of February 10th, the US House of Representatives and the US Senate passed legislation to suspend any limitations on the US debt until March 2015. This legislation was signed into law by President Obama on Saturday, February 15th. In effect, our elected officials have written themselves a blank check on your (and, if applicable, your children’s) bank account for the next thirteen months.
We would also like to mention that on February 4th the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its annual budget and economic outlook. We are providing the following link to an in-depth analysis prepared by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget –
http://crfb.org/sites/default/files/report_analysis_of_cbos_2014_budget_and_economic_outlook.pdf
The main messages are –
– Although the country’s deficit levels will decrease this year and next, the annual deficit will begin growing again within two years.
– Almost nothing has been done to finance or slow the growth of “entitlement programs”, which are the main drivers of our long-term debt.
– Unless changes are made, both spending and taxes will remain above historical average for the next decade, and will continue to grow over time, and annual deficits in excess of one trillion dollars will return early next decade.
– Interest payments on the country’s debt will quadruple in nominal terms between 2013 and 2024.
– By 2020, interest payments on the cumulative US debt will exceed the level of all non-defense discretionary spending.
The Congressional Budget Office’s projections are further evidence that the country’s annual deficit and cumulative debt problems are far from resolved. The Campaign to Fix the Debt, the Congressional Budget Office, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and our Foundation all join together, to encourage our elected leaders to work toward reducing the amount of federal expenditures, and ultimately reduce the amount of our country’s debt. Please refer to our Conversation Piece entitled What the US Government Should (and Should Not) Do, and our recommendations for spending reductions, to restructure the size of the US government.
In closing, we want to highlight (and applaud) the final comments President Obama made in his State of the Union speech – Our freedom, our democracy, has never been easy…. But for more than two hundred years, we have… expand(ed) the possibility of individual achievement….so that the words set to paper by our Founders are made real for every citizen. The America we want for our kids – a rising America where honest work is plentiful and communities are strong, where prosperity is widely shared and opportunity for all lets us go as far as our dreams and toil will take us – none of it is easy. But…I know it’s within our reach. Believe it.
We share the president’s sentiments. Keep the faith. We can get this fixed…..
