Key Vote Alert – NO on CASH Act

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“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.

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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

Name

State

Party

Vote Position

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

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