Key Vote Alert – “NO” ON PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM AND HEALTH CARE ENHANCEMENT ACT

Scott Parkinson | April 23, 2020

Club for Growth opposes the Paycheck Protection Program and Health 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 Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act adds nearly $500 billion to the deficit, which is rapidly approaching $5,000,000,000,000 for FY2020. Instead of continuing to add hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars more to the deficit, Congress should direct Treasury to redirect funds appropriated in phases 3 to fund the Paycheck Protection Program. By offsetting from other lower priority measures included in the CARES Act the cost to taxpayer will remain over $2 trillion. Congress is fervently working to get liquidity to distressed business in America following the Coronavirus pandemic. But many recipients are not distressed and are taking advantage of the program.

This bill fails to include key provisions that will promote economic growth once the economy is reopened. First, any economic stimulus bill should begin with cutting red tape and decreasing the cost of regulations on employers. Congress must also correct the gross injustice in the CARES unemployment insurance provision that pays non-working, unemployed American more than employed workers. The CARES Act provision is creating resentment in the workplace and will make it impossible for many small businesses to reopen. This perverse incentive must be fixed.

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

104

Vote Date

April 23, 2020

Vote Counts

YEAs:

388

NAYs:

Not Voting:

Name

State

Party

Vote Position

Ralph Abraham

Yea

Alma Adams

Yea

Robert Aderholt

Yea

Pete Aguilar

Yea

Rick Allen

Yea

Colin Allred

Yea

Justin Amash

Mark Amodei

Yea

Kelly Armstrong

Yea

Jodey Arrington

Yea

Cindy Axne

Yea

Brian Babin

Abs

Don Bacon

Yea

James Baird

Abs

Troy Balderson

Yea

Jim Banks

Yea

Andy Barr

Yea

Nanette Barragan

Abs

Karen Bass

Yea

Joyce Beatty

Yea

Ami Bera

Yea

Jack Bergman

Yea

Don Beyer

Yea

Andy Biggs

Nay

Gus Bilirakis

Yea

Sanford Bishop

Yea

Rob Bishop

Yea

Dan Bishop

Yea

Earl Blumenauer

Yea

Suzanne Bonamici

Yea

Mike Bost

Yea

Brendan Boyle

Yea

Kevin Brady

Yea

Anthony Brindisi

Yea

Mo Brooks

Yea

Susan Brooks

Abs

Anthony Brown

Yea

Julia Brownley

Yea

Vern Buchanan

Yea

Ken Buck

Nay

Larry Bucshon

Yea

Ted Budd

Yea

Tim Burchett

Yea

Michael Burgess

Yea

Cheri Bustos

Yea

G.K. Butterfield

Yea

Bradley Byrne

Yea

Ken Calvert

Yea

Salud Carbajal

Yea

Tony Cardenas

Abs

Andre Carson

Yea

John Carter

Abs

Buddy Carter

Yea

Matthew Cartwright

Yea

Ed Case

Yea

Sean Casten

Yea

Kathy Castor

Yea

Joaquin Castro

Yea

Steve Chabot

Yea

Liz Cheney

Yea

Judy Chu

Yea

David Cicilline

Yea

Gil Cisneros

Yea

Katherine Clark

Yea

Yvette Clarke

Yea

Lacy Clay

Yea

Emanuel Cleaver

Yea

Ben Cline

Yea

Michael Cloud

Yea

James Clyburn

Yea

Steve Cohen

Yea

Tom Cole

Yea

Doug Collins

Yea

James Comer

Yea

K. Michael Conaway

Yea

Gerald Connolly

Yea

Paul Cook

Abs

Jim Cooper

Yea

Luis Correa

Yea

Jim Costa

Yea

Joe Courtney

Yea

TJ Cox

Yea

Angela Craig

Yea

Rick Crawford

Yea

Dan Crenshaw

Yea

Charlie Crist

Yea

Jason Crow

Yea

Henry Cuellar

Yea

Joe Cunningham

Yea

John Curtis

Yea