I feel that the recent votes by the US House and the US Senate (when our elected representatives voted to write themselves a blank check for the next thirteen months) was not only disappointing, but it was also extremely irresponsible. I think it is important that We The People know how each of our US House members and US Senators voted in approving this legislation. The following is the voting record on this legislation, which passed the House 221-201 (with 10 members not voting) and which passed the Senate 55-43 (with 2 Senators not voting). I hope that We will remember this vote when We go to the polls in November.
US House of Representatives
State – District – Representative – Party – Vote
Alabama – 1 – Bradley Byrne – R – No
Alabama – 2 – Martha Roby – R – No
Alabama – 3 – Mike Rogers – R – No
Alabama – 4 – Robert Aderholt – R – Not Voting
Alabama – 5 – Mo Brooks – R – No
Alabama – 6 – Spencer Bachus – R – No
Alabama – 7 – Terri Sewell – D – Yes
Alaska – 1 – Don Young – R – No
Arizona – 1 – Ann Kirkpatrick – D – Yes
Arizona – 2 – Ron Barber – D – Yes
Arizona – 3 – Raul Grijalva – D – Yes
Arizona – 4 – Paul Gosar – R – Not Voting
Arizona – 5 – Matt Salmon – R – No
Arizona – 6 – David Schweikert – R – No
Arizona – 7 – Ed Pastor – D – Not Voting
Arizona – 8 – Trent Franks – R – No
Arizona – 9 – Kyrsten Sineman – D – Yes
Arkansas – 1 – Rick Crawford – R – No
Arkansas – 2 – Tim Griffin – R – No
Arkansas – 3 – Steve Womack – R – No
Arkansas – 4 – Tom Cotton – R -No
California – 1 – Doug LaMalfa – R – No
California – 2 – Jared Huffman – D – Yes
California – 3 – John Garamendi – D – Yes
California – 4 – Tom McClintock – R – No
California – 5 – Mike Thompson – D – Yes
California – 6 – Doris Matsui – D – Yes
California – 7 – Ami Bera – D – Yes
California – 8 – Paul Cook – R – No
California – 9 – Jerry McNerney – D – Yes
California – 10 – Jeffrey Denham – R – No
California – 11 – George Miller – D – Yes
California – 12 – Nancy Pelosi – D – Yes
California – 13 – Barbara Lee – D – Yes
California – 14 – Jackie Speier – D – Yes
California – 15 – Eric Swalwell – D – Yes
California – 16 – Jim Costa – D – Yes
California – 17 – Michael Honda – D – Yes
California – 18 – Anna Eshoo – D – Yes
California – 19 – Zoe Lofgren – D – Yes
California – 20 – Sam Farr – D – Yes
California – 21 – David Valadao – R – Yes
California – 22 – Devin Nunes – R – Yes
California – 23 – Kevin McCarthy – R – Yes
California – 24 – Lois Capps – D – Yes
California – 25 – Howard McKeon – R – Yes
California – 26 – Julia Brownley – D – Yes
California – 27 – Judy Chu – D – Yes
California – 28 – Adam Schiff – D – Yes
California – 29 – Tony Cardenas – D – Not Voting
California – 30 – Brad Sherman – D – Yes
California – 31 – Gary Miller – R – Yes
California – 32 – Grace Napolitano – D – Yes
California – 33 – Henry Waxman – D – Yes
California – 34 – Xavier Becerra – D – Yes
California – 35 – Gloria Negrete McLeod – D – Yes
California – 36 – Raul Ruiz – D – Yes
California – 37 – Karen Bass – D – Yes
California – 38 – Linda Sanchez – D – Yes
California – 39 – Ed Royce – R – Yes
California – 40 – Lucille Roybal-Allard – D – Yes
