Key Vote Alert – NO on the 2020 Christmas Wish List

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“NO” on The 2020 Christmas Wish-List

Club for Growth opposes COVID Relief package and Omnibus appropriations bill agreed upon yesterday by the four leaders of the House and Senate and urges all Representatives and Senators to vote no on the legislation. If the agreement is divided into two votes, Club for Growth will key vote NO on BOTH votes. The legislative package will be considered soon in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate. The result of the vote (or votes) will be included in the Club for Growth Foundation’s 2020 Congressional Scorecard.

This legislation is another example of Congress taking advantage of legislating by crisis and taking short-cuts in the legislative process in order to pass a bill that has not been reviewed by the American people, nor many Members. Although an agreement by Congressional leadership has been announced, there is not currently legislative text for Members of Congress and the public to review. This legislation is expected to only be available for a few hours before it will be voted on.

According to a summary document released by Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader Schumer, this bipartisan deal will spend around $900 billion on a myriad of issues including climate change reforms, rental assistances, the low-income housing tax credit, a tax credit for paid sick leave, increased food stamp benefits, a renewal and extension of unemployment benefits, education, an expansion of Pell Grants, internet access, global health money, money for vaccines, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), and stimulus checks. Stimulus spending is never good for economic growth. Although the Senate Majority Leader has called on both parties to “pass everything that we can agree to” many of these issues have not received broad support within the Senate Majority or House Minority. Perhaps this is why the Senate Majority and House Minority have not yet released a similar summary document touting the so-called “wins” they extracted in the negotiations.

The deal provides for $82 billion for colleges and schools. Education bureaucrats should not be rewarded with billions of dollars when many schools are not offering in-person educational opportunities. Instead, the money should be directed to families and students to ensure all K-12 students have access to high-quality education.

Club for Growth also opposes a federal extension of unemployment benefits. Instead, Congress should prioritize funding for the distribution of a vaccine so that a more normal life may more quickly return to the world.

For highly distressed businesses, the Paycheck Protection Program has served as a lifeline. But millions of jobs and businesses have been lost to the COVID pandemic. For those businesses and job creators, this legislation does nothing to incentivize new business formation.

Over the past 9 months, the House Majority has too often politicized the coronavirus pandemic in order to enact its political agenda in elections. Speaker Pelosi’s willingness to cut a smaller deal now than the previous $3 trillion wish-list she demanded earlier this summer is evidence that Democrats intend to continue to push for trillions in stimulus spending that will bankrupt the economy in 2021.

The legislative package will also include an Omnibus appropriations bill that will fund the discretionary appropriations elements of the federal government through September 30, 2021. Again, the legislative text for this huge pillar of the bipartisan deal is not available at the time this key vote alert was published. Members of Congress and the American people should have the ability to scrutinize this legislation and determine which special interests are being funded, whether there are any Congressional earmarks included, and what other anomalies are tucked into the pages of a thousand-page bill. If history is any evidence to that question, the answer will certainly be yes.

The Federal Government is way too big and intrusive. And 2020, punctuated by this spending bill, has watched the Congress incur more deficit spending that ever before. Prior to COVID, revenue was at a record level, but while some revenues slowed due to lockdowns enforced by States and local governments bureaucrats, the American people have suffered.  Purposeful in their agenda, liberals have attempted to turn America into chaos. Christmas is no time to reward such nasty behavior.

But there is a way forward. The American people are resilient and our economy is built on the willingness to engage in business activity, take risks, and invoke the entrepreneurial spirit of the job creator. As many businesses are taking steps to adjust to the circumstances facing their business due to the pandemic, government needs to remove tax and regulatory burdens that are preventing people from conducting business. Because this bill does none of that, President Trump should veto it.

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

251

Vote Date

December 21, 2020

Vote Counts

YEAs:

359

NAYs:

53

Not Voting:

17

Name

State

Party

Vote Position

Ralph Abraham

LA

R

Abs

Alma Adams

NC

D

Yea

Robert Aderholt

AL

R

Yea

Pete Aguilar

CA

D

Yea

Rick Allen

GA

R

Yea

Colin Allred

TX

D

Yea

Justin Amash

MI

I

Nay

Mark Amodei

NV

R

Yea

Kelly Armstrong

ND

R

Nay

Jodey Arrington

TX

R

Yea

Cindy Axne

IA

D

Yea

Brian Babin

TX

R

Nay

Don Bacon

NE

R

Yea

James Baird

IN

R

Yea

Troy Balderson

OH

R

Yea

Jim Banks

IN

R

Nay

Andy Barr

KY

R

Yea

Nanette Barragan

CA

D

Yea

Karen Bass

CA

D

Yea

Joyce Beatty

OH

D

Yea

Ami Bera

CA

D

Yea

Jack Bergman

MI

R

Yea

Don Beyer

VA

D

Yea

Andy Biggs

AZ

R

Nay

Gus Bilirakis

FL

R

Yea

Rob Bishop

UT

R

Abs

Dan Bishop

NC

R

Nay

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

Kevin Brady

TX

R

Yea

Anthony Brindisi

NY

D

Yea

Susan Brooks

IN

R

Abs

Mo Brooks

AL

R

Nay

Anthony Brown

MD

D

Yea

Julia Brownley

CA

D

Yea

Vern Buchanan

FL

R

Yea

Ken Buck

CO

R

Nay

Larry Bucshon

IN

R

Yea

Ted Budd

NC

R

Nay

Tim Burchett

TN

R

Nay

Michael Burgess

TX

R

Nay

Cheri Bustos

IL

D

Yea

G.K. Butterfield

NC

D

Yea

Bradley Byrne

AL

R

Yea

Ken Calvert

CA

R

Yea

Salud Carbajal

CA

D

Yea

Tony Cardenas

CA

D

Yea

Andre Carson

IN

D

Yea

Buddy Carter

GA

R

Yea

John Carter

TX

R

Abs

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

Steve Chabot

OH

R

Yea

Liz Cheney

WY

R

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

Ben Cline

VA

R

Yea

Michael Cloud

TX

R

Nay

James Clyburn

SC

D

Yea

Steve Cohen

TN

D

Yea

Tom Cole

OK

R

Yea

Bonnie Coleman

NJ

D

Yea

Doug Collins

GA

R

Yea

James Comer

KY

R

Yea

K. Michael Conaway

TX

R

Nay

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

Rick Crawford

AR

R

Yea

Dan Crenshaw

TX

R

Yea

Charlie Crist

FL

D

Yea

Jason Crow

CO

D

Yea

Henry Cuellar

TX

D

Yea

Joe Cunningham

SC

D

Yea

John Curtis

UT

R

Nay

Sharice Davids

KS

D

Yea

Warren Davidson

OH

R

Nay

Danny Davis

IL

D

Yea

Susan Davis

CA

D

Yea

Rodney Davis

IL

R

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

Scott DesJarlais

TN

R

Nay

Ted Deutch

FL

D

Yea

Mario Diaz-Balart

FL

R

Yea

Debbie Dingell

MI

D

Yea

Lloyd Doggett

TX

D

Yea

Michael Doyle

PA

D

Yea

Jeff Duncan

SC

R

Abs

Neal Dunn

FL

R

Abs

Tom Emmer

MN

R

Yea

Eliot Engel

NY

D

Yea

Veronica Escobar

TX

D

Yea

Anna Eshoo

CA

D

Yea

Adriano Espaillat

NY

D

Yea

Ron Estes

KS

R

Yea

Dwight Evans

PA

D

Yea

Drew Ferguson

GA

R

Yea

Abby Finkenauer

IA

D

Yea

Brian Fitzpatrick

PA

R

Yea

Chuck Fleischmann

TN

R

Yea

Lizzie Fletcher

TX

D

Yea

Bill Flores

TX

R

Yea

Jeff Fortenberry

NE

R

Yea

Bill Foster

IL

D

Yea

Virginia Foxx

NC

R

Yea

Lois Frankel

FL

D

Yea

Marcia Fudge

OH

D

Yea

Russ Fulcher

ID

R

Yea

Tulsi Gabbard

HI

D

Nay

Matt Gaetz

FL

R

Nay

Mike Gallagher

WI

R

Nay

Ruben Gallego

AZ

D

Yea

John Garamendi

CA

D

Yea

Jesus Garcia

IL

D

Yea

Mike Garcia

CA

R

Yea

Sylvia Garcia

TX

D

Yea

Greg Gianforte

MT

R

Yea

Bob Gibbs

OH

R

Yea

Louie Gohmert

TX

R

Nay

Jared Golden

ME

D

Yea

Jimmy Gomez

CA

D

Yea

Anthony Gonzalez

OH

R

Yea

Vicente Gonzalez

TX

D

Yea

Lance Gooden

TX

R

Nay

Paul Gosar

AZ

R

Nay

Josh Gottheimer

NJ

D

