Key Vote Alert – NO on CASH Act
“NO” on H.R. 9047, The “CASH” Act
Club for Growth opposes H.R. 9047, the Caring for Americans with Supplemental Help Act, also known as the “CASH Act” and urges all Representatives and Senators to vote no on the legislation. The legislation is expected to be considered in the House under a suspension of the rules, and could also be considered soon in the Senate. The result of the vote will be included in the Club for Growth Foundation’s 2020 Congressional Scorecard.
This legislation amends the 2020 Christmas Wish-List COVID Relief and Omnibus appropriations bill in order to increase the dollar amount of direct payments to some Americans. This bill would amend the direct payments from the 2020 COVID Relief/Omnibus from $600 per adult and $600 for each dependent to $2,000 for each adult and dependent, immensely increasing the cost of the direct payment provision. The authors of the legislation also purposefully ignore all deficit impacts of this legislation by including a waiver of statutory PAYGO requirements and refusing to cut other spending and handouts to the bureaucracy, special interests, and foreign countries. Although analysis on the budgetary impacts of this legislation is not available from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) based on previous cost-estimates on direct payments to roughly the same number of Americans, this legislation would add hundreds of billions of dollars to the deficit.
This bill continues to adhere to the Left’s socialist vision of class warfare because the direct payment is not available to all Americans. This legislation would continue the phase out to provisions for individuals from $75,000 to $100,000 – meaning if you are an individual with an income above $100,000 you would receive zero dollars in the direct payment. For joint tax filers, the direct payment phases out from $150,000 to $200,000. Moreover, you do not need to be a federal taxpayer in order to receive the direct payment. Therefore, these direct payments are essentially welfare payments to most Americans, many of which may not have suffered financially during the COVID pandemic. While some proponents of the bill argue that the direct payment goes to Americans that are in need, there is no standard within the legislation to determine whether recipients are actually in a need-based category. Even worse, many Congressional proponents of this legislation have announced their intention to increase federal taxes on the American people in 2021 by repealing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).
Generally, returning more taxpayer dollars to the American people is as a good thing, but this bill does not accomplish the endeavor of decreasing taxation on the American people. Instead, this bill increases federal spending in the form of rebates and cash payments. And while this legislation could have inflationary impact on the dollar, such analysis is not available to the public or the Members of Congress voting on the bill. As with all spending increases, this bill increases the future tax burden of the American people by adding to the unsustainable levels of debt that has been incurred by irresponsible federal lawmakers in recent years. Too often, politicians look to provide government handouts in order to gain favor with constituents. This bill is no exception. But as Milton Friedman would say, “there’s no such thing as a free lunch.” The supply of money is limited and when government prints money, it decreases the value of currency and further stifles the ability of low and middle-income Americans to accumulate wealth and prosperity due to inflation.
While some Members of Congress argue that government has “taken” from the American people through lockdowns and stay-at-home orders, these directives have been issued at the state and local levels of government. The best way to improve prosperity and wealth in America is to safely reopen as much of the U.S. economy as fast as possible and enact economic policies that increase productivity, boost wages, and add new jobs to the economy.
Club for Growth Foundation’s Congressional Scorecard for the 116th Congress provides a comprehensive rating of how well or how poorly each member of Congress supports pro-growth, free-market policies and will be distributed to the public.
Vote Results
Club Position
No
Required for Majority
1/2
Vote Results
Passed
Vote Number
252
Vote Date
December 28, 2020
Vote Counts
YEAs:
275
NAYs:
134
Not Voting:
21
Ralph Abraham
LA
R
Abs
Alma Adams
NC
D
Yea
Robert Aderholt
AL
R
Yea
Pete Aguilar
CA
D
Yea
Rick Allen
GA
R
Nay
Colin Allred
TX
D
Yea
Justin Amash
MI
I
Nay
Mark Amodei
NV
R
Nay
Kelly Armstrong
ND
R
Nay
Jodey Arrington
TX
R
Nay
Cindy Axne
IA
D
Yea
Brian Babin
TX
R
Nay
Don Bacon
NE
R
Nay
James Baird
IN
R
Yea
Troy Balderson
OH
R
Nay
Jim Banks
IN
R
Nay
Andy Barr
KY
R
Abs
Nanette Barragan
CA
D
Yea
Karen Bass
CA
D
Yea
Joyce Beatty
OH
D
Yea
Ami Bera
CA
D
Yea
Jack Bergman
MI
R
Yea
Don Beyer
VA
D
Yea
Andy Biggs
AZ
R
Nay
Gus Bilirakis
FL
R
Abs
Dan Bishop
NC
R
Nay
Sanford Bishop
GA
D
Yea
Rob Bishop
UT
R
Abs
Earl Blumenauer
OR
D
Yea
Suzanne Bonamici
OR
D
Yea
Mike Bost
IL
R
Nay
Brendan Boyle
PA
D
Yea
Kevin Brady
TX
R
Nay
Anthony Brindisi
NY
D
Yea
Susan Brooks
IN
R
Yea
Mo Brooks
AL
R
Nay
Anthony Brown
MD
D
Yea
Julia Brownley
CA
D
Yea
Vern Buchanan
FL
R
Nay
Ken Buck
CO
R
Nay
Larry Bucshon
IN
R
Nay
Ted Budd
NC
R
Nay
Tim Burchett
TN
R
Nay
Michael Burgess
TX
R
Yea
Cheri Bustos
IL
D
Yea
G.K. Butterfield
NC
D
Yea
Bradley Byrne
AL
R
Nay
Ken Calvert
CA
R
Yea
Salud Carbajal
CA
D
Yea
Tony Cardenas
CA
D
Yea
Andre Carson
IN
D
Yea
Buddy Carter
GA
R
Nay
John Carter
TX
R
Abs
Matthew Cartwright
PA
D
Yea
Ed Case
HI
D
Yea
Sean Casten
IL
D
Yea
Kathy Castor
FL
D
Yea
Joaquin Castro
TX
D
Yea
Steve Chabot
OH
R
Nay
Liz Cheney
WY
R
Nay
Judy Chu
CA
D
Yea
David Cicilline
RI
D
Yea
Gil Cisneros
CA
D
Yea
Katherine Clark
MA
D
Yea
Yvette Clarke
NY
D
Yea
Lacy Clay
MO
D
Yea
Emanuel Cleaver
MO
D
Yea
Ben Cline
VA
R
Nay
Michael Cloud
TX
R
Nay
James Clyburn
SC
D
Yea
Steve Cohen
TN
D
Yea
Tom Cole
OK
R
Yea
Doug Collins
GA
R
Abs
James Comer
KY
R
Yea
K. Michael Conaway
TX
R
Nay
Gerald Connolly
VA
D
Yea
Jim Cooper
TN
D
Yea
Luis Correa
CA
D
Yea
Jim Costa
CA
D
Yea
Joe Courtney
CT
D
Yea
TJ Cox
CA
D
Yea
Angela Craig
MN
D
Yea
Rick Crawford
AR
R
Yea
Dan Crenshaw
TX
R
Nay
Charlie Crist
FL
D
Yea
Jason Crow
CO
D
Yea
Henry Cuellar
TX
D
Yea
Joe Cunningham
SC
D
Yea
John Curtis
UT
R
Nay
Sharice Davids
KS
D
Yea
Warren Davidson
OH
R
Nay
Susan Davis
CA
D
Yea
Rodney Davis
IL
R
Yea
Danny Davis
IL
D
Yea
Madeleine Dean
PA
D
Yea
Peter DeFazio
OR
D
Yea
Diana DeGette
CO
D
Yea
Rosa DeLauro
CT
D
Yea
Suzan DelBene
WA
D
Yea
Antonio Delgado
NY
D
Yea
Val Demings
FL
D
Yea
Mark DeSaulnier
CA
D
Yea
Scott DesJarlais
TN
R
Nay
Ted Deutch
FL
D
Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart
FL
R
Yea
Debbie Dingell
MI
D
Yea
Lloyd Doggett
TX
D
Yea
Michael Doyle
PA
D
Yea
Jeff Duncan
SC
R
Nay
Neal Dunn
FL
R
Abs
Tom Emmer
MN
R
Nay
Eliot Engel
NY
D
Yea
Veronica Escobar
TX
D
Yea
Anna Eshoo
CA
D
Yea
Adriano Espaillat
NY
D
Yea
Ron Estes
KS
R
Nay
Dwight Evans
PA
D
Yea
Drew Ferguson
GA
R
Nay
Abby Finkenauer
IA
D
Yea
Brian Fitzpatrick
PA
R
Yea
Chuck Fleischmann
TN
R
Nay
Lizzie Fletcher
TX
D
Yea
Bill Flores
TX
R
Yea
Jeff Fortenberry
NE
R
Abs
Bill Foster
IL
D
Yea
Virginia Foxx
NC
R
Nay
Lois Frankel
FL
D
Yea
Marcia Fudge
OH
D
Yea
Russ Fulcher
ID
R
Nay
Tulsi Gabbard
HI
D
Yea
Matt Gaetz
FL
R
Nay
Mike Gallagher
WI
R
Nay
Ruben Gallego
AZ
D
Yea
John Garamendi
CA
D
Yea
Jesus Garcia
IL
D
Yea
Mike Garcia
CA
R
Yea
Sylvia Garcia
TX
D
Yea
Greg Gianforte
MT
R
Nay
Bob Gibbs
OH
R
Nay
Louie Gohmert
TX
R
Nay
Jared Golden
ME
D
Yea
Jimmy Gomez
CA
D
Yea
Vicente Gonzalez
TX
D
Yea
Anthony Gonzalez
OH
R
Nay
Lance Gooden
TX
R
Nay
Paul Gosar
AZ
R
Nay
Josh Gottheimer
NJ
D
Yea
Kay Granger
TX
R
Yea
Sam Graves
MO
R
Nay
Garret Graves
LA
R
Nay
Mark Green
TN
R
Nay
Al Green
TX
D
Yea
H. Morgan Griffith
VA
R
Nay
Raul Grijalva
AZ
D
Yea
Glenn Grothman
WI
R
Nay
Michael Guest
MS
R
Nay
Brett Guthrie
KY
R
Nay
Debra Haaland
NM
D
Yea
James Hagedorn
MN
R
Abs
Kwanza Hall
GA
D
Yea
Josh Harder
CA
D
Yea
Andy Harris
MD
R
Nay
Vicky Hartzler
MO
R
Nay
Alcee Hastings
FL
D
Yea
Jahana Hayes
CT
D
Yea
Denny Heck
WA
D
Yea
Kevin Hern
OK
R
Nay
Jaime Herrera Beutler
WA
R
Yea
Jody Hice
GA
R
Abs
Clay Higgins
LA
R
Yea
Brian Higgins
NY
D
Yea
French Hill
AR
R
Nay
James Himes
CT
D
Yea
George Holding
NC
R
Nay
Trey Hollingsworth
IN
R
Abs
Kendra Horn
OK
D
Yea
Steven Horsford
NV
D
Yea
Chrissy Houlahan
PA
D
Yea
Steny Hoyer
MD
D
Yea
Richard Hudson
NC
R
Nay
Jared Huffman
CA
D
Yea
Bill Huizenga
MI
R
Nay
Will Hurd
TX
R
Yea
Sheila Jackson-Lee
TX
D
Yea
Christopher Jacobs
NY
R
Yea
Pramila Jayapal
WA
D
Yea
Hakeem Jeffries
NY
D
Yea
Henry Johnson
GA
D
Yea
Dusty Johnson
SD
R
Nay
Eddie Johnson
TX
D
Yea
Mike Johnson
LA
R
Nay
Bill Johnson
OH
R
Yea
Jim Jordan
OH
R
Nay
David Joyce
OH
R
Yea
John Joyce
PA
R
Nay
Marcy Kaptur
OH
D
Yea
John Katko
NY
R
Yea
William Keating
MA
D
Yea
Fred Keller
PA
R
Nay
Mike Kelly
PA
R
Nay
Trent Kelly
MS
R
Nay
Robin Kelly
IL
D
Yea
Joseph Kennedy
MA
D
Yea
Ro Khanna
CA
D
Yea
Daniel Kildee
MI
D
Yea
Derek Kilmer
WA
D
Yea
Andy Kim
NJ
D
Yea
Ron Kind
WI
D
Yea
Steve King
IA
R
Abs
Peter King
NY
R
Yea
Adam Kinzinger
IL
R
Yea
Ann Kirkpatrick
AZ
D
Yea
Raja Krishnamoorthi
IL
D
Yea
Ann Kuster
NH
D
Yea
David Kustoff
TN
R
Nay