California – 41 – Mark Takano – D – Yes
California – 42 – Ken Calvert – R – Yes
California – 43 – Maxine Waters – D – Yes
California – 44 – Janice Hahn – D – Yes
California – 45 – John Campbell – R – Not Voting
California – 46 – Loretta Sanchez – D – Yes
California – 47 – Alan Lowenthal – D – Yes
California – 48 – Dana Rohrabacher – R – No
California – 49 – Darrell Issa – R – Yes
California – 50 – Duncan Hunter – R – No
California – 51 – Juan Vargas – D – Yes
California – 52 – Scott Peters – D – Yes
California – 53 – Susan Davis – D – Yes
Colorado – 1 – Diana DeGette – D – Yes
Colorado – 2 – Jared Polis – D – Yes
Colorado – 3 – Scott Tipton – R – No
Colorado – 4 – Cory Gardner – R – No
Colorado – 5 – Doug Lamborn – R – No
Colorado – 6 – Mike Coffman – R – No
Colorado – 7 – Ed Perlmutter – D – Yes
Connecticut – 1 – John Larson – D – Yes
Connecticut – 2 – Joe Courtney – D – Yes
Connecticut – 3 – Rosa DeLauro – D – Yes
Connecticut – 4 – Jim Himes – D – Yes
Connecticut – 5 – Elizabeth Esty – D – Yes
Delaware – 1 – John Carney – D – Yes
Florida – 1 – Jeff Miller – R – No
Florida – 2 – Steve Southerland – R – No
Florida – 3 – Ted Yoho – R – No
Florida – 4 – Ander Crenshaw – R – No
Florida – 5 – Corrine Brown – D – Yes
Florida – 6 – Ron DeSantis – R – No
Florida – 7 – John Mica – R – No
Florida – 8 – Bill Posey – R – No
Florida – 9 – Alan Grayson – D – Yes
Florida – 10 – Daniel Webster – R – No
Florida – 11 – Richard Nugent – R – No
Florida – 12 – Gus Bilirakis – R – No
Florida – 13 – (vacancy)
Florida – 14 – Kathy Castor – D – Yes
Florida – 15 – Dennis Ross – R – No
Florida – 16 – Vern Buchanan – R – No
Florida – 17 – Tom Rooney – R – No
Florida – 18 – Patrick Murphy – D – Yes
Florida – 19 – (vacancy)
Florida – 20 – Alcee Hastings – D – Yes
Florida – 21 – Ted Deutch – D – Yes
Florida – 22 – Lois Frankel – D – Yes
Florida – 23 – Debbie Wasserman Schultz – D – Yes
Florida – 24 – Frederica Wilson – D – Yes
Florida – 25 – Mario Diaz-Balart – R – No
Florida – 26 – Joe Garcia – D – Yes
Florida – 27 – Ileana Ros-Lehtinen – R – No
Georgia – 1 – Jack Kingston – R – No
Georgia – 2 – Sanford Bishop – D – Yes
Georgia – 3 – Lynn Westmoreland – R – No
Georgia – 4 – Hank Johnson – D – Yes
Georgia – 5 – John Lewis – D – Not Voting
Georgia – 6 – Tom Price – R – No
Georgia – 7 – Rob Woodall – R – No
Georgia – 8 – Austin Scott – R – No
Georgia – 9 – Doug Collins – R – No
Georgia – 10 – Paul Broun – R – No
Georgia – 11 – Phil Gingrey – R – No
Georgia – 12 – John Barrow – D – No
Georgia – 13 – David Scott – D – Not Voting
Georgia – 14 – Tom Graves – R – No
Hawaii – 1 – Colleen Hanabusa – D – Yes
Hawaii – 2 – Tulsi Gabbard – D – Yes
Idaho – 1 – Raul Labrador – R – No
Idaho – 2 – Mike Simpson – R – No
Illinois – 1 – Bobby Rush – D – Not Voting
Illinois – 2 – Robin Kelly – D – Yes
Illinois – 3 – Daniel Lipinski – D – Yes
Illinois – 4 – Luis Gutierrez – D – Yes
Illinois – 5 – Mike Quigley – D – Yes
Illinois – 6 – Peter Roskam – R – Yes
Illinois – 7 – Danny Davis – D – Yes
