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
Andy Barr
KY
R
A
Gus Bilirakis
FL
R
A
Rob Bishop
UT
R
A
John Carter
TX
R
A
Doug Collins
GA
R
A
Neal Dunn
FL
R
A
Jeff Fortenberry
NE
R
A
James Hagedorn
MN
R
A
Jody Hice
GA
R
A
Trey Hollingsworth
IN
R
A
Steve King
IA
R
A
Kenny Marchant
TX
R
A
Kevin McCarthy
CA
R
A
Markwayne Mullin
OK
R
A
David Roe
TN
R
A
Mark Walker
NC
R
A
Steve Watkins
KS
R
A
Ron Wright
TX
R
A
Ted Yoho
FL
R
A
Don Young
AK
R
A
Rick Allen
GA
R
N
Justin Amash
MI
I
N
Mark Amodei
NV
R
N
Kelly Armstrong
ND
R
N
Jodey Arrington
TX
R
N
Brian Babin
TX
R
N
Don Bacon
NE
R
N
Troy Balderson
OH
R
N
Jim Banks
IN
R
N
Andy Biggs
AZ
R
N
Dan Bishop
NC
R
N
Mike Bost
IL
R
N
Kevin Brady
TX
R
N
Mo Brooks
AL
R
N
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
Bradley Byrne
AL
R
N
Buddy Carter
GA
R
N
Steve Chabot
OH
R
N
Liz Cheney
WY
R
N
Ben Cline
VA
R
N
Michael Cloud
TX
R
N
K. Michael Conaway
TX
R
N
Dan Crenshaw
TX
R
N
John Curtis
UT
R
N
Warren Davidson
OH
R
N
Scott DesJarlais
TN
R
N
Jeff Duncan
SC
R
N
Tom Emmer
MN
R
N
Ron Estes
KS
R
N
Drew Ferguson
GA
R
N
Chuck Fleischmann
TN
R
N
Virginia Foxx
NC
R
N
Russ Fulcher
ID
R
N
Matt Gaetz
FL
R
N
Mike Gallagher
WI
R
N
Greg Gianforte
MT
R
N
Bob Gibbs
OH
R
N
Louie Gohmert
TX
R
N
Anthony Gonzalez
OH
R
N
Lance Gooden
TX
R
N
Paul Gosar
AZ
R
N
Garret Graves
LA
R
N
Sam Graves
MO
R
N
Mark Green
TN
R
N
H. Morgan Griffith
VA
R
N
Glenn Grothman
WI
R
N
Michael Guest
MS
R
N
Brett Guthrie
KY
R
N
Andy Harris
MD
R
N
Vicky Hartzler
MO
R
N
Kevin Hern
OK
R
N
French Hill
AR
R
N
George Holding
NC
R
N
Richard Hudson
NC
R
N
Bill Huizenga
MI
R
N
Dusty Johnson
SD
R
N
Mike Johnson
LA
R
N
Jim Jordan
OH
R
N
John Joyce
PA
R
N
Fred Keller
PA
R
N
Mike Kelly
PA
R
N
Trent Kelly
MS
R
N
David Kustoff
TN
R
N
Darin LaHood
IL
R
N
Doug LaMalfa
CA
R
N
Doug Lamborn
CO
R
N
Bob Latta
OH
R
N
Debbie Lesko
AZ
R
N
Daniel Lipinski
IL
D
N
Billy Long
MO
R
N
Barry Loudermilk
GA
R
N
Blaine Luetkemeyer
MO
R
N
Roger Marshall
KS
R
N
Thomas Massie
KY
R
N
Brian Mast
FL
R
N
Tom McClintock
CA
R
N
Patrick McHenry
NC
R
N
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
WA
R
N
Dan Meuser
PA
R
N
Carol Miller
WV
R
N
Paul Mitchell
MI
R
N
John Moolenaar
MI
R
N
Alex Mooney
WV
R
N
Greg Murphy
NC
R
N
Dan Newhouse
WA
R
N
Ralph Norman
SC
R
N
Devin Nunes
CA
R
N
Steven Palazzo
MS
R
N
Gary Palmer
AL
R
N
Scott Perry
PA
R
N
Bill Posey
FL
R
N
Guy Reschenthaler
PA
R
N
Tom Rice
SC
R
N
Martha Roby
AL
R
N
Mike Rogers
AL
R
N
John Rose
TN
R
N
David Rouzer
NC
R
N
Chip Roy
TX
R
N
Steve Scalise
LA
R
N
Kurt Schrader
OR
D
N
David Schweikert
AZ
R
N
Austin Scott
