Key Vote Alert – NO on the 2020 Christmas Wish List

Scott Parkinson | December 21, 2020

“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.

Club Position

Required for Majority

1/2

Vote Results

Passed

Vote Number

251

Vote Date

December 21, 2020

Vote Counts

YEAs:

359

NAYs:

Not Voting:

Name

State

Party

Vote Position

Ralph Abraham

Abs

Alma Adams

Yea

Robert Aderholt

Yea

Pete Aguilar

Yea

Rick Allen

Yea

Colin Allred

Yea

Justin Amash

Nay

Mark Amodei

Yea

Kelly Armstrong

Nay

Jodey Arrington

Yea

Cindy Axne

Yea

Brian Babin

Nay

Don Bacon

Yea

James Baird

Yea

Troy Balderson

Yea

Jim Banks

Nay

Andy Barr

Yea

Nanette Barragan

Yea

Karen Bass

Yea

Joyce Beatty

Yea

Ami Bera

Yea

Jack Bergman

Yea

Don Beyer

Yea

Andy Biggs

Nay

Gus Bilirakis

Yea

Rob Bishop

Abs

Dan Bishop

Nay

Sanford Bishop

Yea

Earl Blumenauer

Yea

Suzanne Bonamici

Yea

Mike Bost

Yea

Brendan Boyle

Yea

Kevin Brady

Yea

Anthony Brindisi

Yea

Susan Brooks

Abs

Mo Brooks

Nay

Anthony Brown

Yea

Julia Brownley

Yea

Vern Buchanan

Yea

Ken Buck

Nay

Larry Bucshon

Yea

Ted Budd

Nay

Tim Burchett

Nay

Michael Burgess

Nay

Cheri Bustos

Yea

G.K. Butterfield

Yea

Bradley Byrne

Yea

Ken Calvert

Yea

Salud Carbajal

Yea

Tony Cardenas

Yea

Andre Carson

Yea

Buddy Carter

Yea

John Carter

Abs

Matt 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

Nay

James Clyburn

Yea

Steve Cohen

Yea

Tom Cole

Yea

Bonnie Coleman

Yea

Doug Collins

Yea

James Comer

Yea

K. Michael Conaway

Nay

Gerald Connolly

Yea

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

Nay

Sharice Davids

Yea

Warren Davidson

Nay

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

Yea

Scott DesJarlais

Nay

Ted Deutch

Yea

Mario Diaz-Balart

Yea

Debbie Dingell

Yea

Lloyd Doggett

Yea

Michael Doyle

Yea

Jeff Duncan

Abs

Neal Dunn

Abs

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

Nay

Matt Gaetz

Nay

Mike Gallagher

Nay

Ruben Gallego

Yea

John Garamendi

Yea

Jesus Garcia

Yea

Mike Garcia

Yea

Sylvia Garcia

Yea

Greg Gianforte

Yea

Bob Gibbs

Yea

Louie Gohmert

Nay

Jared Golden

Yea

Jimmy Gomez

Yea

Anthony Gonzalez

Yea

Vicente Gonzalez

Yea

Lance Gooden

Nay

Paul Gosar

Nay

Josh Gottheimer

Yea

Kay Granger

Yea

Sam Graves

Yea

Garret Graves

Yea

Mark Green

Nay

Al Green

Yea

H. Morgan Griffith

Nay

Raul Grijalva

Yea

Glenn Grothman

Nay

Michael Guest

Yea

Brett Guthrie

Yea

Debra Haaland

Yea

James Hagedorn

Yea

Kwanza Hall

Yea

Josh Harder

Yea

Andy Harris

Yea

Vicky Hartzler

Yea

Alcee Hastings

Yea

Jahana Hayes

Yea

Denny Heck

Yea

Kevin Hern

Yea

Jaime Herrera Beutler

Yea

Jody Hice

Nay

Brian Higgins

Yea

Clay Higgins

Nay

French Hill

Yea

James Himes

Yea

George Holding

Yea

Trey Hollingsworth

Nay

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

Christopher Jacobs

Yea

Pramila Jayapal

Yea

Hakeem Jeffries

Yea

Henry Johnson

Yea

Dusty Johnson

Yea

Mike Johnson

Yea

Bill Johnson

Yea

Eddie Johnson

Yea

Jim Jordan

Nay

John Joyce

Yea

David Joyce

Yea

Marcy Kaptur

Yea

John Katko

Yea

William Keating

Yea

Fred Keller

Nay

Mike Kelly

Yea

Trent Kelly

Nay

Robin Kelly

Yea

Joseph Kennedy

Yea

Ro Khanna

Yea

Daniel Kildee

Yea

Derek Kilmer

Yea

Andy Kim

Yea

Ron Kind

Yea

Peter King

Yea

Steve King

Abs

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

Nay

James Langevin

Yea

Rick Larsen

Yea

John Larson

Yea

Bob Latta