Sharice Davids

Yea

Warren Davidson

Yea

Danny Davis

Yea

Susan Davis

Yea

Rodney Davis

Yea

Madeleine Dean

Yea

Peter DeFazio

Yea

Diana DeGette

Yea

Rosa DeLauro

Yea

Suzan DelBene

Yea

Antonio Delgado

Yea

Val Demings

Yea

Mark DeSaulnier

Abs

Scott DesJarlais

Yea

Ted Deutch

Yea

Mario Diaz-Balart

Yea

Debbie Dingell

Yea

Lloyd Doggett

Abs

Michael Doyle

Yea

Jeff Duncan

Yea

Neal Dunn

Yea

Tom Emmer

Yea

Eliot Engel

Yea

Veronica Escobar

Yea

Anna Eshoo

Yea

Adriano Espaillat

Yea

Ron Estes

Yea

Dwight Evans

Yea

Drew Ferguson

Yea

Abby Finkenauer

Yea

Brian Fitzpatrick

Yea

Chuck Fleischmann

Yea

Lizzie Fletcher

Yea

Bill Flores

Yea

Jeff Fortenberry

Yea

Bill Foster

Yea

Virginia Foxx

Yea

Lois Frankel

Yea

Marcia Fudge

Yea

Russ Fulcher

Yea

Tulsi Gabbard

Yea

Matt Gaetz

Yea

Mike Gallagher

Yea

Ruben Gallego

Yea

John Garamendi

Yea

Sylvia Garcia

Yea

Jesus Garcia

Yea

Greg Gianforte

Yea

Bob Gibbs

Yea

Louie Gohmert

Yea

Jared Golden

Yea

Jimmy Gomez

Yea

Vicente Gonzalez

Yea

Anthony Gonzalez

Yea

Lance Gooden

Yea

Paul Gosar

Yea

Josh Gottheimer

Yea

Kay Granger

Yea

Garret Graves

Yea

Tom Graves

Yea

Sam Graves

Yea

Al Green

Yea

Mark Green

Yea

H. Morgan Griffith

Yea

Raul Grijalva

Abs

Glenn Grothman

Yea

Michael Guest

Yea

Brett Guthrie

Yea

Debra Haaland

Yea

James Hagedorn

Yea

Josh Harder

Yea

Andy Harris

Yea

Vicky Hartzler

Yea

Alcee Hastings

Abs

Jahana Hayes

Yea

Denny Heck

Yea

Kevin Hern

Yea

Jaime Herrera Beutler

Yea

Jody Hice

Nay

Clay Higgins

Yea

Brian Higgins

Yea

French Hill

Yea

James Himes

Yea

George Holding

Yea

Trey Hollingsworth

Yea

Kendra Horn

Yea

Steven Horsford

Yea

Chrissy Houlahan

Yea

Steny Hoyer

Yea

Richard Hudson

Yea

Jared Huffman

Yea

Bill Huizenga

Yea

Will Hurd

Yea

Sheila Jackson-Lee

Yea

Pramila Jayapal

Yea

Hakeem Jeffries

Yea

Dusty Johnson

Yea

Mike Johnson

Yea

Bill Johnson

Yea

Eddie Johnson

Abs

Henry Johnson

Yea

Jim Jordan

Yea

John Joyce

Yea

David Joyce

Yea

Marcy Kaptur

Yea

John Katko

Yea

William Keating

Yea

Fred Keller

Yea

Robin Kelly

Yea

Mike Kelly

Abs

Trent Kelly

Yea

Joseph Kennedy

Yea

Ro Khanna

Yea

Daniel Kildee

Yea

Derek Kilmer

Yea

Andy Kim

Yea

Ron Kind

Yea

Steve King

Yea

Peter King

Yea

Adam Kinzinger

Yea

Ann Kirkpatrick

Yea

Raja Krishnamoorthi

Yea

Ann Kuster

Yea

David Kustoff

Yea

Darin LaHood

Yea

Doug LaMalfa

Yea

Conor Lamb

Yea

Doug Lamborn

Yea

James Langevin

Yea

Rick Larsen

Yea

John Larson

Yea

Bob Latta

Yea

Brenda Lawrence

Yea

Al Lawson

Abs

Barbara Lee

Yea

Suzanne Lee

Yea

Debbie Lesko

Yea

Andy Levin

Yea

Mike Levin

Yea

John Lewis

Abs

Ted Lieu

Abs

Daniel Lipinski

Abs

David Loebsack

Yea

Zoe Lofgren

Abs

Billy Long

Yea

Barry Loudermilk

Yea

Alan Lowenthal

Abs

Nita Lowey

Abs

Frank Lucas

Yea

Blaine Luetkemeyer

Yea

Ben Lujan

Yea

Elaine Luria

Yea

Stephen Lynch

Yea

Tom Malinowski

Yea

Sean Maloney

Yea

Carolyn Maloney

Yea

Kenny Marchant

Abs

Roger Marshall

Abs

Thomas Massie

Nay

Brian Mast

Yea

Doris Matsui

Yea

Ben McAdams

Yea

Lucy McBath

Yea

Kevin McCarthy

Yea

Michael McCaul

Yea

Tom McClintock

Yea

Betty McCollum

Yea

Donald McEachin

Yea

James McGovern

Yea

Patrick McHenry

Abs

David McKinley

Yea

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Yea

