How Could Republicans Pass the Omnibus

95 Republicans Voted No on Omnibus

These 95 Republicans defied Ryan to oppose spending deal, $1.1 trillion bill sailed through House by vote of 316-113 By Philip Wegmann Reprinted with permission of The Daily Signal 

The $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill sailed through the House on Friday by a vote of 316-113.

Ninety-five Republicans split with House GOP leadership to vote against the spending bill. Another 150 Republicans supported it, while just 18 Democrats opposed it.

Here is the full list of the Republicans who voted against the spending bill (see the complete roll call vote here):

Conservative Review Scorecard & State entered:

Abraham (LA) 58%
Amash (MI) 95%
Amodei (NV) 42%
Babin (TX) 67%
Barletta (PA) 39%
Black (TN) 67%
Blackburn (TN) 76%
Blum (IA) 75%
Brat (VA) 100%
Bridenstine (OK) 96%
Brooks (AL) 82%
Buck (CO) 92%
Byrne (AL) 63%
Clawson (FL) 93%
Crawford (AK) 52%
DeSantis (FL) 89%
DesJarlais (TN) 83%
Duncan (SC) 96%
Duncan (TN) 84%
Emmer (MN) 50%
Farenthold (TX) 67%
Fleming (LA) 86%
Forbes (VA) 62%
Fortenberry (NE) 43%
Franks (AZ) 90%
Garrett (NJ) 92%
Gibbs (OH) 52%
Gohmert (TX) 96%
Goodlatte (VA) 66%
Gosar (AZ) 82%
Gowdy (SC) 86%
Graves (LA) 67%
Griffith (VA) 67%
Guinta (NH) 69%
Hardy (NV) 42%
Harris (MD) 80%
Heck (NV) 38%
Hice, Jody B. (GA) 75%
Holding (NC) 74%
Hudson (NC) 60%
Huelskamp (KS) 91%
Hultgren (IL) 71%
Hunter (CA) 67%
Hurt (VA) 71%
Jenkins (KS) 60%
Johnson, Sam (TX) 80%
Jones (NC) 76%
Jordan (OH) 94%
Kelly (PA) 47%
King (IA) 79%
Labrador (ID) 95%
LaHood (IL) 33%
LaMalfa (CA) 63%
Lamborn (CO) 85%
Lance (NJ) 46%
Latta (OH) 64%
Long (MO) 66%
Lummis (WY) 78%
Marino (PA) 49%
Massie (KY) 96%
McClintock (CA) 90%
McKinley (WV) 47%
Meadows (NC) 93%
Meehan (PA) 31%
Miller (FL) 75%
Mooney (WV) 75%
Mulvaney (SC) 93%
Palmer (AL) 100%
Perry (PA) 74%
Pompeo (KS) 78%
Posey (FL) 80%
Ratcliffe (TX) 83%
Roby (AL) 50%
Roe (TN) 60%
Rogers (AL) 56%
Rohrabacher (CA) 82%
Rothfus (PA) 67%
Salmon (AZ) 89%
Sanford (SC) 88%
Schweikert (AZ) 93%
Shuster (PA) 49%
Smith (MO) 67%
Smith (NE) 58%
Smith (TX) 60%
Stutzman (IN) 81%
Tipton (CO) 61%
Walker (NC) 75%
Webster (FL) 66%
Westerman (AK) 58%
Whitfield (KY) 43%
Williams (TX) 80%
Wittman (VA) 60%
Yoho (FL) 74%
Young (IA) 50%
Young (IN) 56%

The package of spending and tax extenders represented the combined efforts of House Speaker Paul Ryan and Democrat Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. After lengthy negotiations, the two hammered out the deal, and then whipped up bipartisan support for the package.

Before the vote, conservatives criticized provisions discovered in the bill and complained about policy riders left out of the legislation.

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told The Daily Signal he was disappointed the omnibus didn’t include language bolstering security protocol for Syrian refugees and curbing funding to the abortion provider Planned Parenthood.

“This product is disappointing, very disappointing. Everyone understood the Syrian refugee issue was so winnable,” he said. “When you had a veto proof majority, and to not include it, that makes no sense.”

Jordan was referring to refugee legislation passed in the House by a vote of 289-137 in November, with 47 Democrats voting for the legislation.

That legislation, however, was not bundled into the omnibus.

Jordan and other conservatives complained about inclusion of provisions that increase the number of foreign guest workers who can qualify for H-2B visas. They also balked at the inclusion of the Cybersecurity Act.

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Earlier this week, House Democrats cited their ability to beat back 150 conservative policy riders as a major victory. Additional conservatives amendments submitted to the House Rules Committee were also rejected and kept from the bill.

Since picking up the gavel just six weeks ago, Ryan has instituted a number of changes to return the House to what lawmakers consider regular order – a reform effort applauded by some conservatives.

Lawmakers have been racing to reach a spending deal before the end of the year to fund the government and avoid a shutdown. During that process, Ryan actively sought input from rank-and-file members during listening sessions and policy conferences.

http://www.wnd.com/2015/12/these-95-republicans-defied-ryan-to-oppose-spending-deal/

http://dailysignal.com/2015/12/18/here-are-the-95-republicans-who-opposed-the-omnibus-spending-bill/

Comments

The media folks ask why Republicans don’t exercise the power of the purse, but they never attempt to give any analysis.  There are 246 Republicans and 188 Democrats in the US House. But there are only about 100 Conservatives who push back on suicidal legislation. The other 146 Republicans are actually Liberals who actually push for suicidal legislation.

Of the 246 Republicans in the House, only 95 Republicans (39%), voted against the Omnibus Bill.  What made this significant is that they voted to fund a host of new illegal, unpopular, suicidal, unconstitutional programs like refugee resettlement. Excessive immigration is the one thing these Republicans absolutely must stop before it’s too late and it should have been the deal breaker.  If the Congress had defunded excessive immigration and refugee resettlement, Republicans would not have been blamed for the shutdown. They should have made sure that all immigration would stop.

The 95 GOP Reps who voted no represent 22% of the entire House. They were joined by 18 Democrats for a total of 113 No votes.  This was 26% of the entire House.  So, 74% of the entire House voted YES despite voter polls who opposed refugee resettlement and excessive immigration.

I added the Conservative Review Scores to this voting list to show the correlation of Scores with this vote.  Most high scorers voted NO.  That reinforces my belief that the low scores must go.  With 75% of the House and Senate voting like Democrats, we need to identify those Republicans who need to be replaced along with the Democrats.

The “isms” our government has adopted without our consent are not working out well at all.  Our adoption of Globalism, Multiculturalism, Internationalism, Socialism, Muslimism, Environmentalism and Keynesianism are unsustainable. Our continued Federal Deficit spending and continued support of the UN are suicidal.  You can take one look at Europe to know where we are headed.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader