KEY VOTE ALERT – “NO” ON FOR THE PEOPLE ACT, H.R. 1
The Club for Growth opposes the For the People Act of 2019, H.R. 1 and urges all Representatives to vote NO on it. A vote is expected this week in the House. The results of this vote will be included in the Club’s 2019 congressional scorecard.
The For the People Act tramples on the most sacred words of the Constitution. The legislation would dismantle the First Amendment by totally changing political speech. The right of the American people to criticize our elected officials is what separates us from China, Venezuela and Cuba. But this legislation would take away political anonymity for many by drastically changing reporting requirements for Americans exercising political speech.
The bill also would effectively prevent nonprofit organizations from communicating with a Member of Congress about any policy issue. It is undeniably undemocratic to limit free speech rights and prevent any American citizen from petitioning Congress.
The bill also includes a major provision providing political welfare for politicians. It would provide candidates with taxpayer subsidy – $6 for every $1, which means that taxpayers’ money would fund even more of what they disagree with, including candidates for federal office. Federal candidates don’t need a subsidy akin to food stamps. And the American people don’t need even more of our hard-earned dollars wasted.
Our 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 our members and to the public.
Vote Results
Club Position
No
Required for Majority
1/2
Vote Results
Passed
Vote Number
118
Vote Date
March 8, 2019
Vote Counts
YEAs:
234
NAYs:
193
Not Voting:
5
Ralph Abraham
LA
R
Nay
Robert Aderholt
AL
R
Nay
Rick Allen
GA
R
Nay
Justin Amash
MI
I
Nay
Mark Amodei
NV
R
Nay
Kelly Armstrong
ND
R
Nay
Jodey Arrington
TX
R
Nay
Brian Babin
TX
R
Nay
Don Bacon
NE
R
Nay
James Baird
IN
R
Nay
Troy Balderson
OH
R
Nay
Jim Banks
IN
R
Nay
Andy Barr
KY
R
Nay
Jack Bergman
MI
R
Nay
Andy Biggs
AZ
R
Nay
Gus Bilirakis
FL
R
Nay
Rob Bishop
UT
R
Nay
Mike Bost
IL
R
Nay
Kevin Brady
TX
R
Nay
Susan Brooks
IN
R
Nay
Mo Brooks
AL
R
Nay
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
Nay
Bradley Byrne
AL
R
Nay
Ken Calvert
CA
R
Nay
John Carter
TX
R
Nay
Buddy Carter
GA
R
Nay
Steve Chabot
OH
R
Nay
Liz Cheney
WY
R
Nay
Ben Cline
VA
R
Nay
Michael Cloud
TX
R
Nay
Tom Cole
OK
R
Nay
Chris Collins
NY
R
Nay
Doug Collins
GA
R
Nay
James Comer
KY
R
Nay
K. Michael Conaway
TX
R
Nay
Paul Cook
CA
R
Nay
Dan Crenshaw
TX
R
Nay
John Curtis
UT
R
Nay
Warren Davidson
OH
R
Nay
Rodney Davis
IL
R
Nay
Scott DesJarlais
TN
R
Nay
Mario Diaz-Balart
FL
R
Nay
Sean Duffy
WI
R
Nay
Jeff Duncan
SC
R
Nay
Tom Emmer
