Mike Carey

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 13, 1971 in Sabina, OH

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Key House Vote Data for Mike Carey in 2021

Date	Subject	Result	Conserv. Position	Carey Voted
2021-11-05	Authorizing Countless Wasteful Spending Initiatives via the $1 Trillion "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act" [HR3684]	Agreed To (228-206)
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act contains over $1 trillion dollars in spending, with only a small fraction of the funds directed to actual infrastructure such as roads and bridges. Instead, the bill contains funding for an endless list of liberal priorities such as electric vehicles, green energy and special programs to benefit labor unions. The bill also contains countless new costly regulations (such as automatic emergency braking systems for new vehicles) and various other protectionist mandates. ACU opposes this grab bag of wasteful spending to benefit special interests under the guise of improving the nation's roadways. (Members of "The Squad" who opposed the bill for not including even greater spending were recorded as opposing the ACU position.)
2021-11-19	Advancing $1.8 Trillion in New Social Spending via the "Build Back Better Act" [HR5376]	Passed (220-213)
The so-called "Build Back Better" Act is nearly 2,500 pages long and contains nearly every leftist priority ranging from subsidies for renewable energy to government-provided pre-K and childcare to a new federal paid leave program. The bill, which is a signature priority for the Biden administration, costs $1.8 trillion and includes numerous tax hikes on corporations and individuals. ACU opposes destroying economic growth and further growing the nation's $30 trillion national debt.
2021-11-30	Advancing a $400 Million Government Vaccine Tracking System via the "Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act" [HR550]	Agreed To (294-130)
The Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021, sponsored by Rep. Kuster (D-NH), serves as a slippery slope to a creeping Federal Vaccine Database. The bill authorizes $400 million to fund a "confidential" population-based, computerized database that records immunization doses administered by any health care provider to persons within the geographic area covered by that database. ACU supports strong privacy rights and opposes the surveillance state and government tracking of vaccination status which may be used to infringe individual liberties.
2021-12-07	Raising the Debt Limit and Fueling Run-Away Spending via the "Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act" [S610]	Passed (222-212)
The so-called Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act further fuels Congress' spending free-for-all by bypassing the filibuster and permitting the debt limit to be raised with only 51 votes in the Senate. Additionally, the bill once again overrides the sequester spending cuts applied to Medicare by preventing a 4% statutory cut through 2023 and delaying the other 2% cut through March 31, 2022. ACU believes the tea-party era sequester serves as one of the last hopes for fiscal responsibility and opposes Congress' continual action of "kicking the can down the road" at a time when the national debt is set to exceed $30 trillion.
2021-12-08	Expanding Government Bureaucracy via the "Oral Health Literacy and Awareness Act" [HR4555]	Agreed To (369-58)
The Oral Health Literacy and Awareness Act of 2021, sponsored by Rep. Cardenas (D-CA), further grows the role of government by expanding the Public Health Service Act to include "oral health literacy and awareness" in public education campaigns. There are countless initiatives already being conducted at the state and local levels surrounding oral health, and ACU believes the private sector and charitable organizations are best equipped to solve these issues.

Represents a "Yes" vote.   Represents a "No" vote.   Indicates that this member voted against the conservative position on a particular vote. "No vote" means that this member did not cast a vote (or voted 'Present' instead of Yes or No).