Rob Portman
F
48%
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117th Congress
U.S. Congress: Senate
Score: 60
Omnibus 2023 Spending
Spends $1.7 trillion on multiple unconstitutional programs and agencies.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Annual cost per household: -$13,328.00
Marriage
Repeals the Defense of Marriage Act and codifies the "right" to marry regardless of sexual orientation.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Terminate Covid-19 National Emergency
It is unconstitutional to suspend the U.S. Constitution by declaring national public health emergencies.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
Vote Cast: Yes
Hydrofluorocarbons Reduction
Ratifies the Kigali Amendment to the 1987 Montreal Protocol, requiring the U.S. to increase regulations.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Inflation Reduction Act
Spends at least $512 billion on multiple unconstitutional and left-wing programs and initiatives.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: No
Annual cost per household: -$4,014.00
Targeting Parents as Domestic Terrorists
Congress should ensure that executive branch officials do not abridge parents' freedom of speech or their right to peaceably assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances, which is protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
Vote Cast: Yes
Expanding NATO
NATO is based on the principle of collective security, as opposed to each country acting in its own best interests. Under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, "The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them … shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them … will assist the Party or Parties so attacked." The expansion of this entangling military alliance, which was comprised of just 12 members at the time of its founding, increases the likelihood of the United States being drawn into a military conflict.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Declaration of War
Under the U.S. Constitution, only the Congress may declare war.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
Vote Cast: No
Foreign Aid
Would offset the cost of S. 3373 by prohibiting USAID from distributing foreign-aid funds, other than to Israel, for 10 years.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
Vote Cast: No
Annual benefit per household: +$54.00
Semiconductor Incentives
Spends $54.2 billion on multiple unconstitutional research, development, and manufacturing programs, and authorizes an additional $168.7 billion in spending.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Annual cost per household: -$425.00
Gun Control
Implements new federal gun controls and mental-health programs.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Annual cost per household: -$36.00
Covid Aid
Unconstitutionally spends $48 billion in grants to small businesses harmed by government Covid restrictions.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: No
Annual cost per household: -$379.00
Ukraine Aid
Unconstitutionally spends $40.1 billion in aid to Ukraine.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Annual cost per household: -$316.00
Abortion
Roe v. Wade was deemed unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2022, giving states the power to determine how they handle abortions. There is no constitutional provision granting a right to abortion. Many of our healthcare providers are subsidized by taxpayers, and government should not subsidize the killing of innocent human life.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: No
Ketanji Brown Jackson Nomination
Jackson is supportive of unconstitutional actions and clearly supports the woke agenda.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: No
Transportation Mask Mandates
The CDC rule requiring persons to wear masks while on planes, trains, and buses is unconstitutional based on the 10th Amendment.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
Vote Cast: Yes
Omnibus Appropriations
Spends $1.5 trillion on multiple unconstitutional programs and agencies.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Annual cost per household: -$11,830.00
Vaccine Mandates
Would "prohibit funding for COVID-19 vaccine mandates."
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Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
Vote Cast: Yes
Federalizing Voting
Not only does this bill undermine election integrity, but it infringes upon federalism and state sovereignty as established under the Constitution and its 10th Amendment.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: No
Annual cost per household: -$26.00
Debt Limit Increase
Allowed the the Senate to pass a $2.5 trillion debt-limit increase, bypassing the filibuster and other normal obstacles to passage.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Annual cost per household: -$19,716.00
COVID Vaccine Mandates
The Constitution does not grant the power to any branch of the federal government to force citizens to submit to vaccinations.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
Vote Cast: Yes
Voting Rights
Among other radical changes, gives the U.S. Department of Justice the power to unilaterally approve or reject any state election-law changes.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: No
Federalizing Voting
Implements a sweeping federalization of American elections. Mandates nationwide Internet, automatic, and same-day voter registration, and mail-in voting.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: No
Budget Resolution
Sets budgetary levels to guide Congress in crafting, and is a necessary first step for the then-$3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: No
Annual cost per household: -$27,603.00
Police
Unconstitutionally funds the hiring of 100,000 new local police officers nationwide with federal money.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Critical Race Theory
Nowhere in the Constitution is Congress authorized to allocate federal funding for education or to promote any particular curriculum in schools. Furthermore, critical Race Theory (CRT) is a radical and divisive theory that forces students to see and acknowledge others primarily by their skin color and racial ancestry, rather than by individual merits. CRT is part of the broader Marxist-inspired "Black Lives Matter" agenda and has its roots in Marxist "Critical Theory" originating from the Frankfurt School and Fabian Socialists. The federal government has no business promoting this extremist, anti-American agenda in our children's schools.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
Vote Cast: Yes
Balancing the Budget
Would reduce federal spending by over $500 billion and eliminate the deficit by fiscal 2026.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
Vote Cast: Yes
Annual benefit per household: +$3,981.00
Abortion
There is no constitutional provision granting a right to abortion, Roe v. Wade notwithstanding; and pro-life taxpayers should not be forced to fund a lethal practice that violates their deeply held religious convictions.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
Vote Cast: Yes
Fracking
The federal government should not interfere with energy exploration. Regulation of various industries, such as energy, is not one of the federal government's enumerated powers under the Constitution. Allowing the United States to fully utilize its energy resources would make the country more self-sufficient and potentially create millions of jobs.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
Vote Cast: Yes
Infrastructure
Spends $1.2 trillion on wasteful projects and socialized programs.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Annual cost per household: -$9,091.00
Federalizing Voting
Would implement a sweeping federalization of American elections with provisions that would severely damage election integrity, including nationwide Internet, automatic, and same-day voter registration, mail-in voting, and early voting.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: No
Research and Development Package
Unconstitutionally authorizes $250 billion over five years for federal funding of research and development programs.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Annual cost per household: -$1,894.00
Embryonic Research Restriction
Would have banned taxpayer funds in S. 1260 from going to research that destroys or creates human embryos.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
Vote Cast: Yes
National Monument Water Rights
Would have limited the federal government's unconstitutional authority to reserve water rights when designating a national monument.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
Vote Cast: Yes
Paycheck Protection Program Extension
Extends the Treasury Department's Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) from March 31 to June 30, 2021 despite no constitutional authorization.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Annual cost per household: -$114.00
Coronavirus Appropriations
Spends $1.9 trillion on unconstitutional programs in the name of coronavirus relief.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: No
Annual cost per household: -$14,106.00
Trump Impeachment
The Senate may not constitutionally convict a private citizen, and Trump did not commit any crime.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: No
Enforce DHS Asylum Policies
Would allow for legislation enforcing the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy that requires illegal migrants attempting to gain asylum in the U.S. to wait in Mexico.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
Vote Cast: Yes
Deficit Reduction
Would reduce federal spending by $67.4 billion in fiscal 2022 alone, and by a total of $7.2 trillion over 10 years.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
Vote Cast: No
Annual benefit per household: +$511.00
Trump Impeachment (On the Motion to Table)
Paul's point is constitutionally unassailable. The Constitution states, "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." Yet as of January 20, when Joe Biden was sworn in as president, Trump was a private citizen to whom the impeachment power does not apply.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: No
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