Illinois – 8 – Tammy Duckworth – D – Yes
Illinois – 9 – Jan Schakowsky – D – Yes
Illinois – 10 – Brad Schneider – D – Yes
Illinois – 11 – Bill Foster – D – Yes
Illinois – 12 – Bill Enyart – D – Yes
Illinois – 13 – Rodney Davis – R – No
Illinois – 14 – Randy Hultgren – R – No
Illinois – 15 – John Shimkus – R – Yes
Illinois – 16 – Adam Kinzinger – R – No
Illinois – 17 – Cheri Bustos – D – Yes
Illinois – 18 – Aaron Schock – R – No
Indiana – 1 – Peter Visclosky – D – Yes
Indiana – 2 – Jackie Walorski – R – No
Indiana – 3 – Marlin Stutzman – R – No
Indiana – 4 – Todd Rokita – R – No
Indiana – 5 – Susan Brooks – R – No
Indiana – 6 – Luke Messer – R – No
Indiana – 7 – Andre Carson – D – Yes
Indiana – 8 – Larry Bucshon – R – No
Indiana – 9 – Todd Young – R – No
Iowa – 1 – Bruce Braley – D – Yes
Iowa – 2 – Dave Loebsack – D – Yes
Iowa – 3 – Tom Latham – R – Not Voting
Iowa – 4 – Steve King – R – No
Kansas – 1 – Tim Huelskamp – R – No
Kansas – 2 – Lynn Jenkins – R – No
Kansas – 3 – Kevin Yoder – R – No
Kansas – 4 – Mike Pompeo – R – No
Kentucky – 1 – Edward Whitfield – R – No
Kentucky – 2 – Brett Guthrie – R – No
Kentucky – 3 – John Yarmuth – D – Yes
Kentucky – 4 – Thomas Massie – R – No
Kentucky – 5 – Harold Rogers – R – Yes
Kentucky – 6 – Andy Barr – R – No
Louisiana – 1 – Steve Scalise – R – No
Louisiana – 2 – Cedric Richmond – D – Yes
Louisiana – 3 – Charles Boustany – R – No
Louisiana – 4 – John Fleming – R – No
Louisiana – 5 – Vance McAllister – R – No
Louisiana – 6 – Bill Cassidy – R – No
Maine – 1 – Chellie Pingree – D – Yes
Maine – 2 – Michael Michaud – D – Yes
Maryland – 1 – Andy Harris – R – No
Maryland – 2 – Dutch Ruppersberger – D – Yes
Maryland – 3 – John Sarbanes – D – Yes
Maryland – 4 – Donna Edwards – D – Yes
Maryland – 5 – Steny Hoyer – D – Yes
Maryland – 6 – John Delaney – D – Yes
Maryland – 7 – Elijah Cummings – D – Yes
Maryland – 8 – Chris Van Hollen – D – Yes
Massachusetts – 1 – Richard Neal – D – Yes
Massachusetts – 2 – Jim McGovern – D – Yes
Massachusetts – 3 – Niki Tsongas – D – Yes
Massachusetts – 4 – Joseph Kennedy III – D – Yes
Massachusetts – 5 – Katherine Clark – D – Yes
Massachusetts – 6 – John Tierney – D – Yes
Massachusetts – 7 – Michael Capuano – D – Yes
Massachusetts – 8 – Stephen Lynch – D – Yes
Massachusetts – 9 – Bill Keating – D – Yes
Michigan – 1 – Dan Benishek – R – No
Michigan – 2 – Bill Huizenga – R – No
Michigan – 3 – Justin Amash – R – No
Michigan – 4 – Dave Camp – R – Yes
Michigan – 5 – Dan Kildee – D – Yes
Michigan – 6 – Fred Upton – R – No
Michigan – 7 – Tim Walberg – R – No
Michigan – 8 – Mike Rogers – R – No
Michigan – 9 – Sander Levin – D – Yes
Michigan – 10 – Candice Miller – R – No
Michigan – 11 – Kerry Bentivolio – R – No
Michigan – 12 – John Dingell – D – Yes
Michigan – 13 – John Conyers – D – Yes
Michigan – 14 – Gary Peters – D – Yes
Minnesota – 1 – Tim Walz – D – Yes
Minnesota – 2 – John Kline – R – No
Minnesota – 3 – Erik Paulsen – R – No
Minnesota – 4 – Betty McCollum – D – Yes
Minnesota – 5 – Keith Ellison – D – Yes
