Key Vote Alert – NO on CASH Act

Scott Parkinson | December 28, 2020

“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.

Club Position

Required for Majority

1/2

Vote Results

Passed

Vote Number

252

Vote Date

December 28, 2020

Vote Counts

YEAs:

275

NAYs:

134

Not Voting:

Name

State

Party

Vote Position

Ralph Abraham

Abs

Alma Adams

Yea

Robert Aderholt

Yea

Pete Aguilar

Yea

Rick Allen

Nay

Colin Allred

Yea

Justin Amash

Nay

Mark Amodei

Nay

Kelly Armstrong

Nay

Jodey Arrington

Nay

Cindy Axne

Yea

Brian Babin

Nay

Don Bacon

Nay

James Baird

Yea

Troy Balderson

Nay

Jim Banks

Nay

Andy Barr

Abs

Nanette Barragan

Yea

Karen Bass

Yea

Joyce Beatty

Yea

Ami Bera

Yea

Jack Bergman

Yea

Don Beyer

Yea

Andy Biggs

Nay

Gus Bilirakis

Abs

Dan Bishop

Nay

Sanford Bishop

Yea

Rob Bishop

Abs

Earl Blumenauer

Yea

Suzanne Bonamici

Yea

Mike Bost

Nay

Brendan Boyle

Yea

Kevin Brady

Nay

Anthony Brindisi

Yea

Susan Brooks

Yea

Mo Brooks

Nay

Anthony Brown

Yea

Julia Brownley

Yea

Vern Buchanan

Nay

Ken Buck

Nay

Larry Bucshon

Nay

Ted Budd

Nay

Tim Burchett

Nay

Michael Burgess

Yea

Cheri Bustos

Yea

G.K. Butterfield

Yea

Bradley Byrne

Nay

Ken Calvert

Yea

Salud Carbajal

Yea

Tony Cardenas

Yea

Andre Carson

Yea

Buddy Carter

Nay

John Carter

Abs

Matthew Cartwright

Yea

Ed Case

Yea

Sean Casten

Yea

Kathy Castor

Yea

Joaquin Castro

Yea

Steve Chabot

Nay

Liz Cheney

Nay

Judy Chu

Yea

David Cicilline

Yea

Gil Cisneros

Yea

Katherine Clark

Yea

Yvette Clarke

Yea

Lacy Clay

Yea

Emanuel Cleaver

Yea

Ben Cline

Nay

Michael Cloud

Nay

James Clyburn

Yea

Steve Cohen

Yea

Tom Cole

Yea

Doug Collins

Abs

James Comer

Yea

K. Michael Conaway

Nay

Gerald Connolly

Yea

Jim Cooper

Yea

Luis Correa

Yea

Jim Costa

Yea

Joe Courtney

Yea

TJ Cox

Yea

Angela Craig

Yea

Rick Crawford

Yea

Dan Crenshaw

Nay

Charlie Crist

Yea

Jason Crow

Yea

Henry Cuellar

Yea

Joe Cunningham

Yea

John Curtis

Nay

Sharice Davids

Yea

Warren Davidson

Nay

Susan Davis

Yea

Rodney Davis

Yea

Danny Davis

Yea

Madeleine Dean

Yea

Peter DeFazio

Yea

Diana DeGette

Yea

Rosa DeLauro

Yea

Suzan DelBene

Yea

Antonio Delgado

Yea

Val Demings

Yea

Mark DeSaulnier

Yea

Scott DesJarlais

Nay

Ted Deutch

Yea

Mario Diaz-Balart

Yea

Debbie Dingell

Yea

Lloyd Doggett

Yea

Michael Doyle

Yea

Jeff Duncan

Nay

Neal Dunn

Abs

Tom Emmer

Nay

Eliot Engel

Yea

Veronica Escobar

Yea

Anna Eshoo

Yea

Adriano Espaillat

Yea

Ron Estes

Nay

Dwight Evans

Yea

Drew Ferguson

Nay

Abby Finkenauer

Yea

Brian Fitzpatrick

Yea

Chuck Fleischmann

Nay

Lizzie Fletcher

Yea

Bill Flores

Yea

Jeff Fortenberry

Abs

Bill Foster

Yea

Virginia Foxx

Nay

Lois Frankel

Yea

Marcia Fudge

Yea

Russ Fulcher

Nay

Tulsi Gabbard

Yea

Matt Gaetz

Nay

Mike Gallagher

Nay

Ruben Gallego

Yea

John Garamendi

Yea

Jesus Garcia

Yea

Mike Garcia

Yea

