Key Vote Alert “NO” on H.R. 1425, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act
Club for Growth opposes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act. The legislation will be considered soon in the United States House of Representatives. The result of the vote will be included in the Club for Growth Foundation’s 2020 Congressional Scorecard.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act doubles down on the failures of Obamacare and limits choice and competition in the health care marketplace for consumers. It raids Medicare by nearly $500 billion in order to finance the enhancement by fixing prices in prescription medications. But rather than using the money from this price-fixing socialist scheme to improve Medicare’s solvency, the money is redirected into Obamacare so that healthy, able-bodied people can remain on Medicaid, while forcing states to keep ineligible Medicaid recipients on its Medicaid rolls. At a time when American innovation is needed, price-fixing would cause many drug-manufactures to produce less, and reduce choice for consumers. Moreover, the bill provides for a $10 billion annual permanent bailout of health insurers.
The solution to America’s health care woes does not lie within an enhancement of government’s role. Instead, Congress should take steps to remove government from the health care decisions that should be between a doctor and patient. If Congress does anything, it should take action to expand choice and competition by taking steps to codify important action taken by the current administration that makes available Short-Term Limited Duration plans (STLDs), Association Health Plans (AHPs), and health care reimbursement accounts (HRAs). But this legislation actually repeals STLDs.
Across America, people have been saddled with soaring premiums and have been victimized by low-quality health care due to lack of competition. Make no mistake, liberals in Congress desperately seek to enact a single-payer health care system as part of their Green New Deal. Their goal is control of individuals’ health care decisions. And legislation like this that only furthers that goal should be soundly rejected by anyone that cares about preserving quality and competition in health care.
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
124
Vote Date
June 29, 2020
Vote Counts
YEAs:
234
NAYs:
179
Not Voting:
18
Ralph Abraham
LA
R
A
John Curtis
UT
R
A
Tom Emmer
MN
R
A
Mike Gallagher
WI
R
A
Paul Gosar
AZ
R
A
Kay Granger
TX
R
A
Brett Guthrie
KY
R
A
David Joyce
OH
R
A
John Katko
NY
R
A
Steve King
IA
R
A
Barry Loudermilk
GA
R
A
Kenny Marchant
TX
R
A
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
WA
R
A
Steven Palazzo
MS
R
A
Martha Roby
AL
R
A
Francis Rooney
FL
R
A
Austin Scott
GA
R
A
Randy Weber
TX
R
A
Robert Aderholt
AL
R
N
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
James Baird
IN
R
N
Troy Balderson
OH
R
N
Jim Banks
IN
R
N
Andy Barr
KY
R
N
Jack Bergman
MI
R
N
Andy Biggs
AZ
R
N
Gus Bilirakis
FL
R
N
Dan Bishop
NC
R
N
Rob Bishop
UT
R
N
Mike Bost
IL
R
N
Kevin Brady
TX
R
N
Mo Brooks
AL
R
N
Susan Brooks
IN
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
Michael Burgess
TX
R
N
Bradley Byrne
AL
R
N
Ken Calvert
CA
R
N
John Carter
TX
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
Tom Cole
OK
R
N
Doug Collins
GA
R
N
James Comer
KY
R
N
K. Michael Conaway
TX
R
N
Paul Cook
CA
R
N
Rick Crawford
AR
R
N
Dan Crenshaw
TX
R
N
Warren Davidson
OH
R
N
Rodney Davis
IL
R
N
Scott DesJarlais
TN
R
N
Mario Diaz-Balart
FL
R
N
Jeff Duncan
SC
R
N
Neal Dunn
FL
R
N
Ron Estes
KS
R
N
Drew Ferguson
GA
R
N
Chuck Fleischmann
TN
R
N
Bill Flores
TX
R
N
Jeff Fortenberry
NE
R
N
Virginia Foxx
NC
R
N
Russ Fulcher
ID
R
N
Matt Gaetz
FL
R
N
Mike Garcia
CA
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
Sam Graves
MO
R
N
Tom Graves
GA
R
N
Garret Graves
LA
R
N
Mark Green
TN
R
N
H. Morgan Griffith
VA
R
N
Glenn Grothman
WI
R
N
Michael Guest
MS
R
N
James Hagedorn
MN
R
N
Andy Harris
MD
R
N
Vicky Hartzler
MO
R
N
Kevin Hern
OK
R
N
Jaime Herrera Beutler
WA
R
N
Jody Hice
GA
R
N
Clay Higgins
LA
R
