Day: June 2, 2023

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How Congress Voted on the Fiscal Responsibility Act

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State Aye – D No – D Aye – R No – R Aye No Total
Alabama 1 0 3 3 4 3 7
Alaska 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Arizona 2 1 2 4 4 5 9
Arkansas 0 0 4 0 4 0 4
California 29 11 12 0 41 11 52
Colorado 5 0 1 1 6 1 7
Connecticut 2 3 0 0 2 3 5
Delaware 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Florida 7 1 10 10 17 11 28
Georgia 4 1 6 3 10 4 14
Hawaii 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
Idaho 0 0 1 1 1 1 2
Illinois 11 3 0 3 11 6 17
Indiana 2 0 5 1 7 1 8
Iowa 0 0 4 0 4 0 4
Kansas 1 0 2 1 3 1 4
Kentucky 1 0 5 0 6 0 6
Louisiana 1 0 4 1 5 1 6
Maine 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
Maryland 7 0 0 1 7 1 8
Massachusetts 7 2 0 0 7 2 9
Michigan 6 1 6 0 12 1 13
Minnesota 3 0 2 2 5 2 7
Mississippi 1 0 2 1 3 1 4
Missouri 1 1 4 2 5 3 8
Montana 0 0 0 2 0 2 2
Nebraska 0 0 3 0 3 0 3
Nevada 3 0 1 0 4 0 4
New Hampshire 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
New Jersey 9 0 2 1 11 1 12
New Mexico 2 1 0 0 2 1 3
New York 6 9 10 1 16 10 26
North Carolina 6 0 6 1 12 1 13
North Dakota 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
Ohio 5 0 10 0 15 0 15
Oklahoma 0 0 3 2 3 2 5
Oregon 2 2 2 0 4 2 6
Pennsylvania 8 1 7 1 15 2 17
Rhode Island 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
South Carolina 1 0 2 4 3 4 7
South Dakota 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
Tennessee 1 0 3 5 4 5 9
Texas 9 4 11 14 20 18 38
Utah 0 0 4 0 4 0 4
Vermont 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Virginia 4 2 2 3 6 5 11
Washington 7 1 2 0 9 1 10
West Virginia 0 0 1 1 1 1 2
Wisconsin 0 2 5 1 5 3 8
Wyoming 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Andy Arthur, 6/2/23

Notes: Does not include members who did not vote/abstain. Party is based on caucus that member participates in, not their enrolled party.

D – Aye D – No R – Aye R – No
Smallest Area District
49 29 5 3
Small Area District
56 8 12 9
Medium Area District
32 3 33 18
Large Area District
14 1 54 17
Largest Area District
13 4 45 24
Andy Arthur, 6/2/23

Very urban and very rural Congressional districts (as estimated by physical size of districts) were the most likely to vote against the Fiscal Responsibility Act. Probably because the most extreme members of Congress are from very urban and very rural areas. Suburban moderates probably have more concerns about losing in an general election then a primary.

Cornfields make good neighbors. 🌽

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If you want to live out in the country as I do eventually, I wouldn’t mind having a corn field or another farm field as a neighbor rather then a residential property. Great place to spot deer and wildlife, except for when a farmer is working the land, it is vacant and quiet. Sure, at times of year when manure and anhydrous ammonium is applied, it can be smelly, but cornfields don’t complain and aren’t bothered about what goes on your own land. Sometimes farmers work late into the night in fields, but it’s not an all year thing.

A cornfield ain’t going to complain about the smoke from your woodstove, your burn barrel or bonfire, they won’t care if you listen to music too loud, they don’t care if you leave a light on out back or make some noise when you have friends over. Cornfields don’t care about smelly livestock or your compost pile or your garden or your barking dog. Yes, you must respect private property, fence in your pigs and goats, and be fire safe, but the farmer just wants to grow his crop to feed his livestock, and if you leave him alone, he unlikely to bother you — and he probably does much on his land which you do on your own.