Key Vote Alert – NO on the 2020 Christmas Wish List
“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.
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
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