N
French Hill
AR
R
N
George Holding
NC
R
N
Trey Hollingsworth
IN
R
N
Richard Hudson
NC
R
N
Bill Huizenga
MI
R
N
Will Hurd
TX
R
N
Dusty Johnson
SD
R
N
Bill Johnson
OH
R
N
Mike Johnson
LA
R
N
Jim Jordan
OH
R
N
John Joyce
PA
R
N
Fred Keller
PA
R
N
Trent Kelly
MS
R
N
Mike Kelly
PA
R
N
Peter King
NY
R
N
Adam Kinzinger
IL
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
Billy Long
MO
R
N
Frank Lucas
OK
R
N
Blaine Luetkemeyer
MO
R
N
Roger Marshall
KS
R
N
Thomas Massie
KY
R
N
Brian Mast
FL
R
N
Kevin McCarthy
CA
R
N
Michael McCaul
TX
R
N
Tom McClintock
CA
R
N
Patrick McHenry
NC
R
N
David McKinley
WV
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
Markwayne Mullin
OK
R
N
Greg Murphy
NC
R
N
Dan Newhouse
WA
R
N
Ralph Norman
SC
R
N
Devin Nunes
CA
R
N
Pete Olson
TX
R
N
Gary Palmer
AL
R
N
Greg Pence
IN
R
N
Scott Perry
PA
R
N
Collin Peterson
MN
D
N
Bill Posey
FL
R
N
Tom Reed
NY
R
N
Guy Reschenthaler
PA
R
N
Tom Rice
SC
R
N
Denver Riggleman
VA
R
N
David Roe
TN
R
N
Hal Rogers
KY
R
N
Mike Rogers
AL
R
N
John Rose
TN
R
N
David Rouzer
NC
R
N
Chip Roy
TX
R
N
John Rutherford
FL
R
N
Steve Scalise
LA
R
N
David Schweikert
AZ
R
N
F. James Sensenbrenner
WI
R
N
John Shimkus
IL
R
N
Mike Simpson
ID
R
N
Jason Smith
MO
R
N
Adrian Smith
NE
R
N
Christopher Smith
NJ
R
N
Lloyd Smucker
PA
R
N
Ross Spano
FL
R
N
Pete Stauber
MN
R
N
Elise Stefanik
NY
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
Fred Upton
MI
R
N
Ann Wagner
MO
R
N
Tim Walberg
MI
R
N
Greg Walden
OR
R
N
Mark Walker
NC
R
N
Jackie Walorski
IN
R
N
Michael Waltz
FL
R
N
Steve Watkins
KS
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
Ron Wright
TX
R
N
Ted Yoho
FL
R
N
Don Young
AK
R
N
Lee Zeldin
NY
R
N
Alma Adams
NC
D
Y
Pete Aguilar
CA
D
Y
Colin Allred
TX
D
Y
Cindy Axne
IA
D
Y
Nanette Barragan
CA
D
Y
Karen Bass
CA
D
Y
Joyce Beatty
OH
D
Y
Ami Bera
CA
D
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
Anthony Brown
MD
D
Y
Julia Brownley
CA
D
Y
Cheri Bustos
IL
D
Y
G.K. Butterfield
NC
D
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
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
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
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
Ted Deutch
FL
D
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 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
Sylvia Garcia
TX
D
Y
Jesus Garcia
IL
D
Y
Jared Golden
ME
D
Y
Jimmy Gomez
CA
D
Y
Vicente Gonzalez
TX
D
Y
Josh Gottheimer
NJ
D
Y
Al Green
TX
D
Y
Raul Grijalva
AZ
D
Y
Debra Haaland
NM
D
Y
Josh Harder
CA
D
Y
Alcee Hastings
FL
D
Y
Jahana Hayes
CT
D
Y
Denny Heck
WA
D
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
Sheila Jackson-Lee
TX
D
Y
Pramila Jayapal
WA
D
Y
Hakeem Jeffries
NY
D
Y
Eddie Johnson
TX
D
Y
Henry Johnson
GA
D
Y
Marcy Kaptur
OH
D
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
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
Barbara Lee
CA
D
Y
Suzanne Lee
NV
D
Y
Mike Levin
CA
D
Y
Andy Levin
MI
D
Y
John Lewis
GA
D
Y
Ted Lieu
CA
D
Y
Daniel Lipinski
IL
D
Y
David Loebsack
IA
D
Y
Zoe Lofgren
CA
D
Y
Alan Lowenthal
CA
D
Y
Nita Lowey
NY
D
Y
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
Doris Matsui
CA
D
Y
Ben McAdams
UT
D
Y
Lucy McBath
GA
D
Y
Betty McCollum
MN
D
Y
Donald McEachin
VA
D
Y
James McGovern
MA
D
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
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
Ed Perlmutter
CO
D
Y
Scott Peters
CA
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
Kathleen Rice
NY
D
Y
Cedric Richmond
LA
D
Y
Lisa Rochester
DE
D
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
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
Kurt Schrader
OR
D
Y
Kim Schrier
WA
D
Y
Robert Scott
VA
D
Y
David Scott
GA
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
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
Haley Stevens
MI
D
Y
Thomas Suozzi
NY
D
Y
Eric Swalwell
CA
D
Y
Mark Takano
CA
D
Y
Mike Thompson
CA
D
Y
Bennie Thompson
MS
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
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
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