Rick Scott On The Record

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Rick Scott On The Record

Senator (R), Florida
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Rick Scott voted NO on SCRes5 [bad vote] - A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth the appropriate budge... We support Senator Paul's substitute amendment. Runaway, deficit-laden federal spending, most of which is unconstitutional, must be brought under control, and Paul’s proposal would have been a step in the right direction.

Rick Scott voted YES on HR1799 [bad vote] - Paycheck Protection Program Extension - We oppose. The Constitution does not authorize the federal government to bail out or lend funds to business.

Rick Scott voted YES on TD 116-1 [bad vote] - Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of the Republic of North Macedonia Oppose. The United States should stay out of entangling alliances like NATO. Also, the NATO provision that obligates the United States to go to war if any NATO member is attacked undermines the U.S. Constitution’s assignment to Congress the power to declare war.

Rick Scott voted YES on HR1158 [bad vote] - Omnibus Appropriations I - Oppose. Many programs within this defense-related minibus are unconstitutional. This bill also is fiscally irresponsible, considering the $26 trillion national debt and projected $3.8 trillion budget deficit.

Rick Scott voted YES on HR5430 [bad vote] - USMCA - Oppose. Congress is not authorized by the Constitution to surrender our national sovereignty to any transnational regional government, including the nascent North American Union.

Rick Scott voted NO on SJRes68 [bad vote] - War Powers - Support. According to the U.S. Constitution, only Congress may declare war. It is unfortunate that Congress has to pass a resolution enforcing this, but doing so puts a check on the war powers assumed by recent presidents.

Rick Scott voted YES on HR748 [bad vote] - $3.2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus - Oppose. Nowhere in the Constitution is Congress authorized to bail out businesses, industries, and people.

Rick Scott voted YES on HR6172 [bad vote] - FISA - We oppose. While many of the proposed FISA modifications positive from a freedom and privacy standpoint, Congress should have instead voted to not reauthorize the FISA and let it expire. Despite the program’s title, the act permits surveillance of Americans who are not charged with any crime.

Rick Scott voted YES on S4049 07/01/2020 [bad vote] - Defense Bill - We oppose the Senate's decision to table Senator Paul's amendment. It is long past time to bring the troops home. The AUMF that the amendment would repeal has been used broadly by presidents to send troops into foreign conflicts, despite the fact that under the Constitution only Congress may declare war.

Rick Scott voted YES on S4049 07/21/2020 [bad voted] - Defense Bill - Nowhere in the Constitution is the federal government authorized to subsidize private businesses. If such subsidies are allowed, then any business could potentially be subsidized at the expense of any other, with the government essentially picking winners and losers in the marketplace, causing great economic distortion.

Rick Scott voted YES on S47 [bad voted] - Public Lands - The Constitution does not authorize Congress to purchase private property except “all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings.”

Rick Scott voted YES on HJRes31 [bad vote] - Consolidated Appropriations - Most of the bill’s spending programs are unconstitutional and unacceptably expand our debt and deficit.

Rick Scott voted NO on SJRes7 [bad vote] - Yemen - We support - Congress has the power to declare war, and it has not authorized any intervention or war in Yemen. Nor should Congress do so since the civil war in Yemen does not threaten the U.S.

Rick Scott voted YES on HR2157 [bad vote] - Disaster Supplemental Appropriations - The federal government has no constitutional authority to rebuild areas stricken by natural disasters. Such activity should be undertaken by private companies and charities first, and, as a last resort, handled by local or state governments. Disasters would arguably be handled more effectively this way compared to the feds.

Rick Scott voted YES on HR3401 06/26/2019 [bad vote] - Supplemental Border Appropriations - We support Senator Rand Paul’s amendment and oppose the Senate’s vote to kill it. Nowhere in the Constitution is Congress authorized to fund the foreign aid funding that Paul sought to eliminate, and which had nothing to do with border appropriations. These types of programs should be handled privately, not with U.S. taxpayers’ money.

Rick Scott voted NO on HR4378 [bad vote] - Spending Cut / Short-term Appropriations - We support Senator Rand Paul’s amendment to the bill. Most of the bill’s spending falls outside the scope of constitutionally authorized federal powers. Also, the federal government must reduce its spending and debt to avert future fiscal disaster. Although 2% might seem small, modest cuts are still better than none at all.



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