Minnesota – 6 – Michelle Bachmann – R – No
Minnesota – 7 – Collin Peterson – D – Yes
Minnesota – 8 – Rick Nolan – D – Yes
Mississippi – 1 – Alan Nunnelee – R – No
Mississippi – 2 – Bennie Thompson – D – Yes
Mississippi – 3 – Gregg Harper – R – No
Mississippi – 4 – Steven Palazzo – R – No
Missouri – 1 – William Lacy Clay – D – Yes
Missouri – 2 – Ann Wagner – R – No
Missouri – 3 – Blaine Luetkemeyer – R – No
Missouri – 4 – Vicky Hartzler – R – No
Missouri – 5 – Emanuel Cleaver – D – Yes
Missouri – 6 – Sam Graves – R – No
Missouri – 7 – Billy Long – R – No
Missouri – 8 – Jason Smith – R – No
Montana – 1 – Steve Daines – R – No
Nebraska – 1 – Jeff Fortenberry – R – No
Nebraska – 2 – Lee Terry – R – No
Nebraska – 3 – Adrian Smith – R – No
Nevada – 1 – Dina Titus – D – Yes
Nevada – 2 – Mark Amodei – R – Not Voting
Nevada – 3 – Joe Heck – R – No
Nevada – 4 – Steven Horsford – D – Yes
New Hampshire – 1 – Carol Shea-Porter – D – Yes
New Hampshire – 2 – Ann McLane Kuster – D – Yes
New Jersey – 1 – Robert Andrews – D – Yes
New Jersey – 2 – Frank LoBiondo – R – Yes
New Jersey – 3 – Jon Runyan – R – Yes
New Jersey – 4 – Christopher Smith – R – Yes
New Jersey – 5 – Scott Garrett – R – No
New Jersey – 6 – Frank Pallone – D – Yes
New Jersey – 7 – Leonard Lance – R – No
New Jersey – 8 – Albio Sires – D – Yes
New Jersey – 9 – Bill Pascrell, Jr – D – Yes
New Jersey – 10 – Donald Payne, Jr – D – Yes
New Jersey – 11 – Rodney Frelinghuysen – R – No
New Jersey – 12 – Rush Holt – D – Yes
New Mexico – 1 – Michelle Lujan Grisham – D – Yes
New Mexico – 2 – Steve Pearce – R – No
New Mexico – 3 – Ben Ray Lujan – D – Yes
New York – 1 – Timothy Bishop – D – Yes
New York – 2 – Peter King – R – Yes
New York – 3 – Steve Israel – D – Yes
New York – 4 – Carolyn McCarthy – D – Yes
New York – 5 – Gregory Meeks – D – Yes
New York – 6 – Grace Meng – D – Yes
New York – 7 – Nydia Velazquez – D – Yes
New York – 8 – Hakeem Jeffries – D – Yes
New York – 9 – Yvette Clarke – D – Yes
New York – 10 – Jerrold Nadler – D – Yes
New York – 11 – Mike Grimm – R – Yes
New York – 12 – Carolyn Maloney – D – Yes
New York – 13 – Charles Rangel – D – Yes
New York – 14 – Joseph Crowley – D – Yes
New York – 15 – Jose Serrano – D – Yes
New York – 16 – Eliot Engel – D – Yes
New York – 17 – Nita Lowey – D – Yes
New York – 18 – Sean Patrick Maloney – D – Yes
New York – 19 – Chris Gibson – R – No
New York – 20 – Paul Tonko – D – Yes
New York – 21 – Bill Owens – D – Yes
New York – 22 – Richard Hanna – R – Yes
New York – 23 – Tom Reed – R – No
New York – 24 – Dan Maffei – D – Yes
New York – 25 – Louise Slaughter – D – Yes
New York – 26 – Brian Higgins – D – Yes
New York – 27 – Chris Collins – R – Yes
North Carolina – 1 – G. K. Butterfield – D – Yes
North Carolina – 2 – Renee Ellmers – R – No
North Carolina – 3 – Walter Jones – R – No
North Carolina – 4 – David Price – D – Yes
North Carolina – 5 – Virginia Foxx – R – No
North Carolina – 6 – Howard Coble – R – Yes
North Carolina – 7 – Mike McIntyre – D – Yes
North Carolina – 8 – Richard Hudson – R – No