MN
R
Nay
Ron Estes
KS
R
Nay
Drew Ferguson
GA
R
Nay
Brian Fitzpatrick
PA
R
Nay
Chuck Fleischmann
TN
R
Nay
Bill Flores
TX
R
Nay
Jeff Fortenberry
NE
R
Nay
Virginia Foxx
NC
R
Nay
Russ Fulcher
ID
R
Nay
Matt Gaetz
FL
R
Nay
Mike Gallagher
WI
R
Nay
Greg Gianforte
MT
R
Nay
Bob Gibbs
OH
R
Nay
Louie Gohmert
TX
R
Nay
Anthony Gonzalez
OH
R
Nay
Lance Gooden
TX
R
Nay
Paul Gosar
AZ
R
Nay
Kay Granger
TX
R
Nay
Tom Graves
GA
R
Nay
Garret Graves
LA
R
Nay
Sam Graves
MO
R
Nay
Mark Green
TN
R
Nay
H. Morgan Griffith
VA
R
Nay
Glenn Grothman
WI
R
Nay
Michael Guest
MS
R
Nay
Brett Guthrie
KY
R
Nay
James Hagedorn
MN
R
Nay
Andy Harris
MD
R
Nay
Vicky Hartzler
MO
R
Nay
Kevin Hern
OK
R
Nay
Jaime Herrera Beutler
WA
R
Nay
Jody Hice
GA
R
Nay
Clay Higgins
LA
R
Nay
French Hill
AR
R
Nay
George Holding
NC
R
Nay
Trey Hollingsworth
IN
R
Nay
Richard Hudson
NC
R
Nay
Bill Huizenga
MI
R
Nay
Duncan Hunter
CA
R
Nay
Will Hurd
TX
R
Nay
Mike Johnson
LA
R
Nay
Dusty Johnson
SD
R
Nay
Bill Johnson
OH
R
Nay
Jim Jordan
OH
R
Nay
David Joyce
OH
R
Nay
John Joyce
PA
R
Nay
John Katko
NY
R
Nay
Mike Kelly
PA
R
Nay
Trent Kelly
MS
R
Nay
Peter King
NY
R
Nay
Steve King
IA
R
Nay
Adam Kinzinger
IL
R
Nay
David Kustoff
TN
R
Nay
Darin LaHood
IL
R
Nay
Doug LaMalfa
CA
R
Nay
Doug Lamborn
CO
R
Nay
Bob Latta
OH
R
Nay
Debbie Lesko
AZ
R
Nay
Billy Long
MO
R
Nay
Barry Loudermilk
GA
R
Nay
Frank Lucas
OK
R
Nay
Blaine Luetkemeyer
MO
R
Nay
Kenny Marchant
TX
R
Nay
Roger Marshall
KS
R
Nay
Thomas Massie
KY
R
Nay
Brian Mast
FL
R
Nay
Kevin McCarthy
CA
R
Nay
Michael McCaul
TX
R
Nay
Tom McClintock
CA
R
Nay
Patrick McHenry
NC
R
Nay
David McKinley
WV
R
Nay
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
WA
R
Nay
Mark Meadows
NC
R
Nay
Dan Meuser
PA
R
Nay
Carol Miller
WV
R
Nay
Paul Mitchell
MI
R
Nay
John Moolenaar
MI
R
Nay
Alex Mooney
WV
R
Nay
Markwayne Mullin
OK
R
Nay
Dan Newhouse
WA
R
Nay
Ralph Norman
SC
R
Nay
Devin Nunes
CA
R
Nay
Pete Olson
TX
R
Nay
Steven Palazzo
MS
R
Nay
Gary Palmer
AL
R
Nay
Greg Pence
IN
R
Nay
Scott Perry
PA
R
Nay
Bill Posey
FL
R
Nay
John Ratcliffe
TX
R
Nay
Tom Reed
NY
R
Nay
Guy Reschenthaler
PA
R
Nay
Tom Rice
SC
R
Nay
Denver Riggleman
VA
R
Nay
Martha Roby
AL
R
Nay
David Roe
TN
R
Nay
Hal Rogers
KY
R
Nay
Francis Rooney
FL
R
Nay
John Rose
TN
R
Nay
David Rouzer
NC
R
Nay
Chip Roy
TX
R
Nay
John Rutherford
FL
R
Nay
Steve Scalise
LA
R
Nay
David Schweikert
AZ
R
Nay
Austin Scott
GA
R
Nay
F. James Sensenbrenner
WI
R
Nay
John Shimkus
IL
R
Nay
Mike Simpson
ID
R
Nay
Jason Smith
MO
R
Nay
Adrian Smith
NE
R
Nay
Christopher Smith
NJ
R
Nay
Lloyd Smucker
PA
R
Nay
Ross Spano
FL
R
Nay
Pete Stauber
MN
R
Nay
Elise Stefanik
NY
R
Nay
Bryan Steil
WI
R
Nay
Greg Steube
FL
R
Nay
Chris Stewart
UT
R
Nay
Van Taylor