GA
R
N
F. James Sensenbrenner
WI
R
N
John Shimkus
IL
R
N
Mike Simpson
ID
R
N
Adrian Smith
NE
R
N
Lloyd Smucker
PA
R
N
Ross Spano
FL
R
N
Bryan Steil
WI
R
N
Greg Steube
FL
R
N
Chris Stewart
UT
R
N
Steve Stivers
OH
R
N
Van Taylor
TX
R
N
Glenn Thompson
PA
R
N
Mac Thornberry
TX
R
N
Tom Tiffany
WI
R
N
William Timmons
SC
R
N
Scott Tipton
CO
R
N
Michael Turner
OH
R
N
Tim Walberg
MI
R
N
Michael Waltz
FL
R
N
Randy Weber
TX
R
N
Daniel Webster
FL
R
N
Brad Wenstrup
OH
R
N
Bruce Westerman
AR
R
N
Roger Williams
TX
R
N
Joe Wilson
SC
R
N
Robert Wittman
VA
R
N
Steve Womack
AR
R
N
Rob Woodall
GA
R
N
Alma Adams
NC
D
Y
Robert Aderholt
AL
R
Y
Pete Aguilar
CA
D
Y
Colin Allred
TX
D
Y
Cindy Axne
IA
D
Y
James Baird
IN
R
Y
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
Sanford Bishop
GA
D
Y
Earl Blumenauer
OR
D
Y
Suzanne Bonamici
OR
D
Y
Brendan Boyle
PA
D
Y
Anthony Brindisi
NY
D
Y
Susan Brooks
IN
R
Y
Anthony Brown
MD
D
Y
Julia Brownley
CA
D
Y
Michael Burgess
TX
R
Y
Cheri Bustos
IL
D
Y
G.K. Butterfield
NC
D
Y
Ken Calvert
CA
R
Y
Salud Carbajal
CA
D
Y
Tony Cardenas
CA
D
Y
Andre Carson
IN
D
Y
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
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
James Clyburn
SC
D
Y
Steve Cohen
TN
D
Y
Tom Cole
OK
R
Y
James Comer
KY
R
Y
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
Charlie Crist
FL
D
Y
Jason Crow
CO
D
Y
Henry Cuellar
TX
D
Y
Joe Cunningham
SC
D
Y
Sharice Davids
KS
D
Y
Susan Davis
CA
D
Y
Rodney Davis
IL
R
Y
Danny Davis
IL
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
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
Eliot Engel
NY
D
Y
Veronica Escobar
TX
D
Y
Anna Eshoo
CA
D
Y
Adriano Espaillat
NY
D
Y
Dwight Evans
PA
D
Y
Abby Finkenauer
IA
D
Y
Brian Fitzpatrick
PA
R
Y
Lizzie Fletcher
TX
D
Y
Bill Flores
TX
R
Y
Bill Foster
IL
D
Y
Lois Frankel
FL
D
Y
Marcia Fudge
OH
D
Y
Tulsi Gabbard
HI
D
Y
Ruben Gallego
AZ
D
Y
John Garamendi
CA
D
Y
Jesus Garcia
IL
D
Y
Mike Garcia
CA
R
Y
Sylvia Garcia
TX
D
Y
Jared Golden
ME
D
Y
Jimmy Gomez
CA
D
Y
Vicente Gonzalez
TX
D
Y
Josh Gottheimer
NJ
D
Y
Kay Granger
TX
R
Y
Al Green
TX
D
Y
Raul Grijalva
AZ
D
Y
Debra Haaland
NM
D
Y
Kwanza Hall
GA
D
Y
Josh Harder
CA
D
Y
Alcee Hastings
FL
D
Y
Jahana Hayes
CT
D
Y
Denny Heck
WA
D
Y
Jaime Herrera Beutler
WA
R
Y
Clay Higgins
LA
R
Y
Brian Higgins
NY
D
Y
James Himes
CT
D
Y
Kendra Horn
OK
D
Y
Steven Horsford
NV
D
Y
Chrissy Houlahan
PA
D
Y
Steny Hoyer
MD
D
Y
Jared Huffman
CA
D
Y
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
Eddie Johnson
TX
D
Y
Bill Johnson
OH
R
Y
Henry Johnson
GA
D
Y
David Joyce
OH
R
Y