Sylvia Garcia

Yea

Greg Gianforte

Nay

Bob Gibbs

Nay

Louie Gohmert

Nay

Jared Golden

Yea

Jimmy Gomez

Yea

Vicente Gonzalez

Yea

Anthony Gonzalez

Nay

Lance Gooden

Nay

Paul Gosar

Nay

Josh Gottheimer

Yea

Kay Granger

Yea

Sam Graves

Nay

Garret Graves

Nay

Mark Green

Nay

Al Green

Yea

H. Morgan Griffith

Nay

Raul Grijalva

Yea

Glenn Grothman

Nay

Michael Guest

Nay

Brett Guthrie

Nay

Debra Haaland

Yea

James Hagedorn

Abs

Kwanza Hall

Yea

Josh Harder

Yea

Andy Harris

Nay

Vicky Hartzler

Nay

Alcee Hastings

Yea

Jahana Hayes

Yea

Denny Heck

Yea

Kevin Hern

Nay

Jaime Herrera Beutler

Yea

Jody Hice

Abs

Clay Higgins

Yea

Brian Higgins

Yea

French Hill

Nay

James Himes

Yea

George Holding

Nay

Trey Hollingsworth

Abs

Kendra Horn

Yea

Steven Horsford

Yea

Chrissy Houlahan

Yea

Steny Hoyer

Yea

Richard Hudson

Nay

Jared Huffman

Yea

Bill Huizenga

Nay

Will Hurd

Yea

Sheila Jackson-Lee

Yea

Christopher Jacobs

Yea

Pramila Jayapal

Yea

Hakeem Jeffries

Yea

Henry Johnson

Yea

Dusty Johnson

Nay

Eddie Johnson

Yea

Mike Johnson

Nay

Bill Johnson

Yea

Jim Jordan

Nay

David Joyce

Yea

John Joyce

Nay

Marcy Kaptur

Yea

John Katko

Yea

William Keating

Yea

Fred Keller

Nay

Mike Kelly

Nay

Trent Kelly

Nay

Robin Kelly

Yea

Joseph Kennedy

Yea

Ro Khanna

Yea

Daniel Kildee

Yea

Derek Kilmer

Yea

Andy Kim

Yea

Ron Kind

Yea

Steve King

Abs

Peter King

Yea

Adam Kinzinger

Yea

Ann Kirkpatrick

Yea

Raja Krishnamoorthi

Yea

Ann Kuster

Yea

David Kustoff

Nay

Darin LaHood

Nay

Doug LaMalfa

Nay

Conor Lamb

Yea

Doug Lamborn

Nay

James Langevin

Yea

Rick Larsen

Yea

John Larson

Yea

Bob Latta

Nay

Brenda Lawrence

Yea

Al Lawson

Yea

Suzanne Lee

Yea

Barbara Lee

Yea

Debbie Lesko

Nay

Andy Levin

Yea

Mike Levin

Yea

Ted Lieu

Yea

Daniel Lipinski

Nay

David Loebsack

Yea

Zoe Lofgren

Yea

Billy Long

Nay

Barry Loudermilk

Nay

Alan Lowenthal

Yea

Nita Lowey

Yea

Frank Lucas

Yea

Blaine Luetkemeyer

Nay

Ben Lujan

Yea

Elaine Luria

Yea

Stephen Lynch

Yea

Tom Malinowski

Yea

Carolyn Maloney

Yea

Sean Maloney

Yea

Kenny Marchant

Abs

Roger Marshall

Nay

Thomas Massie

Nay

Brian Mast

Nay

Doris Matsui

Yea

Ben McAdams

Yea

Lucy McBath

Yea

Kevin McCarthy

Abs

Michael McCaul

Yea

Tom McClintock

Nay

Betty McCollum

Yea

Donald McEachin

Yea

James McGovern

Yea

Patrick McHenry

Nay

David McKinley

Yea

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Nay

Jerry McNerney

Yea

Gregory Meeks

Yea

Grace Meng

Yea

Dan Meuser

Nay

Kweisi Mfume

Yea

Carol Miller

Nay

Paul Mitchell

Nay

John Moolenaar

Nay

Alex Mooney

Nay

Gwen Moore

Yea

Joseph Morelle

Yea

Seth Moulton

Yea

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

Yea

Markwayne Mullin

Abs

Stephanie Murphy

Yea

Greg Murphy

Nay

Jerrold Nadler

Yea

Grace Napolitano

Yea

Richard Neal

Yea

Joseph Neguse

Yea

Dan Newhouse

Nay