TX
R
Nay
Glenn Thompson
PA
R
Nay
Mac Thornberry
TX
R
Nay
William Timmons
SC
R
Nay
Scott Tipton
CO
R
Nay
Michael Turner
OH
R
Nay
Fred Upton
MI
R
Nay
Ann Wagner
MO
R
Nay
Tim Walberg
MI
R
Nay
Greg Walden
OR
R
Nay
Mark Walker
NC
R
Nay
Jackie Walorski
IN
R
Nay
Michael Waltz
FL
R
Nay
Steve Watkins
KS
R
Nay
Randy Weber
TX
R
Nay
Daniel Webster
FL
R
Nay
Brad Wenstrup
OH
R
Nay
Bruce Westerman
AR
R
Nay
Roger Williams
TX
R
Nay
Joe Wilson
SC
R
Nay
Robert Wittman
VA
R
Nay
Steve Womack
AR
R
Nay
Rob Woodall
GA
R
Nay
Ron Wright
TX
R
Nay
Ted Yoho
FL
R
Nay
Don Young
AK
R
Nay
Lee Zeldin
NY
R
Nay
Lacy Clay
MO
D
NV
Rick Crawford
AR
R
NV
Neal Dunn
FL
R
NV
Mike Rogers
AL
R
NV
Steve Stivers
OH
R
NV
Alma Adams
NC
D
Yea
Pete Aguilar
CA
D
Yea
Colin Allred
TX
D
Yea
Cindy Axne
IA
D
Yea
Nanette Barragan
CA
D
Yea
Karen Bass
CA
D
Yea
Joyce Beatty
OH
D
Yea
Ami Bera
CA
D
Yea
Don Beyer
VA
D
Yea
Sanford Bishop
GA
D
Yea
Earl Blumenauer
OR
D
Yea
Suzanne Bonamici
OR
D
Yea
Brendan Boyle
PA
D
Yea
Anthony Brindisi
NY
D
Yea
Anthony Brown
MD
D
Yea
Julia Brownley
CA
D
Yea
Cheri Bustos
IL
D
Yea
G.K. Butterfield
NC
D
Yea
Salud Carbajal
CA
D
Yea
Tony Cardenas
CA
D
Yea
Andre Carson
IN
D
Yea
Matt Cartwright
PA
D
Yea
Ed Case
HI
D
Yea
Sean Casten
IL
D
Yea
Kathy Castor
FL
D
Yea
Joaquin Castro
TX
D
Yea
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
Emanuel Cleaver
MO
D
Yea
James Clyburn
SC
D
Yea
Steve Cohen
TN
D
Yea
Bonnie Coleman
NJ
D
Yea
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
Charlie Crist
FL
D
Yea
Jason Crow
CO
D
Yea
Henry Cuellar
TX
D
Yea
Elijah Cummings
MD
D
Yea
Joe Cunningham
SC
D
Yea
Sharice Davids
KS
D
Yea
Susan Davis
CA
D
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
Ted Deutch
FL
D
Yea
Debbie Dingell
MI
D
Yea
Lloyd Doggett
TX
D
Yea
Michael Doyle
PA
D
Yea
Eliot Engel
NY
D
Yea
Veronica Escobar
TX
D
Yea
Anna Eshoo
CA
D
Yea
Adriano Espaillat
NY
D
Yea
Dwight Evans
PA
D
Yea
Abby Finkenauer
IA
D
Yea
Lizzie Fletcher
TX
D
Yea
Bill Foster
IL
D
Yea
Lois Frankel
FL
D
Yea
Marcia Fudge
OH
D
Yea
Tulsi Gabbard
HI
D
Yea
Ruben Gallego
AZ
D
Yea
John Garamendi
CA
D
Yea
Sylvia Garcia
TX
D
Yea
Jesus Garcia
IL
D
Yea
Jared Golden
ME
D
Yea
Jimmy Gomez
CA
D
Yea
Vicente Gonzalez
TX
D
Yea
Josh Gottheimer
NJ
D
Yea
Al Green
TX
D
Yea
Raul Grijalva
AZ
D
Yea
Debra Haaland
NM
D
Yea
Josh Harder
CA
D
Yea
Alcee Hastings
FL
D
Yea
Jahana Hayes
CT
D
Yea
Denny Heck
WA
D
Yea
Brian Higgins
NY
D
Yea
Katie Hill
CA
D
Yea
James Himes
CT
D
Yea
Kendra Horn
OK
D
Yea
Steven Horsford
NV
D
Yea
Chrissy Houlahan
PA
D
Yea
Steny Hoyer
MD
D
Yea
Jared Huffman
CA
D
Yea
Sheila Jackson-Lee
TX
D
Yea
Pramila Jayapal
WA
D
Yea
Hakeem Jeffries
NY
D
Yea
Henry Johnson
GA
D
Yea
Eddie Johnson
TX
D
Yea
