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

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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.

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Vote Results

Club Position

No

Required for Majority

1/2

Vote Results

Passed

Vote Number

182

Vote Date

August 22, 2020

Vote Counts

YEAs:

257

NAYs:

150

Not Voting:

24

Name

State

Party

Vote Position

Mark Amodei

NV

R

Abs

Susan Brooks

IN

R

Abs

Doug Collins

GA

R

Abs

Paul Cook

CA

R

Abs

Mario Diaz-Balart

FL

R

Abs

Bill Flores

TX

R

Abs

Tulsi Gabbard

HI

D

Abs

Bob Gibbs

OH

R

Abs

Kay Granger

TX

R

Abs

Clay Higgins

LA

R

Abs

Mike Johnson

LA

R

Abs

Mike Kelly

PA

R

Abs

Steve King

IA

R

Abs

Kenny Marchant

TX

R

Abs

Dan Meuser

PA

R

Abs

Pete Olson

TX

R

Abs

Chip Roy

TX

R

Abs

John Shimkus

IL

R

Abs

Ross Spano

FL

R

Abs

Greg Steube

FL

R

Abs

Chris Stewart

UT

R

Abs

Mac Thornberry

TX

R

Abs

William Timmons

SC

R

Abs

Greg Walden

OR

R

Abs

Ralph Abraham

LA

R

Nay

Robert Aderholt

AL

R

Nay

Rick Allen

GA

R

Nay

Justin Amash

MI

I

Nay

Kelly Armstrong

ND

R

Nay

Jodey Arrington

TX

R

Nay

Brian Babin

TX

R

Nay

James Baird

IN

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

Dan Bishop

NC

R

Nay

Rob Bishop

UT

R

Nay

Kevin Brady

TX

R

Nay

Mo Brooks

AL

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

James Comer

KY

R

Nay

K. Michael Conaway

TX

R

Nay

Rick Crawford

AR

R

Nay

Dan Crenshaw

TX

R

Nay

John Curtis

UT

R

Nay

Warren Davidson

OH

R

Nay

Scott DesJarlais

TN

R

Nay

Jeff Duncan

SC

R

Nay

Neal Dunn

FL

R

Nay

Tom Emmer

MN

R

Nay

Ron Estes

KS

R

Nay

Drew Ferguson

GA

R

Nay

Chuck Fleischmann

TN

R

Nay

Virginia Foxx

NC

R

Nay

Russ Fulcher

ID

R

Nay

Matt Gaetz

FL

R

Nay

Mike Gallagher

WI

R

Nay

Mike Garcia

CA

R

Nay

Greg Gianforte

MT

R

Nay

Louie Gohmert

TX

R

Nay

Anthony Gonzalez

OH

R

Nay

Lance Gooden

TX

R

Nay

Paul Gosar

AZ

R

Nay

Garret Graves

LA

R

Nay

Tom Graves

GA

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

Jody Hice

GA

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

Christopher Jacobs

NY

R

Nay

Bill Johnson

OH

R

Nay

Dusty Johnson

SD

R

Nay

Jim Jordan

OH

R

Nay

John Joyce

PA

R

Nay

Fred Keller

PA

R

Nay

Trent Kelly

MS

R

Nay

Adam Kinzinger

IL

R

Nay

David Kustoff

TN

R

Nay

Darin LaHood

IL

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

Roger Marshall

KS

R

Nay

Thomas Massie

KY

R

Nay

Brian Mast

FL

R

Nay

Kevin McCarthy

CA

R

Nay

Tom McClintock

CA

R

Nay

Patrick McHenry

NC

R

Nay

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

WA

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

Greg Murphy

NC

R

Nay

Dan Newhouse

WA

R

Nay

Ralph Norman

SC

R

Nay

Devin Nunes

CA

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

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

Mike Rogers

AL

R

Nay

Hal Rogers

KY

R

Nay

Francis Rooney

FL

R

Nay

John Rose

TN

R

Nay

David Rouzer

NC

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

Mike Simpson

ID

R

Nay

Adrian Smith

NE

R

Nay

Jason Smith

MO

R

Nay

Lloyd Smucker

PA

R

Nay

Bryan Steil

WI

R

Nay

Van Taylor

TX

R

Nay

Glenn Thompson

PA

R

Nay

Tom Tiffany

WI

R

Nay

Scott Tipton

CO

R

Nay

Tim Walberg

MI

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

Lee Zeldin

NY

R

Nay

Alma Adams

NC

D

Yea

Pete Aguilar

CA

D

Yea

Colin Allred

TX

D

Yea

Cindy Axne

IA

D

Yea

Don Bacon

NE

R

Yea

Troy Balderson

OH

R

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

Mike Bost

IL

R

Yea

Brendan Boyle

PA

D

Yea

Anthony Brindisi

NY

D

Yea

Anthony Brown

MD

D

Yea

Julia Brownley

CA

D

Yea

Vern Buchanan

FL

R

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

Matthew 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

Lacy Clay

MO

D

Yea

Emanuel Cleaver

MO

D

Yea

James Clyburn

SC

D

Yea

Steve Cohen

TN

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

Joe Cunningham

SC

D

Yea

Sharice Davids

KS

D

Yea

Danny Davis

IL

D

Yea

Rodney Davis

IL

R

Yea

Susan Davis

CA

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

Brian Fitzpatrick

PA

R

Yea

Lizzie Fletcher

TX

D

Yea

Jeff Fortenberry

NE

R

Yea

Bill Foster

IL

D

Yea

Lois Frankel

FL

D

Yea

Marcia Fudge

OH

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

Sam Graves

MO

R

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

Jaime Herrera Beutler

WA

R

Yea

Brian Higgins

NY

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

Will Hurd

TX

R

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

David Joyce

OH

R

Yea

Marcy Kaptur

OH

D

Yea

John Katko

NY

R

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

Peter King

NY

R

Yea

Ann Kirkpatrick

AZ

D

Yea

Raja Krishnamoorthi

IL

D

Yea

Ann Kuster

NH

D

Yea

Doug LaMalfa

CA

R

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

Mike Levin

CA

D

Yea

Andy Levin

MI

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

Michael McCaul

TX

R

Yea

Betty McCollum

MN

D

Yea

Donald McEachin

VA

D

Yea

James McGovern

MA

D

Yea

David McKinley

WV

R

Yea

Jerry McNerney

CA

D

Yea

Gregory Meeks

NY

D

Yea

Grace Meng

NY

D

Yea

Kweisi Mfume

MD

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

Tom Reed

NY

R

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

David Scott

GA

D

Yea

Robert Scott

VA

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

Christopher Smith

NJ

R

Yea

Darren Soto

FL

D

Yea

Abigail Spanberger

VA

D

Yea

Jackie Speier

CA

D

Yea

Greg Stanton

AZ

D

Yea

Pete Stauber

MN

R

Yea

Elise Stefanik

NY

R

Yea

Haley Stevens

MI

D

Yea

Steve Stivers

OH

R

Yea

Thomas Suozzi

NY

D

Yea

Eric Swalwell

CA

D

Yea

Mark Takano

CA

D

Yea

Bennie Thompson

MS

D

Yea

Mike Thompson

CA

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

Michael Turner

OH

R

Yea

Lauren Underwood

IL

D

Yea

Fred Upton

MI

R

Yea

Jeff Van Drew

NJ

R

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

Ann Wagner

MO

R

Yea

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

FL

D

Yea

Maxine Waters

CA

D

Yea

Bonnie Watson Coleman

NJ

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

Don Young

AK

R

Yea

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