North Carolina – 9 – Robert Pittenger – R – No
North Carolina – 10 – Patrick McHenry – R – No
North Carolina – 11 – Mark Meadows – R – No
North Carolina – 12 – (vacancy)
North Carolina – 13 – George Holding – R – No
North Dakota – 1 – Kevin Cramer – R – No
Ohio – 1 – Steven Chabot – R – No
Ohio – 2 – Brad Wenstrup – R – No
Ohio – 3 – Joyce Beatty – D – Yes
Ohio – 4 – Jim Jordan – R – No
Ohio – 5 – Robert Latta – R – No
Ohio – 6 – Bill Johnson – R – No
Ohio – 7 – Bob Gibbs – R – No
Ohio – 8 – John Boehner – R – Yes
Ohio – 9 – Marcy Kaptur – D – Yes
Ohio – 10 – Michael Turner – R – No
Ohio – 11 – Marcia Fudge – D – Yes
Ohio – 12 – Pat Tiberi – R – No
Ohio – 13 – Tim Ryan – D – Yes
Ohio – 14 – Dave Joyce – R – No
Ohio – 15 – Steve Stivers – R – No
Ohio – 16 – Jim Renacci – R – No
Oklahoma – 1 – Jim Bridenstine – R – No
Oklahoma – 2 – Markwayne Mullin – R – No
Oklahoma – 3 – Frank Lucas – R – No
Oklahoma – 4 – Tom Cole – R – No
Oklahoma – 5 – James Lankford – R – No
Oregon – 1 – Suzanne Bonamici – D – Yes
Oregon – 2 – Greg Walden – R – No
Oregon – 3 – Earl Blumenauer – D – Yes
Oregon – 4 – Peter DeFazio – D – Yes
Oregon – 5 – Kurt Schrader – D – Yes
Pennsylvania – 1 – Robert Brady – D – Yes
Pennsylvania – 2 – Chaka Fattah – D – Yes
Pennsylvania – 3 – Mike Kelly – R – No
Pennsylvania – 4 – Scott Perry – R – No
Pennsylvania – 5 – Glenn Thompson – R – No
Pennsylvania – 6 – Jim Gerlach – R – No
Pennsylvania – 7 – Pat Meehan – R – Yes
Pennsylvania – 8 – Michael Fitzpatrick – R – Yes
Pennsylvania – 9 – Bill Shuster – R – No
Pennsylvania – 10 – Tom Marino – R – No
Pennsylvania – 11 – Lou Barletta – R – No
Pennsylvania – 12 – Keith Rothfus – R – No
Pennsylvania – 13 – Allyson Schwartz – D – Yes
Pennsylvania – 14 – Mike Doyle – D – Yes
Pennsylvania – 15 – Charlie Dent – R – Yes
Pennsylvania – 16 – Joe Pitts – R – No
Pennsylvania – 17 – Matt Cartwright – D – Yes
Pennsylvania – 18 – Tim Murphy – R – No
Rhode Island – 1 – David Cicilline – D – Yes
Rhode Island – 2 – Jim Langevin – D – Yes
South Carolina – 1 – Mark Sanford – R – No
South Carolina – 2 – Joe Wilson – R – No
South Carolina – 3 – Jeffrey Duncan – R – No
South Carolina – 4 – Trey Gowdy – R – No
South Carolina – 5 – Mick Mulvaney – R – No
South Carolina – 6 – James Clyburn – D – Yes
South Carolina – 7 – Tom Rice – R – No
South Dakota – 1 – Kristi Noem – R – No
South Dakota – 2 – Joe Wilson – R – No
Tennessee – 1 – Phil Roe – R – No
Tennessee – 2 – John Duncan, Jr – R – No
Tennessee – 3 – Chuck Fleischmann – R – No
Tennessee – 4 – Scott DesJarlais – R – No
Tennessee – 5 – Jim Cooper – D – Yes
Tennessee – 6 – Diane Black – R – No
Tennessee – 7 – Marsha Blackburn – R – No
Tennessee – 8 – Stephen Fincher – R – No
Tennessee – 9 – Steve Cohen – D – Yes
Texas – 1 – Louie Gohmert – R – No
Texas – 2 – Ted Poe – R – No
Texas – 3 – Sam Johnson – R – No
Texas – 4 – Ralph Hall – R – No
Texas – 5 – Jeb Hensarling – R – No
Texas – 6 – Joe Barton – R – No
Texas – 7 – John Culberson – R – No
Texas – 8 – Kevin Brady – R – No
