A Conversation With Erin

[Perianne]

Erin: Who determines what money is spent by the U.S. government?

Peri: The House of Representatives controls the spending.

Erin: Which party controls the House?

Peri: The Republicans, by a wide margin 246-188.

Erin: I read recently where the Omnibus Bill was passed and the Democrats got nearly everything they wanted. How can that happen when the Republicans control the House?

Peri: Sadly, the Republicans either are for the same things or it doesn't matter to them. The Republicans are not on the side of the people who voted them into office and only care that they get elected into office.

Erin: Then why vote for them?

Peri: I don't know.

[Perianne]

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Alabama:
Sessions (R-AL), Nay
Shelby (R-AL), Nay


Alaska:
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Sullivan (R-AK), Nay


Arizona:
Flake (R-AZ), Nay
McCain (R-AZ), Nay


Arkansas:
Boozman (R-AR), Nay
Cotton (R-AR), Nay


California:
Boxer (D-CA), Not Voting
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea


Colorado:
Bennet (D-CO), Yea
Gardner (R-CO), Yea


Connecticut:
Blumenthal (D-CT), Yea
Murphy (D-CT), Yea


Delaware:
Carper (D-DE), Yea
Coons (D-DE), Yea


Florida:
Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Rubio (R-FL), Not Voting


Georgia:
Isakson (R-GA), Yea
Perdue (R-GA), Yea


Hawaii:
Hirono (D-HI), Yea
Schatz (D-HI), Yea


Idaho:
Crapo (R-ID), Nay
Risch (R-ID), Nay


Illinois:
Durbin (D-IL), Yea
Kirk (R-IL), Yea


Indiana:
Coats (R-IN), Yea
Donnelly (D-IN), Yea


Iowa:
Ernst (R-IA), Nay
Grassley (R-IA), Nay


Kansas:
Moran (R-KS), Nay
Roberts (R-KS), Yea


Kentucky:
McConnell (R-KY), Yea
Paul (R-KY), Nay


Louisiana:
Cassidy (R-LA), Nay
Vitter (R-LA), Nay


Maine:
Collins (R-ME), Yea
King (I-ME), Yea


Maryland:
Cardin (D-MD), Yea
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea


Massachusetts:
Markey (D-MA), Nay
Warren (D-MA), Yea


Michigan:
Peters (D-MI), Yea
Stabenow (D-MI), Yea


Minnesota:
Franken (D-MN), Yea
Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea


Mississippi:
Cochran (R-MS), Yea
Wicker (R-MS), Yea


Missouri:
Blunt (R-MO), Yea
McCaskill (D-MO), Nay


Montana:
Daines (R-MT), Nay
Tester (D-MT), Nay


Nebraska:
Fischer (R-NE), Nay
Sasse (R-NE), Nay


Nevada:
Heller (R-NV), Yea
Reid (D-NV), Yea


New Hampshire:
Ayotte (R-NH), Yea
Shaheen (D-NH), Yea


New Jersey:
Booker (D-NJ), Yea
Menendez (D-NJ), Yea


New Mexico:
Heinrich (D-NM), Yea
Udall (D-NM), Yea


New York:
Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea
Schumer (D-NY), Yea


North Carolina:
Burr (R-NC), Nay
Tillis (R-NC), Yea


North Dakota:
Heitkamp (D-ND), Yea
Hoeven (R-ND), Yea


Ohio:
Brown (D-OH), Yea
Portman (R-OH), Nay


Oklahoma:
Inhofe (R-OK), Yea
Lankford (R-OK), Yea


Oregon:
Merkley (D-OR), Nay
Wyden (D-OR), Nay


Pennsylvania:
Casey (D-PA), Yea
Toomey (R-PA), Nay


Rhode Island:
Reed (D-RI), Yea
Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea


South Carolina:
Graham (R-SC), Yea
Scott (R-SC), Nay


South Dakota:
Rounds (R-SD), Yea
Thune (R-SD), Nay


Tennessee:
Alexander (R-TN), Yea
Corker (R-TN), Yea


Texas:
Cornyn (R-TX), Yea
Cruz (R-TX), Nay


Utah:
Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Lee (R-UT), Nay


Vermont:
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Nay


Virginia:
Kaine (D-VA), Yea
Warner (D-VA), Yea


Washington:
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea
Murray (D-WA), Yea


West Virginia:
Capito (R-WV), Yea
Manchin (D-WV), Nay


Wisconsin:
Baldwin (D-WI), Yea
Johnson (R-WI), Yea


Wyoming:
Barrasso (R-WY), Yea
Enzi (R-WY), Nay

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[Perianne]

H R 2029 YEA-AND-NAY 18-Dec-2015 9:49 AM
QUESTION: On Concurring in Senate Amdt with Amdt Specified in Section 3(a) of H.Res. 566
BILL TITLE: Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes

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Yeas (http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll705.xml#Y)
Nays (http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll705.xml#N)
PRES
NV (http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll705.xml#NV)


Republican
150
95

1


Democratic
166
18

4


Independent






TOTALS
316
113

5

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<center>---- YEAS 316 ---</center>

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Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allen
Ashford
Barr
Barton
Bass
Beatty
Benishek
Bera
Beyer
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Bost
Boustany
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Burgess
Bustos
Butterfield
Calvert
Capps
Capuano
Cárdenas
Carson (IN)
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman
Cohen
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Cooper
Costa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Cramer
Crenshaw
Crowley
Culberson
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Dold
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Duffy
Edwards
Ellmers (NC)
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fattah
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flores
Foster
Foxx
Frankel (FL)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Garamendi

Gibson
Graham
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grothman
Guthrie
Hahn
Hanna
Harper
Hartzler
Hastings
Heck (WA)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Hill
Himes
Hinojosa
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Huizenga (MI)
Hurd (TX)
Israel
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
Jolly
Joyce
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (MS)
Kilmer
Kind
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kline
Knight
Kuster
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Loudermilk
Love
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Luján, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Matsui
McCarthy
McCaul
McCollum
McGovern
McHenry
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
McSally
Meeks
Meng
Messer
Mica
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Moore
Moulton
Mullin
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Noem
Nolan
Norcross
Nugent
Nunes
O'Rourke
Olson
Palazzo
Pallone
Pascrell

Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Price (NC)
Price, Tom
Quigley
Rangel
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (NY)
Rice (SC)
Richmond
Rigell
Rogers (KY)
Rokita
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rouzer
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Russell
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Sánchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Shimkus
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
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
Weber (TX)
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Womack
Woodall
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (AK)
Zeldin
Zinke


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<center>---- NAYS 113 ---</center>

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Abraham
Amash
Amodei
Babin
Barletta
Becerra
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Buck
Byrne
Carney
Clawson (FL)
Crawford
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Doggett
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellison
Emmer (MN)
Farenthold
Fleming
Forbes
Fortenberry
Franks (AZ)
Gallego
Garrett
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Graves (LA)
Griffith

Grijalva
Guinta
Gutiérrez
Hardy
Harris
Heck (NV)
Hice, Jody B.
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt (VA)
Jenkins (KS)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
Lieu, Ted
Lofgren
Long
Lummis
Marino
Massie
McClintock
McDermott
McKinley
Meadows
Meehan
Miller (FL)

Mooney (WV)
Mulvaney
Palmer
Perry
Pocan
Polis
Pompeo
Posey
Ratcliffe
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rohrabacher
Rothfus
Salmon
Sanford
Schrader
Schweikert
Shuster
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Stutzman
Takano
Thompson (MS)
Tipton
Walker
Waters, Maxine
Webster (FL)
Welch
Westerman
Whitfield
Williams
Wittman
Yoho
Young (IA)
Young (IN)


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<center>---- NOT VOTING 5 ---</center>

[fj1200]

Peri: The House of Representatives controls the spending.

The House doesn't control spending. POTUS submits a budget request to Congress.

[Gunny]

The House doesn't control spending. POTUS submits a budget request to Congress.

To the House.