Yea

Kay Granger

TX

R

Yea

Sam Graves

MO

R

Yea

Garret Graves

LA

R

Yea

Mark Green

TN

R

Nay

Al Green

TX

D

Yea

H. Morgan Griffith

VA

R

Nay

Raul Grijalva

AZ

D

Yea

Glenn Grothman

WI

R

Nay

Michael Guest

MS

R

Yea

Brett Guthrie

KY

R

Yea

Debra Haaland

NM

D

Yea

James Hagedorn

MN

R

Yea

Kwanza Hall

GA

D

Yea

Josh Harder

CA

D

Yea

Andy Harris

MD

R

Yea

Vicky Hartzler

MO

R

Yea

Alcee Hastings

FL

D

Yea

Jahana Hayes

CT

D

Yea

Denny Heck

WA

D

Yea

Kevin Hern

OK

R

Yea

Jaime Herrera Beutler

WA

R

Yea

Jody Hice

GA

R

Nay

Brian Higgins

NY

D

Yea

Clay Higgins

LA

R

Nay

French Hill

AR

R

Yea

James Himes

CT

D

Yea

George Holding

NC

R

Yea

Trey Hollingsworth

IN

R

Nay

Kendra Horn

OK

D

Yea

Steven Horsford

NV

D

Yea

Chrissy Houlahan

PA

D

Yea

Steny Hoyer

MD

D

Yea

Richard Hudson

NC

R

Yea

Jared Huffman

CA

D

Yea

Bill Huizenga

MI

R

Yea

Will Hurd

TX

R

Yea

Sheila Jackson-Lee

TX

D

Yea

Christopher Jacobs

NY

R

Yea

Pramila Jayapal

WA

D

Yea

Hakeem Jeffries

NY

D

Yea

Henry Johnson

GA

D

Yea

Dusty Johnson

SD

R

Yea

Mike Johnson

LA

R

Yea

Bill Johnson

OH

R

Yea

Eddie Johnson

TX

D

Yea

Jim Jordan

OH

R

Nay

John Joyce

PA

R

Yea

David Joyce

OH

R

Yea

Marcy Kaptur

OH

D

Yea

John Katko

NY

R

Yea

William Keating

MA

D

Yea

Fred Keller

PA

R

Nay

Mike Kelly

PA

R

Yea

Trent Kelly

MS

R

Nay

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

Steve King

IA

R

Abs

Adam Kinzinger

IL

R

Yea

Ann Kirkpatrick

AZ

D

Yea

Raja Krishnamoorthi

IL

D

Yea

Ann Kuster

NH

D

Yea

David Kustoff

TN

R

Yea

Darin LaHood

IL

R

Yea

Doug LaMalfa

CA

R

Yea

Conor Lamb

PA

D

Yea

Doug Lamborn

CO

R

Nay

James Langevin

RI

D

Yea

Rick Larsen

WA

D

Yea

John Larson

CT

D

Yea

Bob Latta

OH

R

Yea

Brenda Lawrence

MI

D

Yea

Al Lawson

FL

D

Yea

Barbara Lee

CA

D

Yea

Suzanne Lee

NV

D

Yea

Debbie Lesko

AZ

R

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

Billy Long

MO

R

Yea

Barry Loudermilk

GA

R

Abs

Alan Lowenthal

CA

D

Yea

Nita Lowey

NY

D

Yea

Frank Lucas

OK

R

Yea

Blaine Luetkemeyer

MO

R

Yea

Ben Lujan

NM

D

Yea

Elaine Luria

VA

D

Yea

Stephen Lynch

MA

D

Yea

Tom Malinowski

NJ

D

Yea

Carolyn Maloney

NY

D

Yea

Sean Maloney

NY

D

Yea

Kenny Marchant

TX

R

Abs

Roger Marshall

KS

R

Yea

Thomas Massie

KY

R

Nay

Brian Mast

FL

R

Yea

Doris Matsui

CA

D

Yea

Ben McAdams

UT

D

Yea

Lucy McBath

GA

D

Yea

Kevin McCarthy

CA

R

Yea

Michael McCaul

TX

R

Yea

Tom McClintock

CA

R

Nay

Betty McCollum

MN

D

Yea

Donald McEachin

VA

D

Yea

James McGovern

MA

D

Yea

Patrick McHenry

NC

R

Yea

David McKinley

WV

R

Yea

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

WA

R

Yea

Jerry McNerney

CA

D

Yea

Gregory Meeks

NY

D

Yea

Grace Meng

NY

D

Yea

Dan Meuser

PA

R

Yea

Kweisi Mfume

MD

D

Yea

Carol Miller

WV

R

Yea

Paul Mitchell

MI

R

Yea

John Moolenaar

MI

R

Yea

Alex Mooney

WV

R

Nay

Gwen Moore

WI

D

Yea

Joseph Morelle

NY

D

Yea

Seth Moulton

MA

D

Yea

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

FL

D

Yea

Markwayne Mullin

OK

R

Nay

Stephanie Murphy

FL

D

Yea

Greg Murphy

NC

R

Abs

Jerrold Nadler

NY

D

Yea

Grace Napolitano