Texas – 9 – Al Green – D – Yes
Texas – 10 – Michael McCaul – R – No
Texas – 11 – K. Michael Conaway – R – No
Texas – 12 – Kay Granger – R – No
Texas – 13 – William Thornberry – R – No
Texas – 14 – Randy Weber – R – No
Texas – 15 – Ruben Hinojosa – D – Yes
Texas – 16 – Beto O’Rourke – D – Yes
Texas – 17 – Bill Flores – R – No
Texas – 18 – Sheila Jackson-Lee – D – Yes
Texas – 19 – Randy Neugebauer – R – No
Texas – 20 – Joaquin Castro – D – Yes
Texas – 21 – Lamar Smith – R – No
Texas – 22 – Pete Olson – R – No
Texas – 23 – Pete Gallego – D – Yes
Texas – 24 – Kenny Marchant – R – No
Texas – 25 – Roger Williams – R – No
Texas – 26 – Michael Burgess – R – No
Texas – 27 – Blake Farenthold – R – No
Texas – 28 – Henry Cuellar – D – Yes
Texas – 29 – Gene Green – D – Yes
Texas – 30 – Eddie Bernice Johnson – D – Yes
Texas – 31 – John Carter – R – No
Texas – 32 – Pete Sessions – R – No
Texas – 33 – Marc Veasey – D – Yes
Texas – 34 – Filemon Vela – D – Yes
Texas – 35 – Lloyd Doggett – D – Yes
Texas – 36 – Steve Stockman – R – No
Utah – 1 – Rob Bishop – R – No
Utah – 2 – Chris Stewart – R – No
Utah – 3 – Jason Chaffertz – R – No
Utah – 4 – Jim Matheson – D – No
Vermont – 1 – Peter Welch – D – Yes
Virginia – 1 – Robert Wittman – R – No
Virginia – 2 – Scott Rigell – R – No
Virginia – 3 – Robert Scott – D – Yes
Virginia – 4 – J. Randy Forbes – R – No
Virginia – 5 – Robert Hurt – R – No
Virginia – 6 – Robert Goodlatte – R – No
Virginia – 7 – Eric Cantor – R – Yes
Virginia – 8 – James Moran – D – Yes
Virginia – 9 – Morgan Griffith – R – No
Virginia – 10 – Frank Wolf – R – Yes
Virginia – 11 – Gerald Connolly – D – Yes
Washington – 1 – Suzan DelBene – D – Yes
Washington – 2 – Rick Larsen – D – Yes
Washington – 3 – Jaime Herrera Beutler – R – No
Washington – 4 – Doc Hastings – R – Yes
Washington – 5 – Cathy McMorris Rodgers – R – No
Washington – 6 – Derek Kilmer – D – Yes
Washington – 7 – Jim McDermott – D – Yes
Washington – 8 – Dave Reichert – R – Yes
Washington – 9 – Adam Smith – D – Yes
Washington – 10 – Denny Heck – D – Yes
West Virginia – 1 – David McKinley – R – No
West Virginia – 2 – Shelley Moore Capito – R – No
West Virginia – 3 – Nick Rahall – D – Yes
Wisconsin – 1 – Paul Ryan – R – No
Wisconsin – 2 – Mark Pocan – D – Yes
Wisconsin – 3 – Ron Kind – D – Yes
Wisconsin – 4 – Gwen Moore – D – Yes
Wisconsin – 5 – F. James Sensenbrenner – R – No
Wisconsin – 6 – Tom Petri – R – No
Wisconsin – 7 – Sean Duffy – R – No
Wisconsin – 8 – Reid Ribble – R – No
Wyoming – 1 – Cynthia Lummis – R – No
US Senate
State – Senator – Party – Vote
Alabama – Jeff Sessions – R – No
Alabama – Richard Shelby – R – No
Alaska – Mark Begich – D – Yes
Alaska – Lisa Murkowski – R – No
Arizona – Jeff Flake – R – No
Arizona – John McCain – R – No
Arkansas – John Boozman – R – No
Arkansas – Mark Pryor – D – Yes
California – Barbara Boxer – D – Yes
California – Diane Feinstein – D – Yes
Colorado – Michael Bennet – D – Yes
Colorado – Mark Udall – D – Yes
Connecticut – Richard Blumenthal – D – Yes
