KEY VOTE ALERT “NO” ON H.R. 8015, THE DELIVERING FOR AMERICA ACT

Scott Parkinson | August 21, 2020

Club for Growth opposes the Delivering for America Act, H.R. 8015. 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 Delivering for America Act would provide $25 billion to the United States Postal Service (USPS), and prevent any change in operation or level of postal services during the COVID pandemic, including a reduction in hours of operations or consolidation of postal offices, among other provisions.

The legislation also allows Americans to bring frivolous civil action against the post office if an individual believes they were harmed by a violation of the bill. For example, if a post office decided to reduce its hours of operations and close early on a Saturday, or even close a satellite office while extending office hours in a main post office — an individual would have standing to sue the USPS. The USPS should be permitted to work with communities to respond to the postal needs of the people during COVID and Congress should not use a heavy hand to require all services to be fully maintained by USPS during the pandemic.

Despite competitive shipping costs associated with mailing items through the USPS, the USPS consistently loses billions of dollars annually because people use the post office less frequently in the era of digital and E-mail service. USPS’s unfunded pension system has also long been a red flag raised toward necessary reforms that too many politicians refuse to consider because of the political strength of the American Postal Workers Union.

USPS delivers billions of pieces of mail and hundreds of millions of packages during the holiday season alone, and USPS has the capacity to handle tens of millions of mail-in ballots during the 2020 election, if necessary, according to testimony this week from the Postmaster General. Moreover, the Postmaster General said the USPS can prioritize election documents over other mail. Despite the pandemic, USPS should be able to consider reforms like any other business responding to the pandemic that needs to reduce its operating loss. This bill is another case of politicians politicizing the COVID pandemic in order to obtain what they perceive as a political advantage headed into the General Election.

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.

Club Position

Required for Majority

1/2

Vote Results

Passed

Vote Number

182

Vote Date

August 22, 2020

Vote Counts

YEAs:

257

NAYs:

150

Not Voting:

Name

State

Party

Vote Position

Don Young

Yea

Robert Aderholt

Nay

Mo Brooks

Nay

Bradley Byrne

Nay

Gary Palmer

Nay

Martha Roby

Nay

Mike Rogers

Nay

Terri Sewell

Yea

Rick Crawford

Nay

French Hill

Nay

Bruce Westerman

Nay

Steve Womack

Nay

Andy Biggs

Nay

Ruben Gallego

Yea

Paul Gosar

Nay

Raul Grijalva

Yea

Ann Kirkpatrick

Yea

Debbie Lesko

Nay

Tom O'Halleran

Yea

David Schweikert

Nay

Greg Stanton

Yea

Pete Aguilar

Yea

Nanette Barragan

Yea

Karen Bass

Yea

Ami Bera

Yea

Julia Brownley

Yea

Ken Calvert

Nay

Salud Carbajal

Yea

Tony Cardenas

Yea

Judy Chu

Yea

Gil Cisneros

Yea

Paul Cook

Abs

Luis Correa

Yea

Jim Costa

Yea

TJ Cox

Yea

Susan Davis

Yea

Mark DeSaulnier

Yea

Anna Eshoo

Yea

John Garamendi

Yea

Mike Garcia

Nay

Jimmy Gomez

Yea

Josh Harder

Yea

Jared Huffman

Yea

Ro Khanna

Yea

Doug LaMalfa

Yea

Barbara Lee

Yea

Mike Levin

Yea

Ted Lieu

Yea

Zoe Lofgren

Yea

Alan Lowenthal

Yea

Doris Matsui

Yea

Kevin McCarthy

Nay

Tom McClintock

Nay

Jerry McNerney

Yea

Grace Napolitano

Yea

Devin Nunes

Nay

Jimmy Panetta

Yea

Nancy Pelosi

Yea

Scott Peters

Yea

Katie Porter

Yea

Harley Rouda

Yea

Lucille Roybal-Allard

Yea

Raul Ruiz

Yea

Linda Sanchez

Yea

Adam Schiff

Yea

Brad Sherman

Yea

Jackie Speier

Yea

Eric Swalwell

Yea

Mark Takano

Yea

Mike Thompson

Yea

Norma Torres

Yea

Juan Vargas

Yea

Maxine Waters

Yea

Ken Buck

Nay

Jason Crow

Yea

Diana DeGette

Yea

Doug Lamborn

Nay

Joseph Neguse

Yea

Ed Perlmutter

Yea

Scott Tipton

Nay

Joe Courtney

Yea

Rosa DeLauro

Yea

Jahana Hayes

Yea

James Himes

Yea

John Larson

Yea

Lisa Rochester

Yea

Gus Bilirakis

Nay

Vern Buchanan

Yea

Kathy Castor

Yea

Charlie Crist

Yea

Val Demings

Yea

Ted Deutch

Yea

Mario Diaz-Balart

Abs

Neal Dunn

Nay

Lois Frankel

Yea

Matt Gaetz

Nay

Alcee Hastings

Yea

Al Lawson

Yea

Brian Mast

Nay

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

Yea

Stephanie Murphy

Yea

Bill Posey

Nay

Francis Rooney

Nay

John Rutherford

Nay

Donna Shalala

Yea

Darren Soto

Yea

Ross Spano

Abs

Greg Steube

Abs

Michael Waltz

Nay

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Yea

Daniel Webster

Nay

Frederica Wilson

Yea

Ted Yoho

Nay

Rick Allen

Nay

Sanford Bishop

Yea

Buddy Carter

Nay

Doug Collins

Abs

Drew Ferguson

Nay

Tom Graves

Nay

Jody Hice

Nay

Henry Johnson

Yea

Barry Loudermilk

Nay

Lucy McBath

Yea

Austin Scott

Nay

David Scott

Yea

Rob Woodall

Nay

Ed Case

Yea

Tulsi Gabbard

Abs

Cindy Axne

Yea

Abby Finkenauer

Yea

Steve King

Abs

David Loebsack

Yea

Russ Fulcher

Nay

Mike Simpson

Nay

Mike Bost

Yea

Cheri Bustos

Yea

Sean Casten

Yea

Danny Davis

Yea

Rodney Davis

Yea

Bill Foster

Yea

Jesus Garcia

Yea

Robin Kelly

Yea

Adam Kinzinger

Nay

Raja Krishnamoorthi

Yea

Darin LaHood

Nay

Daniel Lipinski

Yea

Mike Quigley

Yea

Bobby Rush

Yea

Janice Schakowsky

Yea

Bradley Schneider

Yea

John Shimkus

Abs

Lauren Underwood

Yea

James Baird

Nay

Jim Banks

Nay

Susan Brooks

Abs

Larry Bucshon

Nay

Andre Carson

Yea

Trey Hollingsworth

Nay

Greg Pence

Nay

Peter Visclosky

Yea

Jackie Walorski

Nay

Sharice Davids

Yea

Ron Estes

Nay

Roger Marshall

Nay

Steve Watkins

Nay

Andy Barr

Nay

James Comer

Nay

Brett Guthrie

Nay

Thomas Massie

Nay

Hal Rogers

Nay

John Yarmuth

Yea

Ralph Abraham

Nay

Garret Graves

Nay

Clay Higgins

Abs

Mike Johnson

Abs

Cedric Richmond

Yea

Steve Scalise

Nay

Katherine Clark

Yea

William Keating

Yea

Joseph Kennedy

Yea

Stephen Lynch

Yea

James McGovern

Yea

Seth Moulton

Yea

Richard Neal

Yea

Ayanna Pressley

Yea

Lori Trahan

Yea

Anthony Brown

Yea

Andy Harris

Nay

Steny Hoyer

Yea

Kweisi Mfume

Yea

Jamie Raskin

Yea

C.A. Ruppersberger

Yea

John Sarbanes

Yea

David Trone

Yea

Jared Golden

Yea

Chellie Pingree

Yea

Justin Amash

Nay

Jack Bergman

Nay

Debbie Dingell

Yea

Bill Huizenga

Nay

Daniel Kildee

Yea

Brenda Lawrence

Yea

Andy Levin

Yea

Paul Mitchell

Nay

John Moolenaar

Nay

Elissa Slotkin

Yea

Haley Stevens

Yea

Rashida Tlaib

Yea

Fred Upton

Yea

Tim Walberg

Nay

Angela Craig

Yea

Tom Emmer

Nay

James Hagedorn

Nay

Betty McCollum

Yea

Ilhan Omar

Yea

Collin Peterson

Yea

Dean Phillips

