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