TPA Presents the Sequester Flip-Floppers of 2013

The Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) announces the Sequester Flip Floppers of 2013. Below is a list of members of Congress who voted for the Budget Control Act of 2011, which contained the path to sequestration. Now, they have effectively voted to alter sequestration and break the spending caps by voting for the Murray/Ryan Budget. Sequestration wasn’t the best or smartest way to cut spending but it had to be done. The dire warnings about furloughs and economic catastrophe never came true with the Department of Defense cutting furloughs back from 22 days to 6 days. The recent jobs number of 7 percent unemployment and revised GDP growth upwards in the third quarter shows that the economy was able to absorb the cuts. And, let’s not forget, it was Congress’ vote on the BCA and their failure to pass specific budget cuts that led us to the sequester in the first place. Further continuation of the sequester is a small step toward fiscal responsibility and any move that alters or eliminates the caps is a precursor to a larger disappointment on spending cuts down the road. Making any changes to the sequester that break spending caps puts taxpayers at greater risk and those who voted for the sequester and are now voting to alter the sequester have made it into TPA’s Flip Flopping Hall of Shame. It is important to note that both Democrats and Republicans Flip Flopped:

Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.)

Robert Andrews (D-N.J.)

Spencer Bachus III (R-Ala.)

Lou Barletta (R-Pa.)

John Barrow (D-Ga.)

Dan Benishek (R-Mich.)

Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.)

Timothy Bishop (D-N.Y.)

Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

John Boehner (R-Ohio)

Charles Boustany Jr. (R-La.)

Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

Robert Brady (D-Pa.)

Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)

Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.)

Ken Calvert (R-Calif.)

Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

John Campbell III (R-Calif.)

Eric Cantor (R-Va.)

Shelley Capito (R-W.Va.)

Lois Capps (D-Calif.)

John Carney (D-Del.)

John Carter (R-Texas)

Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

Kathy Castor (D-Fla.)

William Lacy Clay Jr. (D-Mo.)

James Clyburn (D-S.C.)

Howard Coble (R-N.C.)

Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

Michael Conaway (R-Texas)

Gerald Connolly (D-Va.)

Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.)

Jim Costa (D-Calif.)

Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.)

Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

John Culberson (R-Texas)

Susan Davis (D-Calif.)

Jeff Denham (R-Calif.)

Charles Dent (R-Pa.)

Theodore Deutch (D-Fla.)

Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.)

John Dingell (D-Mich.)

Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)

Sean Duffy (R-Wis.)

Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.)

Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.)

Blake Farenthold (R-Texas)

Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.)

Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.)

Michael Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.)

Bill Flores (R-Texas)

Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.)

Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.)

Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.)

John Garamendi (D-Calif.)

Cory Gardner (R-Colo.)

Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio)

Christopher Gibson (R-N.Y.)

Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.)

Kay Granger (R-Texas)

Sam Graves (R-Mo.)

Gene Green (D-Texas)

Tim Griffin (R-Ark.)

Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.)

Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.)

Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.)

Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.)

Gregg Harper (R-Miss.)

Doc Hastings (R-Wash.)

Jeb Hensarling R-Texas)

Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.)

Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.)

James Himes (D-Conn.)

Rubin Hinojosa (D-Texas)

Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.)

Robert Hurt (R-Va.)

Steve Israel (D-N.Y.)

Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)

Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.)

Henry Johnson Jr. (D-Ga.)

Bill Johnson (R-Ohio)

Eddie Johnson (D-Texas)

William Keating (D-Mass.)

Mike Kelly (R-Pa.)

Dale Kildee (D-Mich.)

Ron Kind (D-Wis.)

Peter King (R-N.Y.)

Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.)

John Kline (R-Minn.)

Leonard Lance (R-N.J.)

James Langevin (D-R.I.)

James Lankford (R-Okla.)

Rick Larsen (D-Wash.)

Robert Latta (R-Ohio)

Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.)

Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.)

Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.)

Frank Lucas (R-Okla.)

Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.)

Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.)

Tom Marino (R-Pa.)

Jim Matheson (D-Utah)

Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)

Michael McCaul (R-Texas)

Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.)

Howard McKeon (R-Calif.)

Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

Patrick Meehan (R-Pa.)

Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.)

John Mica (R-Fla.)

Michael Michaud (D-Maine)

Candice Miller (R-Mich.)

Gary Miller (R-Calif.)

Jeff Miller (R-Fla.)

Tim Murphy (R-Pa.)

Kristi Noem (R-S.D.)

Alan Nunnelee (R-Miss.)

William Owens (D-N.Y.)

Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.)

Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.)

Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.)

Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)

Ed Perlmutter (D-Col.)

Collin Peterson (D-Minn.)

Thomas Petri (R-Wis.)

Joseph Pitts (R-Pa.)

Jared Polis (D-Col.)

Tom Price (R-Ga.)

Mike Quigley (D-Ill.)

Nick Rahall II (D-W.V.)

Tom Reed II (R-N.Y.)

David Reichert (R-Wash.)

James Renacci (R-Ohio)

Reid Ribble (R-Wis.)

Scott Rigell (R-Va.)

Phil Roe (R-Tenn.)

Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

Mike Rogers (R-Ala.)

Mike Rogers (R-Mich.)

Thomas Rooney (R-Fla.)

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.)

Peter Roskam (R-Ill.)

Edward Royce (R-Calif.)

Jon Runyan (R-N.J.)

A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.)

Paul Ryan (R-Wis.)

Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)

Aaron Schock (R-Ill.)

Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.)

David Scott (D-Ga.)

James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.)

Pete Sessions (R-Texas)

Terri Sewell (D-Ala.)

Brad Sherman (D-Calif.)

John Shimkus (R-Ill.)

Bill Shuster (R-Pa.)

Michael Simpson (R-Idaho)

Albio Sires (D-N.J.)

Christopher Smith (R-N.J.)

Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)

Steve Stivers (R-Ohio)

Lee Terry (R-Neb.)

Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.)

Mac Thornberry (R-Texas)

Patrick Tiberi (R-Ohio)

Niki Tsongas (D-Mass.)

Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

Chris Van Hollen Jr. (D-Md.)

Tim Walberg (R-Mich.)

Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

Timothy Walz (D-Minn.)

Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.)

Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.)

Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.)

Robert Wittman (R-Va.)

Frank Wolf (R-Va.)

Steve Womack (R-Calif.)

Rob Woodall (R-Ga.)

Don Young (R-Alaska)

Todd Young (R-Ind.)