Yea

Pete Stauber

Yea

Lacy Clay

Yea

Emanuel Cleaver

Yea

Sam Graves

Yea

Vicky Hartzler

Nay

Billy Long

Nay

Blaine Luetkemeyer

Nay

Jason Smith

Nay

Ann Wagner

Yea

Michael Guest

Nay

Trent Kelly

Nay

Steven Palazzo

Nay

Bennie Thompson

Yea

Greg Gianforte

Nay

Alma Adams

Yea

Dan Bishop

Nay

Ted Budd

Nay

G.K. Butterfield

Yea

Virginia Foxx

Nay

George Holding

Nay

Richard Hudson

Nay

Patrick McHenry

Nay

Greg Murphy

Nay

David Price

Yea

David Rouzer

Nay

Mark Walker

Nay

Kelly Armstrong

Nay

Don Bacon

Yea

Jeff Fortenberry

Yea

Adrian Smith

Nay

Ann Kuster

Yea

Christopher Pappas

Yea

Josh Gottheimer

Yea

Andy Kim

Yea

Tom Malinowski

Yea

Donald Norcross

Yea

Frank Pallone

Yea

Bill Pascrell

Yea

Donald Payne

Yea

Mikie Sherrill

Yea

Albio Sires

Yea

Christopher Smith

Yea

Jeff Van Drew

Yea

Bonnie Watson Coleman

Yea

Debra Haaland

Yea

Ben Lujan

Yea

Xochitl Torres Small

Yea

Mark Amodei

Abs

Steven Horsford

Yea

Suzanne Lee

Yea

Dina Titus

Yea

Anthony Brindisi

Yea

Yvette Clarke

Yea

Antonio Delgado

Yea

Eliot Engel

Yea

Adriano Espaillat

Yea

Brian Higgins

Yea

Christopher Jacobs

Nay

Hakeem Jeffries

Yea

John Katko

Yea

Peter King

Yea

Nita Lowey

Yea

Carolyn Maloney

Yea

Sean Maloney

Yea

Gregory Meeks

Yea

Grace Meng

Yea

Joseph Morelle

Yea

Jerrold Nadler

Yea

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Yea

Tom Reed

Yea

Kathleen Rice

Yea

Max Rose

Yea

Jose Serrano

Yea

Elise Stefanik

Yea

Thomas Suozzi

Yea

Paul Tonko

Yea

Nydia Velazquez

Yea

Lee Zeldin

Nay

Troy Balderson

Yea

Joyce Beatty

Yea

Steve Chabot

Nay

Warren Davidson

Nay

Marcia Fudge

Yea

Bob Gibbs

Abs

Anthony Gonzalez

Nay

Bill Johnson

Nay

Jim Jordan

Nay

David Joyce

Yea

Marcy Kaptur

Yea

Bob Latta

Nay

Tim Ryan

Yea

Steve Stivers

Yea

Michael Turner

Yea

Brad Wenstrup

Nay

Tom Cole

Nay

Kevin Hern

Nay

Kendra Horn

Yea

Frank Lucas

Nay

Markwayne Mullin

Nay

Earl Blumenauer

Yea

Suzanne Bonamici

Yea

Peter DeFazio

Yea

Kurt Schrader

Yea

Greg Walden

Abs

Brendan Boyle

Yea

Matthew Cartwright

Yea

Madeleine Dean

Yea

Michael Doyle

Yea

Dwight Evans

Yea

Brian Fitzpatrick

Yea

Chrissy Houlahan

Yea

John Joyce

Nay

Fred Keller

Nay

Mike Kelly

Abs

Conor Lamb

Yea

Dan Meuser

Abs

Scott Perry

Nay

Guy Reschenthaler

Nay

Mary Scanlon

Yea

Lloyd Smucker

Nay

Glenn Thompson

Nay

Susan Wild

Yea

David Cicilline

Yea

James Langevin

Yea

James Clyburn

Yea

Joe Cunningham

Yea

Jeff Duncan

Nay

Ralph Norman

Nay

Tom Rice

Nay

William Timmons

Abs

Joe Wilson

Nay

Dusty Johnson

Nay

Tim Burchett

Nay

Steve Cohen

Yea

Jim Cooper

Yea

Scott DesJarlais

Nay

Chuck Fleischmann

Nay

Mark Green

Nay

David Kustoff

Nay

David Roe

Nay

John Rose

Nay

Colin Allred

Yea

Jodey Arrington

Nay

Brian Babin

Nay

Kevin Brady

Nay

Michael Burgess

Nay

John Carter

Nay

Joaquin Castro

Yea

Michael Cloud

Nay

K. Michael Conaway

Nay

Dan Crenshaw

Nay

Henry Cuellar

Yea

Lloyd Doggett

Yea

Veronica Escobar

Yea

Lizzie Fletcher

Yea

Bill Flores

Abs

Sylvia Garcia

Yea

Louie Gohmert

Nay

Vicente Gonzalez

Yea

Lance Gooden

Nay

Kay Granger

Abs

Al Green

Yea

Will Hurd

Yea

Sheila Jackson-Lee

Yea

Eddie Johnson

Yea

Kenny Marchant

Abs

Michael McCaul

Yea

Pete Olson

Abs

Chip Roy

Abs

Van Taylor

Nay

Mac Thornberry

Abs

Marc Veasey

Yea

Filemon Vela

Yea

Randy Weber

Nay

Roger Williams

Nay

Ron Wright

Nay

Rob Bishop

Nay

John Curtis

Nay

Ben McAdams

Yea

Chris Stewart

Abs

Don Beyer

Yea

Ben Cline

Nay

Gerald Connolly

Yea

H. Morgan Griffith

Nay

Elaine Luria

Yea

Donald McEachin

Yea

Denver Riggleman

Nay

Robert Scott

Yea

Abigail Spanberger

Yea

Jennifer Wexton

Yea

Robert Wittman

Nay

Peter Welch

Yea

Suzan DelBene

Yea

Denny Heck

Yea

Jaime Herrera Beutler

Yea

Pramila Jayapal

Yea

Derek Kilmer

Yea

Rick Larsen

Yea

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Nay

Dan Newhouse

Nay

Kim Schrier

Yea

Adam Smith

Yea

Mike Gallagher

Nay

Glenn Grothman

Nay

Ron Kind

Yea

Gwen Moore

Yea

Mark Pocan

Yea

F. James Sensenbrenner

Nay

Bryan Steil

Nay

Tom Tiffany

Nay

David McKinley

Yea

Carol Miller

Nay

Alex Mooney

Nay

Liz Cheney

Nay