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
A
Alma Adams
NC
D
Y
Robert Aderholt
AL
R
Y
Pete Aguilar
CA
D
Y
Rick Allen
GA
R
N
Colin Allred
TX
D
Y
Justin Amash
MI
I
N
Mark Amodei
NV
R
N
Kelly Armstrong
ND
R
N
Jodey Arrington
TX
R
N
Cindy Axne
IA
D
Y
Brian Babin
TX
R
N
Don Bacon
NE
R
N
James Baird
IN
R
Y
Troy Balderson
OH
R
N
Jim Banks
IN
R
N
Andy Barr
KY
R
A
Nanette Barragan
CA
D
Y
Karen Bass
CA
D
Y
Joyce Beatty
OH
D
Y
Ami Bera
CA
D
Y
Jack Bergman
MI
R
Y
Don Beyer
VA
D
Y
Andy Biggs
AZ
R
N
Gus Bilirakis
FL
R
A
Rob Bishop
UT
R
A
Sanford Bishop
GA
D
Y
Dan Bishop
NC
R
N
Earl Blumenauer
OR
D
Y
Suzanne Bonamici
OR
D
Y
Mike Bost
IL
R
N
Brendan Boyle
PA
D
Y
Kevin Brady
TX
R
N
Anthony Brindisi
NY
D
Y
Susan Brooks
IN
R
Y
Mo Brooks
AL
R
N
Anthony Brown
MD
D
Y
Julia Brownley
CA
D
Y
Vern Buchanan
FL
R
N
Ken Buck
CO
R
N
Larry Bucshon
IN
R
N
Ted Budd
NC
R
N
Tim Burchett
TN
R
N
Michael Burgess
TX
R
Y
Cheri Bustos
IL
D
Y
G.K. Butterfield
NC
D
Y
Bradley Byrne
AL
R
N
Ken Calvert
CA
R
Y
Salud Carbajal
CA
D
Y
Tony Cardenas
CA
D
Y
Andre Carson
IN
D
Y
Buddy Carter
GA
R
N
John Carter
TX
R
A
Matthew Cartwright
PA
D
Y
Ed Case
HI
D
Y
Sean Casten
IL
D
Y
Kathy Castor
FL
D
Y
Joaquin Castro
TX
D
Y
Steve Chabot
OH
R
N
Liz Cheney
WY
R
N
Judy Chu
CA
D
Y
David Cicilline
RI
D
Y
Gil Cisneros
CA
D
Y
Katherine Clark
MA
D
Y
Yvette Clarke
NY
D
Y
Lacy Clay
MO
D
Y
Emanuel Cleaver
MO
D
Y
Ben Cline
VA
R
N
Michael Cloud
TX
R
N
James Clyburn
SC
D
Y
Steve Cohen
TN
D
Y
Tom Cole
OK
R
Y
Doug Collins
GA
R
A
James Comer
KY
R
Y
K. Michael Conaway
TX
R
N
Gerald Connolly
VA
D
Y
Jim Cooper
TN
D
Y
Luis Correa
CA
D
Y
Jim Costa
CA
D
Y
Joe Courtney
CT
D
Y
TJ Cox
CA
D
Y
Angela Craig
MN
D
Y
Rick Crawford
AR
R
Y
Dan Crenshaw
TX
R
N
Charlie Crist
FL
D
Y
Jason Crow
CO
D
Y
Henry Cuellar
TX
D
Y
Joe Cunningham
SC
D
Y
John Curtis
UT
R
N
Sharice Davids
KS
D
Y
Warren Davidson
OH
R
N
Rodney Davis
IL
R
Y
Danny Davis
IL
D
Y
Susan Davis
CA
D
Y
Madeleine Dean
PA
D
Y
Peter DeFazio
OR
D
Y
Diana DeGette
CO
D
Y
Rosa DeLauro
CT
D
Y
Suzan DelBene
WA
D
Y
Antonio Delgado
NY
D
Y
Val Demings
FL
D
Y
Mark DeSaulnier
CA
D
Y
Scott DesJarlais
TN
R
N
Ted Deutch
FL
D
Y
Mario Diaz-Balart
FL
R
Y
Debbie Dingell
MI
D
Y
Lloyd Doggett
TX
D
Y
Michael Doyle
PA
D
Y
Jeff Duncan
SC
R
N
Neal Dunn
FL
R
A