Jerry McNerney

Yea

Gregory Meeks

Yea

Grace Meng

Yea

Dan Meuser

Yea

Carol Miller

Yea

Paul Mitchell

Yea

John Moolenaar

Yea

Alex Mooney

Yea

Gwen Moore

Abs

Joseph Morelle

Yea

Seth Moulton

Yea

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

Yea

Markwayne Mullin

Yea

Stephanie Murphy

Yea

Greg Murphy

Yea

Jerrold Nadler

Yea

Grace Napolitano

Abs

Richard Neal

Yea

Joseph Neguse

Yea

Dan Newhouse

Yea

Donald Norcross

Yea

Ralph Norman

Yea

Devin Nunes

Yea

Tom O'Halleran

Yea

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Nay

Pete Olson

Yea

Ilhan Omar

Yea

Steven Palazzo

Yea

Frank Pallone

Yea

Gary Palmer

Yea

Jimmy Panetta

Yea

Christopher Pappas

Yea

Bill Pascrell

Yea

Donald Payne

Yea

Nancy Pelosi

Yea

Greg Pence

Yea

Ed Perlmutter

Yea

Scott Perry

Yea

Scott Peters

Yea

Collin Peterson

Yea

Dean Phillips

Yea

Chellie Pingree

Yea

Mark Pocan

Yea

Katie Porter

Yea

Bill Posey

Yea

Ayanna Pressley

Yea

David Price

Yea

Mike Quigley

Yea

Jamie Raskin

Yea

John Ratcliffe

Yea

Tom Reed

Yea

Guy Reschenthaler

Yea

Tom Rice

Yea

Kathleen Rice

Yea

Cedric Richmond

Yea

Denver Riggleman

Yea

Martha Roby

Yea

Lisa Rochester

Yea

David Roe

Yea

Mike Rogers

Yea

Hal Rogers

Abs

Francis Rooney

Abs

John Rose

Yea

Max Rose

Yea

Harley Rouda

Yea

David Rouzer

Yea

Chip Roy

Yea

Lucille Roybal-Allard

Yea

Raul Ruiz

Yea

C.A. Ruppersberger

Yea

Bobby Rush

Yea

John Rutherford

Yea

Tim Ryan

Yea

Linda Sanchez

Yea

John Sarbanes

Yea

Steve Scalise

Yea

Mary Scanlon

Yea

Janice Schakowsky

Yea

Adam Schiff

Yea

Bradley Schneider

Yea

Kurt Schrader

Yea

Kim Schrier

Yea

David Schweikert

Yea

Robert Scott

Yea

Austin Scott

Yea

David Scott

Yea

F. James Sensenbrenner

Abs

Jose Serrano

Abs

Terri Sewell

Yea

Donna Shalala

Yea

Brad Sherman

Yea

Mikie Sherrill

Yea

John Shimkus

Abs

Mike Simpson

Yea

Albio Sires

Yea

Elissa Slotkin

Yea

Adrian Smith

Yea

Christopher Smith

Yea

Jason Smith

Yea

Adam Smith

Yea

Lloyd Smucker

Yea

Darren Soto

Yea

Abigail Spanberger

Yea

Ross Spano

Yea

Jackie Speier

Yea

Greg Stanton

Yea

Pete Stauber

Yea

Elise Stefanik

Yea

Bryan Steil

Yea

Greg Steube

Yea

Haley Stevens

Yea

Chris Stewart

Yea

Steve Stivers

Yea

Thomas Suozzi

Yea

Eric Swalwell

Yea

Mark Takano

Yea

Van Taylor

Yea

Mike Thompson

Yea

Glenn Thompson

Yea

Bennie Thompson

Yea

Mac Thornberry

Yea

William Timmons

Yea

Scott Tipton

Yea

Dina Titus

Yea

Rashida Tlaib

Yea

Paul Tonko

Yea

Norma Torres

Yea

Xochitl Torres Small

Yea

Lori Trahan

Yea

David Trone

Yea

Michael Turner

Yea

Lauren Underwood

Yea

Fred Upton

Yea

Jeff Van Drew

Yea

Juan Vargas

Yea

Marc Veasey

Abs

Filemon Vela

Yea

Nydia Velazquez

Yea

Peter Visclosky

Abs

Ann Wagner

Yea

Tim Walberg

Yea

Greg Walden

Yea

Mark Walker

Yea

Jackie Walorski

Yea

Michael Waltz

Yea

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Yea

Maxine Waters

Yea

Steve Watkins

Yea

Bonnie Watson Coleman

Yea

Randy Weber

Yea

Daniel Webster

Abs

Peter Welch

Yea

Brad Wenstrup

Yea

Bruce Westerman

Yea

Jennifer Wexton

Yea

Susan Wild

Yea

Roger Williams

Yea

Frederica Wilson

Abs

Joe Wilson

Yea

Robert Wittman

Yea

Steve Womack

Yea

Rob Woodall

Yea

Ron Wright

Abs

John Yarmuth

Yea

Ted Yoho

Yea

Don Young

Yea

Lee Zeldin

Yea