Paul Ryan's Fiscal Irresponsibility
Agriculture
- Voted in favor of the 2002 Farm Bill containing subsides. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2002/roll123.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of the agriculture standalone version Farm Bill in 2013, which created new subsidy programs and made them permanent law. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll353.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of the final $940 billion Farm Bill in 2014, which failed to reform food stamps or agriculture programs in a meaningful way. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll031.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
Bailouts
- Voted in favor of the $831 billion Economic Stimulus Act in early 2008. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll042.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of the first TARP Wall Street bank bailout in 2008. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll674.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of the second, $700 billion TARP Wall Street bank bailout in 2008. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll681.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of the 2008 $14 billion auto industry bailout. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll690.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
Budget & Spending
- Voted in favor of a 2005 transportation bill that broke the budget agreement by $11 billion. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll065.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted against banning taxpayer dollars from being expended to renovate or expand UN Headquarters anywhere in the United States in 2006. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2006/roll342.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted against a 2009 amendment replacing the federal budget with the RSC budget alternative, which contained more spending cuts. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll189.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of a short-term “Do Nothing” continuing resolution in 2011. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll179.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted against a 2011 amendment replacing the Ryan budget with the RSC budget alternative, which contained more spending cuts. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll275.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of the 2011 debt ceiling deal, which increased the debt by $2.4 trillion – the largest increase in American history that undermined GOP unity behind a balanced budget. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll690.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of a continuing resolution that violated the agreed upon Ryan Budget levels by $24 billion in 2011. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll719.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of a senate amended continuing resolution that violated the agreed upon Ryan Budget levels by $24 billion in 2011. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll745.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted against a 2012 amendment replacing the Ryan budget with the RSC budget alternative, which contained more spending cuts. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll149.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of T-HUD appropriations in 2012, increasing funds for Amtrak, the Essential Air Service, community development block grants, and other wasteful spending. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll450.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted against a 2012 amendment cutting $1.07 billion from the underlying DoD appropriations bill. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll495.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted against a 2013 amendment replacing the Ryan budget with the RSC budget alternative, which contained more spending cuts. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll086.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of the Ryan/Murray budget deal in 2013 that increased spending. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll640.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of the omnibus spending bill following the government shutdown in 2014. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll021.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted against a 2014 amendment replacing the Ryan budget with the RSC budget alternative, which contained more spending cuts. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll175.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of a $125 million program to monitor “critical minerals” used in private manufacturing in 2014. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll435.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
Civil Liberties
- Voted in favor of a five year extension of the FISA Amendments Act in 2012. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll569.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act in 2013. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll055.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in 2013. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll117.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted against a 2013 amendment preventing the NSA from blanket metadata collection on Americans without authorization. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll412.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
Debt Ceiling
- Voted in favor of increasing the debt ceiling in 2002. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2002/roll279.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of increasing the debt ceiling in 2003. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2003/roll141.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of increasing the debt ceiling in 2004. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2004/roll536.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of increasing the debt ceiling in 2005. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll149.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of TARP in 2008 which included an increase in the debt ceiling. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll681.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of the 2011 debt ceiling deal, which increased the debt by $2.4 trillion – the largest increase in American history that undermined GOP unity behind a balanced budget. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll690.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of increasing the debt ceiling in January of 2013. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll030.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
Earmarks
- Voted in favor of overriding President Bush’s 2007 veto of a Water Resources Development bill, which included 900+ earmarks. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll1040.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
Education
- Voted in favor of No Child Left Behind in 2001. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2001/roll497.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of extending student loan interest rates for undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans in 2012. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll195.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of maintaining federal subsidies for student loans in 2013. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll426.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
Energy & Environment
- Voted in favor of a 2007 amendment forcing electric utilities to produce 20 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2020. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll827.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted against a 2013 amendment eliminating $1.544 billion from funding for energy R&D programs. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll319.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of creating a grant program incentivizing green energy building codes. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll098.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
Foreign Policy & Defense
- Voted in favor of a $100 billion bailout of the International Monetary Fund in 2009. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll265.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
Free Market
- Voted in favor of patent reform in 2011. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll491.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted against a 2011 amendment eliminating the federally subsidized flood insurance program. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll560.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
Healthcare
- Voted in favor of Medicare Part D in 2003. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2003/roll332.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of the Miller-Sanders Veterans Bill in 2014, which created a new entitlement set to cost $500 billion over the next decade. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll467.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
Immigration
- Voted in favor of allowing illegal immigrants to remain in the U.S. without legal residency in 2002. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2002/roll053.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted against penalizing cities that give sanctuary to illegal aliens in 2004. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2004/roll270.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted against a 2005 amendment punishing state and local governments that don't share information with federal immigration authorities by withholding funding. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll177.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted against a 2005 amendment punishing sanctuary cities that are uncooperative with federal immigration agents by withholding funding. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll262.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted against a 2005 amendment bolstering the relationship between state and local law enforcement in working to crack down on illegal immigration. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll656.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted against a 2005 amendment mandating comprehensive interior enforcement to help remove illegal immigrants. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll659.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
Judiciary
- Voted in favor of eliminating confirmation for 200 presidential appointees in 2012, which would reduce oversight of the Executive Branch. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll537.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
Labor
- Voted against a 2007 amendment limiting the Davis-Bacon union wage subsidy rule. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll488.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted against a 2008 amendment limiting the Davis-Bacon union wage subsidy rule. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll015.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted against a 2009 amendment limiting the Davis-Bacon union wage subsidy rule. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll122.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted against a 2011 amendment striking funding for the National Labor Relations Board. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll075.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted against a 2011 amendment preventing projects in the 2011 budget from complying with the Davis-Bacon wage subsidy rule. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll144.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted against a 2012 amendment limiting the Davis-Bacon union wage subsidy rule. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll338.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
Second Amendment
- Voted in favor of a 1999 amendment expanding background checks to gun shows. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/1999/roll234.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted against a 1999 amendment repealing a DC law that prohibits residents from possessing firearms. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/1999/roll240.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
Taxes
- Voted against the conservative substitute budget for FY 2001 that would have cut more non-discretionary spending and had $270 billion in tax cuts in 2000. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2000/roll073.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of a $284 billion transportation bill in 2005 that raised taxes. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll453.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of the $630 billion “fiscal cliff” tax increase, which also increased spending by $230 billion. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll659.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
Trade
- Voted in favor of extending Trade Adjustment Assistance in 2011, a program that disrupts market price systems. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll784.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of applying countervailing duty provisions of the Tariff Act to nonmarket economy countries in 2012. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll096.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
Transportation
- Voted in favor of the SAFETEA-LU highway spending bill in 2005, which contained $24 billion in earmarks. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll453.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of a highway spending bill that exceeded revenue from the gas tax in 2012. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll451.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of a $10.8 billion Highway Trust Fund bailout in 2014 that offset spending via revenue raisers, budget gimmicks, and budget transfers. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll414.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
Welfare
- Voted in favor of extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks in 2008. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll683.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
- Voted in favor of extending unemployment benefits to 73 weeks in 2009. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll722.xml#sthash.z4gzUErn.dpuf