Tom Emmer
MN
R
N
Eliot Engel
NY
D
Y
Veronica Escobar
TX
D
Y
Anna Eshoo
CA
D
Y
Adriano Espaillat
NY
D
Y
Ron Estes
KS
R
N
Dwight Evans
PA
D
Y
Drew Ferguson
GA
R
N
Abby Finkenauer
IA
D
Y
Brian Fitzpatrick
PA
R
Y
Chuck Fleischmann
TN
R
N
Lizzie Fletcher
TX
D
Y
Bill Flores
TX
R
Y
Jeff Fortenberry
NE
R
A
Bill Foster
IL
D
Y
Virginia Foxx
NC
R
N
Lois Frankel
FL
D
Y
Marcia Fudge
OH
D
Y
Russ Fulcher
ID
R
N
Tulsi Gabbard
HI
D
Y
Matt Gaetz
FL
R
N
Mike Gallagher
WI
R
N
Ruben Gallego
AZ
D
Y
John Garamendi
CA
D
Y
Sylvia Garcia
TX
D
Y
Jesus Garcia
IL
D
Y
Mike Garcia
CA
R
Y
Greg Gianforte
MT
R
N
Bob Gibbs
OH
R
N
Louie Gohmert
TX
R
N
Jared Golden
ME
D
Y
Jimmy Gomez
CA
D
Y
Anthony Gonzalez
OH
R
N
Vicente Gonzalez
TX
D
Y
Lance Gooden
TX
R
N
Paul Gosar
AZ
R
N
Josh Gottheimer
NJ
D
Y
Kay Granger
TX
R
Y
Sam Graves
MO
R
N
Garret Graves
LA
R
N
Mark Green
TN
R
N
Al Green
TX
D
Y
H. Morgan Griffith
VA
R
N
Raul Grijalva
AZ
D
Y
Glenn Grothman
WI
R
N
Michael Guest
MS
R
N
Brett Guthrie
KY
R
N
Debra Haaland
NM
D
Y
James Hagedorn
MN
R
A
Kwanza Hall
GA
D
Y
Josh Harder
CA
D
Y
Andy Harris
MD
R
N
Vicky Hartzler
MO
R
N
Alcee Hastings
FL
D
Y
Jahana Hayes
CT
D
Y
Denny Heck
WA
D
Y
Kevin Hern
OK
R
N
Jaime Herrera Beutler
WA
R
Y
Jody Hice
GA
R
A
Brian Higgins
NY
D
Y
Clay Higgins
LA
R
Y
French Hill
AR
R
N
James Himes
CT
D
Y
George Holding
NC
R
N
Trey Hollingsworth
IN
R
A
Kendra Horn
OK
D
Y
Steven Horsford
NV
D
Y
Chrissy Houlahan
PA
D
Y
Steny Hoyer
MD
D
Y
Richard Hudson
NC
R
N
Jared Huffman
CA
D
Y
Bill Huizenga
MI
R
N
Will Hurd
TX
R
Y
Sheila Jackson-Lee
TX
D
Y
Christopher Jacobs
NY
R
Y
Pramila Jayapal
WA
D
Y
Hakeem Jeffries
NY
D
Y
Bill Johnson
OH
R
Y
Henry Johnson
GA
D
Y
Eddie Johnson
TX
D
Y
Dusty Johnson
SD
R
N
Mike Johnson
LA
R
N
Jim Jordan
OH
R
N
John Joyce
PA
R
N
David Joyce
OH
R
Y
Marcy Kaptur
OH
D
Y
John Katko
NY
R
Y
William Keating
MA
D
Y
Fred Keller
PA
R
N
Robin Kelly
IL
D
Y
Mike Kelly
PA
R
N
Trent Kelly
MS
R
N
Joseph Kennedy
MA
D
Y
Ro Khanna
CA
D
Y
Daniel Kildee
MI
D
Y
Derek Kilmer
WA
D
Y
Andy Kim
NJ
D
Y
Ron Kind
WI
D
Y
Peter King
NY
R
Y
Steve King
IA
R
A
Adam Kinzinger
IL
R
Y
Ann Kirkpatrick
AZ
D
Y
Raja Krishnamoorthi
IL
D
Y
Ann Kuster
NH
D
Y
David Kustoff
TN
R
N
Darin LaHood
IL
R
N
Doug LaMalfa
CA
R
N
Conor Lamb
PA
D
Y
Doug Lamborn
CO
R
N
