- Did Freedom Win? Yes
- Voted for Freedom 63
- Voted Against Freedom 35
First, Congress has to stick to the caps to avoid a repeat of the repeated busting of the caps in the Budget Control Act. Otherwise, the savings will be gradually diminished. The BCA still resulted in less spending than projected before its passage, but the savings were limited before being completely wiped away because of the fiscal response to the pandemic.
Second, although the FRA reduces cumulative budget deficits by $1.523 trillion over ten years, FY 2024 through FY 2033, deficits will still total nearly $18.8 trillion over the period. The pre-FRA cumulative budget deficit over the same ten-year window was projected at $20.314 trillion.
Third, discretionary spending represents 27 percent of all federal spending. That’s a lower share than in FY 2019, before the pandemic, when it came in at 30 percent. The average of discretionary spending from FY 2001 through FY 2022 was 34 percent of all federal spending.
We recognize that the Fiscal Responsibility Act will suspend the debt limit through the 2024 election. Although we are incredibly concerned about the nation’s debt, defaulting on that debt isn’t an option because it would result in an almost certain recession.
Legislator's Votes
Voted for Freedom
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 60%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 10%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 10%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 50%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 30%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 60%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 60%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 66.7%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 10%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 10%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 10%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 30%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 50%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 30%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 0%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 80%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 10%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 60%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 30%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 0%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 10%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 30%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 10%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 20%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 10%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 60%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 80%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 20%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 10%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 20%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 10%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 20%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 66.7%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 30%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 66.7%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 30%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 20%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 50%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 60%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 60%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 10%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 40%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 10%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 10%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 30%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 10%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 30%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 10%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
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- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 10%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 30%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 20%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 10%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 70%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 30%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 30%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 60%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 10%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 0%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 70%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 10%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 60%
- Voted for Freedom? Yes
- Session Score 30%
Voted Against Freedom
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 70%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 100%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 90%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 40%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 40%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 30%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 30%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 30%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 80%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 80%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 10%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 30%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 30%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 80%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 20%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 90%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 70%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 30%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 88.9%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 90%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 60%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 90%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 70%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 88.9%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 30%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 40%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 70%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 100%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 66.7%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 80%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 50%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 88.9%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 100%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 60%
- Voted for Freedom? No
- Session Score 30%