Marcy Kaptur
OH
D
Y
John Katko
NY
R
Y
William Keating
MA
D
Y
Robin Kelly
IL
D
Y
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
Adam Kinzinger
IL
R
Y
Ann Kirkpatrick
AZ
D
Y
Raja Krishnamoorthi
IL
D
Y
Ann Kuster
NH
D
Y
Conor Lamb
PA
D
Y
James Langevin
RI
D
Y
Rick Larsen
WA
D
Y
John Larson
CT
D
Y
Brenda Lawrence
MI
D
Y
Al Lawson
FL
D
Y
Suzanne Lee
NV
D
Y
Barbara Lee
CA
D
Y
Andy Levin
MI
D
Y
Mike Levin
CA
D
Y
Ted Lieu
CA
D
Y
David Loebsack
IA
D
Y
Zoe Lofgren
CA
D
Y
Alan Lowenthal
CA
D
Y
Nita Lowey
NY
D
Y
Frank Lucas
OK
R
Y
Ben Lujan
NM
D
Y
Elaine Luria
VA
D
Y
Stephen Lynch
MA
D
Y
Tom Malinowski
NJ
D
Y
Carolyn Maloney
NY
D
Y
Sean Maloney
NY
D
Y
Doris Matsui
CA
D
Y
Ben McAdams
UT
D
Y
Lucy McBath
GA
D
Y
Michael McCaul
TX
R
Y
Betty McCollum
MN
D
Y
Donald McEachin
VA
D
Y
James McGovern
MA
D
Y
David McKinley
WV
R
Y
Jerry McNerney
CA
D
Y
Gregory Meeks
NY
D
Y
Grace Meng
NY
D
Y
Kweisi Mfume
MD
D
Y
Gwen Moore
WI
D
Y
Joseph Morelle
NY
D
Y
Seth Moulton
MA
D
Y
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
FL
D
Y
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
Donald Norcross
NJ
D
Y
Tom O'Halleran
AZ
D
Y
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
NY
D
Y
Pete Olson
TX
R
Y
Ilhan Omar
MN
D
Y
Frank Pallone
NJ
D
Y
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 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
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
Kathleen Rice
NY
D
Y
Cedric Richmond
LA
D
Y
Denver Riggleman
VA
R
Y
Lisa Rochester
DE
D
Y
Hal Rogers
KY
R
Y
Francis Rooney
FL
R
Y
Max Rose
NY
D
Y
Harley Rouda
CA
D
Y
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
Mary Scanlon
PA
D
Y
Janice Schakowsky
IL
D
Y
Adam Schiff
CA
D
Y
Bradley Schneider
IL
D
Y
Kim Schrier
WA
D
Y
David Scott
GA
D
Y
Robert Scott
VA
D
Y
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
Albio Sires
NJ
D
Y
Elissa Slotkin
MI
D
Y
Jason Smith
MO
R
Y
Christopher Smith
NJ
R
Y
Adam Smith
WA
D
Y
Darren Soto
FL
D
Y
Abigail Spanberger
VA
D
Y
Jackie Speier
CA
D
Y
Greg Stanton
AZ
D
Y
Pete Stauber
MN
R
Y
Elise Stefanik
NY
R
Y
Haley Stevens
MI
D
Y
Thomas Suozzi
NY
D
Y
Eric Swalwell
CA
D
Y
Mark Takano
CA
D
Y
Bennie Thompson
MS
D
Y
Mike Thompson
CA
D
Y
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
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
Greg Walden
OR
R
Y
Jackie Walorski
IN
R
Y
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
FL
D
Y
Maxine Waters
CA
D
Y
Bonnie Watson Coleman
NJ
D
Y
Peter Welch
VT
D
Y
Jennifer Wexton
VA
D
Y
Susan Wild
PA
D
Y
Frederica Wilson
FL
D
Y
John Yarmuth
KY
D
Y
Lee Zeldin
NY
R
Y