Darin LaHood
IL
R
Nay
Doug LaMalfa
CA
R
Nay
Conor Lamb
PA
D
Yea
Doug Lamborn
CO
R
Nay
James Langevin
RI
D
Yea
Rick Larsen
WA
D
Yea
John Larson
CT
D
Yea
Bob Latta
OH
R
Nay
Brenda Lawrence
MI
D
Yea
Al Lawson
FL
D
Yea
Suzanne Lee
NV
D
Yea
Barbara Lee
CA
D
Yea
Debbie Lesko
AZ
R
Nay
Andy Levin
MI
D
Yea
Mike Levin
CA
D
Yea
Ted Lieu
CA
D
Yea
Daniel Lipinski
IL
D
Nay
David Loebsack
IA
D
Yea
Zoe Lofgren
CA
D
Yea
Billy Long
MO
R
Nay
Barry Loudermilk
GA
R
Nay
Alan Lowenthal
CA
D
Yea
Nita Lowey
NY
D
Yea
Frank Lucas
OK
R
Yea
Blaine Luetkemeyer
MO
R
Nay
Ben Lujan
NM
D
Yea
Elaine Luria
VA
D
Yea
Stephen Lynch
MA
D
Yea
Tom Malinowski
NJ
D
Yea
Carolyn Maloney
NY
D
Yea
Sean Maloney
NY
D
Yea
Kenny Marchant
TX
R
Abs
Roger Marshall
KS
R
Nay
Thomas Massie
KY
R
Nay
Brian Mast
FL
R
Nay
Doris Matsui
CA
D
Yea
Ben McAdams
UT
D
Yea
Lucy McBath
GA
D
Yea
Kevin McCarthy
CA
R
Abs
Michael McCaul
TX
R
Yea
Tom McClintock
CA
R
Nay
Betty McCollum
MN
D
Yea
Donald McEachin
VA
D
Yea
James McGovern
MA
D
Yea
Patrick McHenry
NC
R
Nay
David McKinley
WV
R
Yea
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
WA
R
Nay
Jerry McNerney
CA
D
Yea
Gregory Meeks
NY
D
Yea
Grace Meng
NY
D
Yea
Dan Meuser
PA
R
Nay
Kweisi Mfume
MD
D
Yea
Carol Miller
WV
R
Nay
Paul Mitchell
MI
R
Nay
John Moolenaar
MI
R
Nay
Alex Mooney
WV
R
Nay
Gwen Moore
WI
D
Yea
Joseph Morelle
NY
D
Yea
Seth Moulton
MA
D
Yea
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
FL
D
Yea
Markwayne Mullin
OK
R
Abs
Stephanie Murphy
FL
D
Yea
Greg Murphy
NC
R
Nay
Jerrold Nadler
NY
D
Yea
Grace Napolitano
CA
D
Yea
Richard Neal
MA
D
Yea
Joseph Neguse
CO
D
Yea
Dan Newhouse
WA
R
Nay
Donald Norcross
NJ
D
Yea
Ralph Norman
SC
R
Nay
Devin Nunes
CA
R
Nay
Tom O'Halleran
AZ
D
Yea
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
NY
D
Yea
Pete Olson
TX
R
Yea
Ilhan Omar
MN
D
Yea
Steven Palazzo
MS
R
Nay
Frank Pallone
NJ
D
Yea
Gary Palmer
AL
R
Nay
Jimmy Panetta
CA
D
Yea
Christopher Pappas
NH
D
Yea
Bill Pascrell
NJ
D
Yea
Donald Payne
NJ
D
Yea
Nancy Pelosi
CA
D
Yea
Greg Pence
IN
R
Yea
Ed Perlmutter
CO
D
Yea
Scott Perry
PA
R
Nay
Scott Peters
CA
D
Yea
Collin Peterson
MN
D
Yea
Dean Phillips
MN
D
Yea
Chellie Pingree
ME
D
Yea
Mark Pocan
WI
D
Yea
Katie Porter
CA
D
Yea
Bill Posey
FL
R
Nay
Ayanna Pressley
MA
D
Yea
David Price
NC
D
Yea
Mike Quigley
IL
D
Yea
Jamie Raskin
MD
D
Yea
Tom Reed
NY
R
Yea
Guy Reschenthaler
PA
R
Nay
Tom Rice
SC
R
Nay
Kathleen Rice
NY
D
Yea
Cedric Richmond
LA
D
Yea
Denver Riggleman
VA
R
Yea
Martha Roby
AL
R
Nay
Lisa Rochester
DE
D
Yea
David Roe
TN
R
Abs