Marcy Kaptur
OH
D
Yea
William Keating
MA
D
Yea
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
Ann Kirkpatrick
AZ
D
Yea
Raja Krishnamoorthi
IL
D
Yea
Ann Kuster
NH
D
Yea
Conor Lamb
PA
D
Yea
James Langevin
RI
D
Yea
Rick Larsen
WA
D
Yea
John Larson
CT
D
Yea
Brenda Lawrence
MI
D
Yea
Al Lawson
FL
D
Yea
Suzanne Lee
NV
D
Yea
Barbara Lee
CA
D
Yea
Andy Levin
MI
D
Yea
Mike Levin
CA
D
Yea
John Lewis
GA
D
Yea
Ted Lieu
CA
D
Yea
Daniel Lipinski
IL
D
Yea
David Loebsack
IA
D
Yea
Zoe Lofgren
CA
D
Yea
Alan Lowenthal
CA
D
Yea
Nita Lowey
NY
D
Yea
Ben Lujan
NM
D
Yea
Elaine Luria
VA
D
Yea
Stephen Lynch
MA
D
Yea
Tom Malinowski
NJ
D
Yea
Sean Maloney
NY
D
Yea
Carolyn Maloney
NY
D
Yea
Doris Matsui
CA
D
Yea
Ben McAdams
UT
D
Yea
Lucy McBath
GA
D
Yea
Betty McCollum
MN
D
Yea
Donald McEachin
VA
D
Yea
James McGovern
MA
D
Yea
Jerry McNerney
CA
D
Yea
Gregory Meeks
NY
D
Yea
Grace Meng
NY
D
Yea
Gwen Moore
WI
D
Yea
Joseph Morelle
NY
D
Yea
Seth Moulton
MA
D
Yea
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
FL
D
Yea
Stephanie Murphy
FL
D
Yea
Jerrold Nadler
NY
D
Yea
Grace Napolitano
CA
D
Yea
Richard Neal
MA
D
Yea
Joseph Neguse
CO
D
Yea
Donald Norcross
NJ
D
Yea
Tom O'Halleran
AZ
D
Yea
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
NY
D
Yea
Ilhan Omar
MN
D
Yea
Frank Pallone
NJ
D
Yea
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
Ed Perlmutter
CO
D
Yea
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
Ayanna Pressley
MA
D
Yea
David Price
NC
D
Yea
Mike Quigley
IL
D
Yea
Jamie Raskin
MD
D
Yea
Kathleen Rice
NY
D
Yea
Cedric Richmond
LA
D
Yea
Lisa Rochester
DE
D
Yea
Max Rose
NY
D
Yea
Harley Rouda
CA
D
Yea
Lucille Roybal-Allard
CA
D
Yea
Raul Ruiz
CA
D
Yea
C.A. Ruppersberger
MD
D
Yea
Bobby Rush
IL
D
Yea
Tim Ryan
OH
D
Yea
Linda Sanchez
CA
D
Yea
John Sarbanes
MD
D
Yea
Mary Scanlon
PA
D
Yea
Janice Schakowsky
IL
D
Yea
Adam Schiff
CA
D
Yea
Bradley Schneider
IL
D
Yea
Kurt Schrader
OR
D
Yea
Kim Schrier
WA
D
Yea
Robert Scott
VA
D
Yea
David Scott
GA
D
Yea
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
Albio Sires
NJ
D
Yea
Elissa Slotkin
MI
D
Yea
Adam Smith
WA
D
Yea
Darren Soto
FL
D
Yea
Abigail Spanberger
VA
D
Yea
Jackie Speier
CA
D
Yea
Greg Stanton
AZ
D
Yea
Haley Stevens
MI
D
Yea
Thomas Suozzi
NY
D
Yea
Eric Swalwell
CA
D
Yea
Mark Takano
CA
D
Yea
Mike Thompson
CA
D
Yea
Bennie Thompson
MS
D
Yea
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
Lauren Underwood
IL
D
Yea
Jeff Van Drew
NJ
D
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
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
FL
D
Yea
Maxine Waters
CA
D
Yea
Peter Welch
VT
D
Yea
Jennifer Wexton
VA
D
Yea
Susan Wild
PA
D
Yea
Frederica Wilson
FL
D
Yea
John Yarmuth
KY
D
Yea