Yea

Brenda Lawrence

Yea

Al Lawson

Yea

Barbara Lee

Yea

Suzanne Lee

Yea

Debbie Lesko

Yea

Mike Levin

Yea

Andy Levin

Yea

Ted Lieu

Yea

Daniel Lipinski

Yea

David Loebsack

Yea

Zoe Lofgren

Yea

Billy Long

Yea

Barry Loudermilk

Abs

Alan Lowenthal

Yea

Nita Lowey

Yea

Frank Lucas

Yea

Blaine Luetkemeyer

Yea

Ben Lujan

Yea

Elaine Luria

Yea

Stephen Lynch

Yea

Tom Malinowski

Yea

Carolyn Maloney

Yea

Sean Maloney

Yea

Kenny Marchant

Abs

Roger Marshall

Yea

Thomas Massie

Nay

Brian Mast

Yea

Doris Matsui

Yea

Ben McAdams

Yea

Lucy McBath

Yea

Kevin McCarthy

Yea

Michael McCaul

Yea

Tom McClintock

Nay

Betty McCollum

Yea

Donald McEachin

Yea

James McGovern

Yea

Patrick McHenry

Yea

David McKinley

Yea

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Yea

Jerry McNerney

Yea

Gregory Meeks

Yea

Grace Meng

Yea

Dan Meuser

Yea

Kweisi Mfume

Yea

Carol Miller

Yea

Paul Mitchell

Yea

John Moolenaar

Yea

Alex Mooney

Nay

Gwen Moore

Yea

Joseph Morelle

Yea

Seth Moulton

Yea

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

Yea

Markwayne Mullin

Nay

Stephanie Murphy

Yea

Greg Murphy

Abs

Jerrold Nadler

Yea

Grace Napolitano

Yea

Richard Neal

Yea

Joseph Neguse

Yea

Dan Newhouse

Yea

Donald Norcross

Yea

Ralph Norman

Nay

Devin Nunes

Yea

Tom O'Halleran

Yea

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Yea

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

Greg Pence

Yea

Ed Perlmutter

Yea

Scott Perry

Nay

Scott Peters

Yea

Collin Peterson

Yea

Dean Phillips

Yea

Chellie Pingree

Yea

Mark Pocan

Yea

Katie Porter

Yea

Bill Posey

Nay

Ayanna Pressley

Yea

David Price

Yea

Mike Quigley

Yea

Jamie Raskin

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

Hal Rogers

Yea

Mike Rogers

Abs

Francis Rooney

Yea

John Rose

Nay

Max Rose

Yea

Harley Rouda

Yea

David Rouzer

Yea

Chip Roy

Nay

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

Nay

David Scott

Yea

Austin Scott

Yea

Robert Scott

Yea

F. James Sensenbrenner

Nay

Jose Serrano

Yea

Terri Sewell

Yea

Donna Shalala

Yea

Brad Sherman

Yea

Mikie Sherrill

Yea

John Shimkus

Yea

Mike Simpson

Yea

Albio Sires

Yea

Elissa Slotkin

Yea

Adam Smith

Yea

Jason Smith

Nay

Adrian Smith

Yea

Christopher Smith

Yea

Lloyd Smucker

Yea

Darren Soto

Yea

Abigail Spanberger

Yea

Ross Spano

Abs

Jackie Speier

Yea

Greg Stanton

Yea

Pete Stauber

Yea

Elise Stefanik

Yea

Bryan Steil

Nay

Greg Steube

Nay

Haley Stevens

Yea

Chris Stewart

Nay

Steve Stivers

Yea

Thomas Suozzi

Yea

Eric Swalwell

Yea

Mark Takano

Yea

Van Taylor

Nay

Bennie Thompson

Yea

Glenn Thompson

Yea

Mike Thompson

Yea

Mac Thornberry

Yea

Tom Tiffany

Nay

William Timmons

Nay

Scott Tipton

Nay

Dina Titus

Yea

Rashida Tlaib

Nay

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

Yea

Filemon Vela

Yea

Nydia Velazquez

Yea

Peter Visclosky

Yea

Ann Wagner

Yea

Tim Walberg

Yea

Greg Walden

Yea

Mark Walker

Abs

Jackie Walorski

Yea

Michael Waltz

Yea

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Yea

Maxine Waters

Yea

Steve Watkins

Yea

Randy Weber

Nay

Daniel Webster

Abs

Peter Welch

Yea

Brad Wenstrup

Yea

Bruce Westerman

Yea

Jennifer Wexton

Yea

Susan Wild

Yea

Roger Williams

Yea

Joe Wilson

Abs

Frederica Wilson

Yea

Robert Wittman

Yea

Steve Womack

Yea

Rob Woodall

Yea

Ron Wright

Abs

John Yarmuth

Yea

Ted Yoho

Abs

Don Young

Yea

Lee Zeldin

Yea