James Langevin
RI
D
Y
Rick Larsen
WA
D
Y
John Larson
CT
D
Y
Bob Latta
OH
R
N
Brenda Lawrence
MI
D
Y
Al Lawson
FL
D
Y
Suzanne Lee
NV
D
Y
Barbara Lee
CA
D
Y
Debbie Lesko
AZ
R
N
Mike Levin
CA
D
Y
Andy Levin
MI
D
Y
Ted Lieu
CA
D
Y
Daniel Lipinski
IL
D
N
David Loebsack
IA
D
Y
Zoe Lofgren
CA
D
Y
Billy Long
MO
R
N
Barry Loudermilk
GA
R
N
Alan Lowenthal
CA
D
Y
Nita Lowey
NY
D
Y
Frank Lucas
OK
R
Y
Blaine Luetkemeyer
MO
R
N
Ben Lujan
NM
D
Y
Elaine Luria
VA
D
Y
Stephen Lynch
MA
D
Y
Tom Malinowski
NJ
D
Y
Sean Maloney
NY
D
Y
Carolyn Maloney
NY
D
Y
Kenny Marchant
TX
R
A
Roger Marshall
KS
R
N
Thomas Massie
KY
R
N
Brian Mast
FL
R
N
Doris Matsui
CA
D
Y
Ben McAdams
UT
D
Y
Lucy McBath
GA
D
Y
Kevin McCarthy
CA
R
A
Michael McCaul
TX
R
Y
Tom McClintock
CA
R
N
Betty McCollum
MN
D
Y
Donald McEachin
VA
D
Y
James McGovern
MA
D
Y
Patrick McHenry
NC
R
N
David McKinley
WV
R
Y
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
WA
R
N
Jerry McNerney
CA
D
Y
Gregory Meeks
NY
D
Y
Grace Meng
NY
D
Y
Dan Meuser
PA
R
N
Kweisi Mfume
MD
D
Y
Carol Miller
WV
R
N
Paul Mitchell
MI
R
N
John Moolenaar
MI
R
N
Alex Mooney
WV
R
N
Gwen Moore
WI
D
Y
Joseph Morelle
NY
D
Y
Seth Moulton
MA
D
Y
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
FL
D
Y
Markwayne Mullin
OK
R
A
Greg Murphy
NC
R
N
Stephanie Murphy
FL
D
Y
Jerrold Nadler
NY
D
Y
Grace Napolitano
CA
D
Y
Richard Neal
MA
D
Y
Joseph Neguse
CO
D
Y
Dan Newhouse
WA
R
N
Donald Norcross
NJ
D
Y
Ralph Norman
SC
R
N
Devin Nunes
CA
R
N
Tom O'Halleran
AZ
D
Y
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
NY
D
Y
Pete Olson
TX
R
Y
Ilhan Omar
MN
D
Y
Steven Palazzo
MS
R
N
Frank Pallone
NJ
D
Y
Gary Palmer
AL
R
N
Jimmy Panetta
CA
D
Y
Christopher Pappas
NH
D
Y
Bill Pascrell
NJ
D
Y
Donald Payne
NJ
D
Y
Nancy Pelosi
CA
D
Y
Greg Pence
IN
R
Y
Ed Perlmutter
CO
D
Y
Scott Perry
PA
R
N
Scott Peters
CA
D
Y
Collin Peterson
MN
D
Y
Dean Phillips
MN
D
Y
Chellie Pingree
ME
D
Y
Mark Pocan
WI
D
Y
Katie Porter
CA
D
Y
Bill Posey
FL
R
N
Ayanna Pressley
MA
D
Y
David Price
NC
D
Y
Mike Quigley
IL
D
Y
Jamie Raskin
MD
D
Y
Tom Reed
NY
R
Y
Guy Reschenthaler
PA
R
N
Tom Rice
SC
R
N
Kathleen Rice
NY
D
Y
Cedric Richmond
LA
D
Y
Denver Riggleman
VA
R
Y
Martha Roby
AL
R
N
Lisa Rochester
DE
D
Y
David Roe
TN
R
A
Hal Rogers
KY
R
Y
Mike Rogers
AL
R
N