Connecticut – Christopher Murphy – D – Yes
Delaware – Thomas Carper – D – Yes
Delaware – Christopher Coons – D – Yes
Florida – Bill Nelson – D – Yes
Florida – Marco Rubio – R – No
Georgia – Saxby Chambliss – R – Not Voting
Georgia – Johnny Isakson – R – No
Hawaii – Mazie Hirono – D – Yes
Hawaii – Brian Schatz – D – Yes
Idaho – Mark Crapo – R – No
Idaho – James Risch – R – No
Illinois – Richard Durbin – D – Yes
Illinois – Mark Kirk – R – No
Indiana – Daniel Coats – R – No
Indiana – Joe Donnelly – D – Yes
Iowa – Chuck Grassley – R – No
Iowa – Tom Harkin – D – Yes
Kansas – Jerry Moran – R – No
Kansas – Pat Roberts – R – No
Kentucky – Mitch McConnell – R – No
Kentucky – Rand Paul – R – No
Louisiana – Mary Lanrieu – D – Yes
Louisiana – David Vitter – R – No
Maine – Susan Collins – R – No
Maine – Angus King, Jr – I – Yes
Maryland – Benjamin Cardin – D – Yes
Maryland – Barbara Mikulski – D – Yes
Massachusetts – Edward Markey – D – Yes
Massachusetts – Elizabeth Warren – D – Yes
Michigan – Carl Levin – D – Yes
Michigan – Debbie Stabenow – D – Yes
Minnesota – Al Franken – D – Yes
Minnesota – Amy Klobuchar – D – Yes
Mississippi – Thad Cochran – R – No
Mississippi – Roger Wicker – R – No
Missouri – Roy Blunt – R – No
Missouri – Claire McCaskill – D – Yes
Montana – John Tester – D – Yes
Montana – John Walsh – D – Yes
Nebraska – Deb Fischer – R – No
Nebraska – Mike Johanns – R – No
Nevada – Dean Heller – R – No
Nevada – Harry Reid – D – Yes
New Hampshire – Kelly Avotte – R – No
New Hampshire – Jeanne Shaheen – D – Yes
New Jersey – Cory Booker – D – Yes
New Jersey – Robert Menendez – D – Yes
New Mexico – Martin Heinrich – D – Yes
New Mexico – Tom Udall – D – Yes
New York – Kirsten Gillibrand – D – Yes
New York – Charles Schumer – D – Yes
North Carolina – Richard Burr – R – No
North Carolina – Kay Hagan – D – Yes
North Dakota – Heidi Heitkamp – D – Yes
North Dakota – John Hoeven – R – No
Ohio – Sherrod Brown – D – Yes
Ohio – Rob Portman – R – No
Oklahoma – Tom Coburn – R – Not Voting
Oklahoma – James Inhofe – R – No
Oregon – Jeff Merkley – D – Yes
Oregon – Ron Wyden – D – Yes
Pennsylvania – Robert Casey, Jr – D – Yes
Pennsylvania – Patrick Toomey – R – No
Rhode Island – Jack Reed – D – Yes
Rhode Island – Sheldon Whitehouse – D – Yes
South Carolina – Lindsey Graham – R – No
South Carolina – Tim Scott – R – No
South Dakota – Tim Johnson – D – Yes
South Dakota – John Thune – R – No
Tennessee – Lamar Alexander – R – No
Tennessee – Bob Corker – R – No
Texas – John Comyn – R – No
Texas – Ted Cruz – R – No
Utah – Orrin Hatch – R – No
Utah – Mike Lee – R – No
Vermont – Patrick Leahy – D – Yes
Vermont – Bernard Sanders – I – Yes
Virginia – Tim Kaine – D – Yes
Virginia – Mark Warner – D – Yes
Washington – Maria Cantwell – D – Yes
Washington – Patty Murray – D – Yes
West Virginia – Joe Manchin – D – Yes
West Virginia – John Rockefeller – D – Yes
Wisconsin – Tammy Baldwin – D – Yes
Wisconsin – Ron Johnson – R – No
Wyoming – John Barrasso – R – No
Wyoming – Michael Enzi – R – No