Donald Norcross

Yea

Ralph Norman

Nay

Devin Nunes

Nay

Tom O'Halleran

Yea

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Yea

Pete Olson

Yea

Ilhan Omar

Yea

Steven Palazzo

Nay

Frank Pallone

Yea

Gary Palmer

Nay

Jimmy Panetta

Yea

Christopher Pappas

Yea

Bill Pascrell

Yea

Donald Payne

Yea

Nancy Pelosi

Yea

Greg Pence

Yea

Ed Perlmutter

Yea

Scott Perry

Nay

Scott Peters

Yea

Collin Peterson

Yea

Dean Phillips

Yea

Chellie Pingree

Yea

Mark Pocan

Yea

Katie Porter

Yea

Bill Posey

Nay

Ayanna Pressley

Yea

David Price

Yea

Mike Quigley

Yea

Jamie Raskin

Yea

Tom Reed

Yea

Guy Reschenthaler

Nay

Tom Rice

Nay

Kathleen Rice

Yea

Cedric Richmond

Yea

Denver Riggleman

Yea

Martha Roby

Nay

Lisa Rochester

Yea

David Roe

Abs

Hal Rogers

Yea

Mike Rogers

Nay

Francis Rooney

Yea

Max Rose

Yea

John Rose

Nay

Harley Rouda

Yea

David Rouzer

Nay

Chip Roy

Nay

Lucille Roybal-Allard

Yea

Raul Ruiz

Yea

C.A. Ruppersberger

Yea

Bobby Rush

Yea

John Rutherford

Yea

Tim Ryan

Yea

Linda Sanchez

Yea

John Sarbanes

Yea

Steve Scalise

Nay

Mary Scanlon

Yea

Janice Schakowsky

Yea

Adam Schiff

Yea

Bradley Schneider

Yea

Kurt Schrader

Nay

Kim Schrier

Yea

David Schweikert

Nay

Robert Scott

Yea

Austin Scott

Nay

David Scott

Yea

F. James Sensenbrenner

Nay

Jose Serrano

Yea

Terri Sewell

Yea

Donna Shalala

Yea

Brad Sherman

Yea

Mikie Sherrill

Yea

John Shimkus

Nay

Mike Simpson

Nay

Albio Sires

Yea

Elissa Slotkin

Yea

Jason Smith

Yea

Adrian Smith

Nay

Christopher Smith

Yea

Adam Smith

Yea

Lloyd Smucker

Nay

Darren Soto

Yea

Abigail Spanberger

Yea

Ross Spano

Nay

Jackie Speier

Yea

Greg Stanton

Yea

Pete Stauber

Yea

Elise Stefanik

Yea

Bryan Steil

Nay

Greg Steube

Nay

Haley Stevens

Yea

Chris Stewart

Nay

Steve Stivers

Nay

Thomas Suozzi

Yea

Eric Swalwell

Yea

Mark Takano

Yea

Van Taylor

Nay

Mike Thompson

Yea

Bennie Thompson

Yea

Glenn Thompson

Nay

Mac Thornberry

Nay

Tom Tiffany

Nay

William Timmons

Nay

Scott Tipton

Nay

Dina Titus

Yea

Rashida Tlaib

Yea

Paul Tonko

Yea

Norma Torres

Yea

Xochitl Torres Small

Yea

Lori Trahan

Yea

David Trone

Yea

Michael Turner

Nay

Lauren Underwood

Yea

Fred Upton

Yea

Jeff Van Drew

Yea

Juan Vargas

Yea

Marc Veasey

Yea

Filemon Vela

Yea

Nydia Velazquez

Yea

Peter Visclosky

Yea

Ann Wagner

Yea

Tim Walberg

Nay

Greg Walden

Yea

Mark Walker

Abs

Jackie Walorski

Yea

Michael Waltz

Nay

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Yea

Maxine Waters

Yea

Steve Watkins

Abs

Bonnie Watson Coleman

Yea

Randy Weber

Nay

Daniel Webster

Nay

Peter Welch

Yea

Brad Wenstrup

Nay

Bruce Westerman

Nay

Jennifer Wexton

Yea

Susan Wild

Yea

Roger Williams

Nay

Frederica Wilson

Yea

Joe Wilson

Nay

Robert Wittman

Nay

Steve Womack

Nay

Rob Woodall

Nay

Ron Wright

Abs

John Yarmuth

Yea

Ted Yoho

Abs

Don Young

Abs

Lee Zeldin

Yea