Consolidated Appropriations Act - H.R. 244

Did the Vote Pass? Yes
Voted Yea 75
Voted Nay 17
Didn't Vote 3
Voted Present 0

Government Spending

The process for the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which funds the federal government for the remainder of FY 2017, could not have been worse. This massive, nearly 1,700-page spending measure was negotiated behind closed doors between congressional leadership from both chambers and appropriators. With a Republican-controlled Congress and a Republican president, this spending bill reflects Obama-era spending levels. The bill annualizes base discretionary spending for FY 2017 at $1.07 trillion. This spending level blows through the spending caps established by the Budget Control Act of 2011 by $30 billion. The bill spends an additional $106 billion for overseas contingency operations, disaster relief, and other spending, which isn’t counted toward the spending caps. In total, the bill authorizes more than $1.175 trillion in annualized discretionary spending for FY 2017. The bill also falls short of promoting conservative priorities. While the bill does renew the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program and does not include funding for ObamaCare’s cost-sharing subsidies, it allocates nearly $296 million to bail out Puerto Rico’s Medicaid program, preserves current spending levels for the Environmental Protection Agency, increases spending for the National Institutes of Health and the National Endowment for the Arts, and provides a bailout for a private sector labor union.

Legislator's Votes

Official's Name	Party	District	Voted
Lamar Alexander	Republican	TN	Yea
Tammy Baldwin	Democrat	WI	Yea
John Barrasso	Republican	WY	Yea
Michael Bennet	Democrat	CO	Yea
Dick Blumenthal	Democrat	CT	Yea
Roy Blunt	Republican	MO	Yea
Cory Booker	Democrat	NJ	Yea
John Boozman	Republican	AR	Yea
Sherrod Brown	Democrat	OH	Yea
Richard Burr	Republican		Yea
Maria Cantwell	Democrat	WA	Yea
Shelley Capito	Republican	WV	Yea
Ben Cardin	Democrat	MD	Yea
Tom Carper	Democrat	DE	Yea
Bob Casey	Democrat	PA	Yea
Bill Cassidy	Republican	LA	Yea
Susan Collins	Republican	ME	Yea
Chris Coons	Democrat	DE	Yea
John Cornyn	Republican	TX	Yea
Catherine Cortez Masto	Democrat	NV	Yea
Tammy Duckworth	Democrat	IL	Yea
Mike Enzi	Republican	WY	Yea
Dianne Feinstein	Democrat	CA	Yea
Alan Franken	Democrat	MN	Yea
Cory Gardner	Republican	CO	Yea
Kirsten Gillibrand	Democrat	NY	Yea
Maggie Hassan	Democrat	NH	Yea
Martin Heinrich	Democrat	NM	Yea
Heidi Heitkamp	Democrat	ND	Yea
Mazie Hirono	Democrat	HI	Yea
John Hoeven	Republican	ND	Yea
Jim Inhofe	Republican	OK	Yea
Ron Johnson	Republican	WI	Yea
Tim Kaine	Democrat	VA	Yea
Angus King	Independent	ME	Yea
Amy Klobuchar	Democrat	MN	Yea
James Lankford	Republican	OK	Yea
Patrick Leahy	Democrat		Yea
Joe Manchin	Democrat	WV	Yea
Ed Markey	Democrat	MA	Yea
John McCain	Republican	AZ	Yea
Claire McCaskill	Democrat	MO	Yea
Mitch McConnell	Republican	KY	Yea
Bob Menendez	Democrat	NJ	Yea
Jeff Merkley	Democrat	OR	Yea
Jerry Moran	Republican	KS	Yea
Lisa Murkowski	Republican	AK	Yea
Chris Murphy	Democrat	CT	Yea
Patty Murray	Democrat	WA	Yea
Bill Nelson	Democrat	FL	Yea
David Perdue	Republican	GA	Yea
Gary Peters	Democrat	MI	Yea
Rob Portman	Republican	OH	Yea
Jack Reed	Democrat	RI	Yea
Pat Roberts	Republican	KS	Yea
Mike Rounds	Republican	SD	Yea
Marco Rubio	Republican	FL	Yea
Bernie Sanders	Independent	VT	Yea
Brian Schatz	Democrat	HI	Yea
Chuck Schumer	Democrat	NY	Yea
Jeanne Shaheen	Democrat	NH	Yea
Richard Shelby	Republican	AL	Yea
Debbie Stabenow	Democrat	MI	Yea
Dan Sullivan	Republican	AK	Yea
Jon Tester	Democrat	MT	Yea
John Thune	Republican	SD	Yea
Thom Tillis	Republican	NC	Yea
Tom Udall	Democrat	NM	Yea
Chris Van Hollen	Democrat	MD	Yea
Mark Warner	Democrat	VA	Yea
Elizabeth Warren	Democrat	MA	Yea
Sheldon Whitehouse	Democrat	RI	Yea
Roger Wicker	Republican	MS	Yea
Ron Wyden	Democrat	OR	Yea
Todd Young	Republican	IN	Yea
Bob Corker	Republican	TN	Nay
Tom Cotton	Republican	AR	Nay
Mike Crapo	Republican	ID	Nay
Ted Cruz	Republican	TX	Nay
Steve Daines	Republican	MT	Nay
Joni Ernst	Republican	IA	Nay
Deb Fischer	Republican	NE	Nay
Jeff Flake	Republican	AZ	Nay
Lindsey Graham	Republican	SC	Nay
Chuck Grassley	Republican	IA	Nay
John Kennedy	Republican	LA	Nay
Mike Lee	Republican	UT	Nay
Rand Paul	Republican	KY	Nay
Jim Risch	Republican	ID	Nay
Tim Scott	Republican	SC	Nay
Luther Strange	Republican	AL	Nay
Pat Toomey	Republican	PA	Nay
Dick Durbin	Democrat	IL	Missed
John Isakson	Republican	GA	Missed
Ben Sasse	Republican	NE	Missed