Hal Rogers
KY
R
Yea
Mike Rogers
AL
R
Nay
Francis Rooney
FL
R
Yea
Max Rose
NY
D
Yea
John Rose
TN
R
Nay
Harley Rouda
CA
D
Yea
David Rouzer
NC
R
Nay
Chip Roy
TX
R
Nay
Lucille Roybal-Allard
CA
D
Yea
Raul Ruiz
CA
D
Yea
C.A. Ruppersberger
MD
D
Yea
Bobby Rush
IL
D
Yea
John Rutherford
FL
R
Yea
Tim Ryan
OH
D
Yea
Linda Sanchez
CA
D
Yea
John Sarbanes
MD
D
Yea
Steve Scalise
LA
R
Nay
Mary Scanlon
PA
D
Yea
Janice Schakowsky
IL
D
Yea
Adam Schiff
CA
D
Yea
Bradley Schneider
IL
D
Yea
Kurt Schrader
OR
D
Nay
Kim Schrier
WA
D
Yea
David Schweikert
AZ
R
Nay
Robert Scott
VA
D
Yea
Austin Scott
GA
R
Nay
David Scott
GA
D
Yea
F. James Sensenbrenner
WI
R
Nay
Jose Serrano
NY
D
Yea
Terri Sewell
AL
D
Yea
Donna Shalala
FL
D
Yea
Brad Sherman
CA
D
Yea
Mikie Sherrill
NJ
D
Yea
John Shimkus
IL
R
Nay
Mike Simpson
ID
R
Nay
Albio Sires
NJ
D
Yea
Elissa Slotkin
MI
D
Yea
Jason Smith
MO
R
Yea
Adrian Smith
NE
R
Nay
Christopher Smith
NJ
R
Yea
Adam Smith
WA
D
Yea
Lloyd Smucker
PA
R
Nay
Darren Soto
FL
D
Yea
Abigail Spanberger
VA
D
Yea
Ross Spano
FL
R
Nay
Jackie Speier
CA
D
Yea
Greg Stanton
AZ
D
Yea
Pete Stauber
MN
R
Yea
Elise Stefanik
NY
R
Yea
Bryan Steil
WI
R
Nay
Greg Steube
FL
R
Nay
Haley Stevens
MI
D
Yea
Chris Stewart
UT
R
Nay
Steve Stivers
OH
R
Nay
Thomas Suozzi
NY
D
Yea
Eric Swalwell
CA
D
Yea
Mark Takano
CA
D
Yea
Van Taylor
TX
R
Nay
Mike Thompson
CA
D
Yea
Bennie Thompson
MS
D
Yea
Glenn Thompson
PA
R
Nay
Mac Thornberry
TX
R
Nay
Tom Tiffany
WI
R
Nay
William Timmons
SC
R
Nay
Scott Tipton
CO
R
Nay
Dina Titus
NV
D
Yea
Rashida Tlaib
MI
D
Yea
Paul Tonko
NY
D
Yea
Norma Torres
CA
D
Yea
Xochitl Torres Small
NM
D
Yea
Lori Trahan
MA
D
Yea
David Trone
MD
D
Yea
Michael Turner
OH
R
Nay
Lauren Underwood
IL
D
Yea
Fred Upton
MI
R
Yea
Jeff Van Drew
NJ
R
Yea
Juan Vargas
CA
D
Yea
Marc Veasey
TX
D
Yea
Filemon Vela
TX
D
Yea
Nydia Velazquez
NY
D
Yea
Peter Visclosky
IN
D
Yea
Ann Wagner
MO
R
Yea
Tim Walberg
MI
R
Nay
Greg Walden
OR
R
Yea
Mark Walker
NC
R
Abs
Jackie Walorski
IN
R
Yea
Michael Waltz
FL
R
Nay
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
FL
D
Yea
Maxine Waters
CA
D
Yea
Steve Watkins
KS
R
Abs
Bonnie Watson Coleman
NJ
D
Yea
Randy Weber
TX
R
Nay
Daniel Webster
FL
R
Nay
Peter Welch
VT
D
Yea
Brad Wenstrup
OH
R
Nay
Bruce Westerman
AR
R
Nay
Jennifer Wexton
VA
D
Yea
Susan Wild
PA
D
Yea
Roger Williams
TX
R
Nay
Frederica Wilson
FL
D
Yea
Joe Wilson
SC
R
Nay
Robert Wittman
VA
R
Nay
Steve Womack
AR
R
Nay
Rob Woodall
GA
R
Nay
Ron Wright
TX
R
Abs
John Yarmuth
KY
D
Yea
Ted Yoho
FL
R
Abs
Don Young
AK
R
Abs
Lee Zeldin
NY
R
Yea