CA

D

Yea

Richard Neal

MA

D

Yea

Joseph Neguse

CO

D

Yea

Dan Newhouse

WA

R

Yea

Donald Norcross

NJ

D

Yea

Ralph Norman

SC

R

Nay

Devin Nunes

CA

R

Yea

Tom O'Halleran

AZ

D

Yea

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

NY

D

Yea

Pete Olson

TX

R

Yea

Ilhan Omar

MN

D

Yea

Steven Palazzo

MS

R

Yea

Frank Pallone

NJ

D

Yea

Gary Palmer

AL

R

Yea

Jimmy Panetta

CA

D

Yea

Christopher Pappas

NH

D

Yea

Bill Pascrell

NJ

D

Yea

Donald Payne

NJ

D

Yea

Greg Pence

IN

R

Yea

Ed Perlmutter

CO

D

Yea

Scott Perry

PA

R

Nay

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

Bill Posey

FL

R

Nay

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

Guy Reschenthaler

PA

R

Yea

Tom Rice

SC

R

Yea

Kathleen Rice

NY

D

Yea

Cedric Richmond

LA

D

Yea

Denver Riggleman

VA

R

Yea

Martha Roby

AL

R

Yea

Lisa Rochester

DE

D

Yea

David Roe

TN

R

Yea

Hal Rogers

KY

R

Yea

Mike Rogers

AL

R

Abs

Francis Rooney

FL

R

Yea

John Rose

TN

R

Nay

Max Rose

NY

D

Yea

Harley Rouda

CA

D

Yea

David Rouzer

NC

R

Yea

Chip Roy

TX

R

Nay

Lucille Roybal-Allard

CA

D

Yea

Raul Ruiz

CA

D

Yea

C.A. Ruppersberger

MD

D

Yea

Bobby Rush

IL

D

Yea

John Rutherford

FL

R

Yea

Tim Ryan

OH

D

Yea

Linda Sanchez

CA

D

Yea

John Sarbanes

MD

D

Yea

Steve Scalise

LA

R

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 Schweikert

AZ

R

Nay

David Scott

GA

D

Yea

Austin Scott

GA

R

Yea

Robert Scott

VA

D

Yea

F. James Sensenbrenner

WI

R

Nay

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

John Shimkus

IL

R

Yea

Mike Simpson

ID

R

Yea

Albio Sires

NJ

D

Yea

Elissa Slotkin

MI

D

Yea

Adam Smith

WA

D

Yea

Jason Smith

MO

R

Nay

Adrian Smith

NE

R

Yea

Christopher Smith

NJ

R

Yea

Lloyd Smucker

PA

R

Yea

Darren Soto

FL

D

Yea

Abigail Spanberger

VA

D

Yea

Ross Spano

FL

R

Abs

Jackie Speier

CA

D

Yea

Greg Stanton

AZ

D

Yea

Pete Stauber

MN

R

Yea

Elise Stefanik

NY

R

Yea

Bryan Steil

WI

R

Nay

Greg Steube

FL

R

Nay

Haley Stevens

MI

D

Yea

Chris Stewart

UT

R

Nay

Steve Stivers

OH

R

Yea

Thomas Suozzi

NY

D

Yea

Eric Swalwell

CA

D

Yea

Mark Takano

CA

D

Yea

Van Taylor

TX

R

Nay

Bennie Thompson

MS

D

Yea

Glenn Thompson

PA

R

Yea

Mike Thompson

CA

D

Yea

Mac Thornberry

TX

R

Yea

Tom Tiffany

WI

R

Nay

William Timmons

SC

R

Nay

Scott Tipton

CO

R

Nay

Dina Titus

NV

D

Yea

Rashida Tlaib

MI

D

Nay

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

Tim Walberg

MI

R

Yea

Greg Walden

OR

R

Yea

Mark Walker

NC

R

Abs

Jackie Walorski

IN

R

Yea

Michael Waltz

FL

R

Yea

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

FL

D

Yea

Maxine Waters

CA

D

Yea

Steve Watkins

KS

R

Yea

Randy Weber

TX

R

Nay

Daniel Webster

FL

R

Abs

Peter Welch

VT

D

Yea

Brad Wenstrup

OH

R

Yea

Bruce Westerman

AR

R

Yea

Jennifer Wexton

VA

D

Yea

Susan Wild

PA

D

Yea

Roger Williams

TX

R

Yea

Joe Wilson

SC

R

Abs

Frederica Wilson

FL

D

Yea

Robert Wittman

VA

R

Yea

Steve Womack

AR

R

Yea

Rob Woodall

GA

R

Yea

Ron Wright

TX

R

Abs

John Yarmuth

KY

D

Yea

Ted Yoho

FL

R

Abs

Don Young

AK

R

Yea

Lee Zeldin

NY

R

Yea

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