Francis Rooney
FL
R
Y
John Rose
TN
R
N
Max Rose
NY
D
Y
Harley Rouda
CA
D
Y
David Rouzer
NC
R
N
Chip Roy
TX
R
N
Lucille Roybal Allard
CA
D
Y
Raul Ruiz
CA
D
Y
C.A. Ruppersberger
MD
D
Y
Bobby Rush
IL
D
Y
John Rutherford
FL
R
Y
Tim Ryan
OH
D
Y
Linda Sanchez
CA
D
Y
John Sarbanes
MD
D
Y
Steve Scalise
LA
R
N
Mary Scanlon
PA
D
Y
Janice Schakowsky
IL
D
Y
Adam Schiff
CA
D
Y
Bradley Schneider
IL
D
Y
Kurt Schrader
OR
D
N
Kim Schrier
WA
D
Y
David Schweikert
AZ
R
N
Robert Scott
VA
D
Y
Austin Scott
GA
R
N
David Scott
GA
D
Y
F. James Sensenbrenner
WI
R
N
José Serrano
NY
D
Y
Terri Sewell
AL
D
Y
Donna Shalala
FL
D
Y
Brad Sherman
CA
D
Y
Mikie Sherrill
NJ
D
Y
John Shimkus
IL
R
N
Mike Simpson
ID
R
N
Albio Sires
NJ
D
Y
Elissa Slotkin
MI
D
Y
Jason Smith
MO
R
Y
Adrian Smith
NE
R
N
Christopher Smith
NJ
R
Y
Adam Smith
WA
D
Y
Lloyd Smucker
PA
R
N
Darren Soto
FL
D
Y
Abigail Spanberger
VA
D
Y
Ross Spano
FL
R
N
Jackie Speier
CA
D
Y
Greg Stanton
AZ
D
Y
Pete Stauber
MN
R
Y
Elise Stefanik
NY
R
Y
Bryan Steil
WI
R
N
Greg Steube
FL
R
N
Haley Stevens
MI
D
Y
Chris Stewart
UT
R
N
Steve Stivers
OH
R
N
Thomas Suozzi
NY
D
Y
Eric Swalwell
CA
D
Y
Mark Takano
CA
D
Y
Van Taylor
TX
R
N
Glenn Thompson
PA
R
N
Mike Thompson
CA
D
Y
Bennie Thompson
MS
D
Y
Mac Thornberry
TX
R
N
Tom Tiffany
WI
R
N
William Timmons
SC
R
N
Scott Tipton
CO
R
N
Dina Titus
NV
D
Y
Rashida Tlaib
MI
D
Y
Paul Tonko
NY
D
Y
Norma Torres
CA
D
Y
Xochitl Torres Small
NM
D
Y
Lori Trahan
MA
D
Y
David Trone
MD
D
Y
Michael Turner
OH
R
N
Lauren Underwood
IL
D
Y
Fred Upton
MI
R
Y
Jeff Van Drew
NJ
R
Y
Juan Vargas
CA
D
Y
Marc Veasey
TX
D
Y
Filemon Vela
TX
D
Y
Nydia Velazquez
NY
D
Y
Peter Visclosky
IN
D
Y
Ann Wagner
MO
R
Y
Tim Walberg
MI
R
N
Greg Walden
OR
R
Y
Mark Walker
NC
R
A
Jackie Walorski
IN
R
Y
Michael Waltz
FL
R
N
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
FL
D
Y
Maxine Waters
CA
D
Y
Steve Watkins
KS
R
A
Bonnie Watson Coleman
NJ
D
Y
Randy Weber
TX
R
N
Daniel Webster
FL
R
N
Peter Welch
VT
D
Y
Brad Wenstrup
OH
R
N
Bruce Westerman
AR
R
N
Jennifer Wexton
VA
D
Y
Susan Wild
PA
D
Y
Roger Williams
TX
R
N
Joe Wilson
SC
R
N
Frederica Wilson
FL
D
Y
Robert Wittman
VA
R
N
Steve Womack
AR
R
N
Rob Woodall
GA
R
N
Ron Wright
TX
R
A
John Yarmuth
KY
D
Y
Ted Yoho
FL
R
A
Don Young
AK
R
A
Lee Zeldin
NY
R
Y