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
Alma Adams
NC
D
Y
Pete Aguilar
CA
D
Y
Colin Allred
TX
D
Y
Cindy Axne
IA
D
Y
Nanette Barragan
CA
D
Y
Karen Bass
CA
D
Y
Joyce Beatty
OH
D
Y
Ami Bera
CA
D
Y
Don Beyer
VA
D
Y
Sanford Bishop
GA
D
Y
Earl Blumenauer
OR
D
Y
Suzanne Bonamici
OR
D
Y
Brendan Boyle
PA
D
Y
Anthony Brindisi
NY
D
Y
Anthony Brown
MD
D
Y
Julia Brownley
CA
D
Y
Cheri Bustos
IL
D
Y
G.K. Butterfield
NC
D
Y
Salud Carbajal
CA
D
Y
Tony Cardenas
CA
D
Y
Andre Carson
IN
D
Y
Matthew Cartwright
PA
D
Y
Ed Case
HI
D
Y
Sean Casten
IL
D
Y
Kathy Castor
FL
D
Y
Joaquin Castro
TX
D
Y
Judy Chu
CA
D
Y
David Cicilline
RI
D
Y
Gil Cisneros
CA
D
Y
Katherine Clark
MA
D
Y
Yvette Clarke
NY
D
Y
Lacy Clay
MO
D
Y
Emanuel Cleaver
MO
D
Y
James Clyburn
SC
D
Y
Steve Cohen
TN
D
Y
Gerald Connolly
VA
D
Y
Jim Cooper
TN
D
Y
Luis Correa
CA
D
Y
Jim Costa
CA
D
Y
Joe Courtney
CT
D
Y
TJ Cox
CA
D
Y
Angela Craig
MN
D
Y
Charlie Crist
FL
D
Y
Jason Crow
CO
D
Y
Henry Cuellar
TX
D
Y
Joe Cunningham
SC
D
Y
Sharice Davids
KS
D
Y
Susan Davis
CA
D
Y
Danny Davis
IL
D
Y
Madeleine Dean
PA
D
Y
Peter DeFazio
OR
D
Y
Diana DeGette
CO
D
Y
Rosa DeLauro
CT
D
Y
Suzan DelBene
WA
D
Y
Antonio Delgado
NY
D
Y
Val Demings
FL
D
Y
Mark DeSaulnier
CA
D
Y
Ted Deutch
FL
D
Y
Debbie Dingell
MI
D
Y
Lloyd Doggett
TX
D
Y
Michael Doyle
PA
D
Y
Eliot Engel
NY
D
Y
Veronica Escobar
TX
D
Y
Anna Eshoo
CA
D
Y
Adriano Espaillat
NY
D
Y
Dwight Evans
PA
D
Y
Abby Finkenauer
IA
D
Y
Lizzie Fletcher
TX
D
Y
Bill Foster
IL
D
Y
Lois Frankel
FL
D
Y
Marcia Fudge
OH
D
Y
Tulsi Gabbard
HI
D
N
Ruben Gallego
AZ
D
Y
John Garamendi
CA
D
Y
Jesus Garcia
IL
D
Y
Sylvia Garcia
TX
D
Y
Jared Golden
ME
D
Y
Jimmy Gomez
CA
D
Y
Vicente Gonzalez
TX
D
Y
Josh Gottheimer
NJ
D
Y
Al Green
TX
D
Y
Raul Grijalva
AZ
D
Y
Debra Haaland
NM
D
Y
Kwanza Hall
GA
D
Y
Josh Harder
CA
D
Y
Alcee Hastings
FL
D
Y
Jahana Hayes
CT
D
Y
Denny Heck
WA
D
Y
Brian Higgins
NY
D
Y
James Himes
CT
D
Y
Kendra Horn
OK
D
Y
Steven Horsford
NV
D
Y
Chrissy Houlahan
PA
D
Y
Steny Hoyer
MD
D
Y
Jared Huffman
CA
D
Y
Sheila Jackson-Lee
TX
D
Y
Pramila Jayapal
WA
D
Y
Hakeem Jeffries
NY
D
Y
Henry Johnson
GA
D
Y
Eddie Johnson
TX
D
Y
Marcy Kaptur
OH
D
Y
William Keating
MA
D
Y
Robin Kelly
IL
D
Y
Joseph Kennedy
MA
D
Y
Ro Khanna
CA
D
Y
Daniel Kildee
MI
D
Y
Derek Kilmer
WA
D
Y
Andy Kim
NJ
D
Y
Ron Kind
WI
D
Y
Ann Kirkpatrick
AZ
D
Y
Raja Krishnamoorthi
IL
D
Y
Ann Kuster
NH
D
Y
Conor Lamb
PA
D
Y
James Langevin
RI
D
Y
Rick Larsen
WA
D
Y
John Larson
CT
D
Y
Brenda Lawrence
MI
D
Y
Al Lawson
FL
D
Y
Barbara Lee
CA
D
Y
Suzanne Lee
NV
D
Y
Andy Levin
MI
D
Y
Mike Levin
CA
D
Y
Ted Lieu
CA
D
Y
Daniel Lipinski
IL
D
Y
David Loebsack
IA
D
Y
Zoe Lofgren
CA
D
Y
Alan Lowenthal
CA
D
Y
Nita Lowey
NY
D
Y
Ben Lujan
NM
D
Y
Elaine Luria
VA
D
Y
Stephen Lynch
MA
D
Y
Tom Malinowski
NJ
D
Y
Carolyn Maloney
NY
D
Y
Sean Maloney
NY
D
Y
Doris Matsui
CA
D
Y
Ben McAdams
UT
D
Y
Lucy McBath
GA
D
Y
Betty McCollum
MN
D
Y
Donald McEachin
VA
D
Y
James McGovern
MA
D
Y
Jerry McNerney
CA
D
Y
Gregory Meeks
NY
D
Y
Grace Meng
NY
D
Y
Kweisi Mfume
MD
D
Y
Gwen Moore
WI
D
Y
Joseph Morelle
NY
D
Y
Seth Moulton
MA
D
Y
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
FL
D
Y
Stephanie Murphy
FL
D
Y
Jerrold Nadler
NY
D
Y
Grace Napolitano
CA
D
Y
Richard Neal
MA
D
Y
Joseph Neguse
CO
D
Y
Donald Norcross
NJ
D
Y
Tom O'Halleran
AZ
D
Y
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
NY
D
Y
Ilhan Omar
MN
D
Y
Frank Pallone
NJ
D
Y
Jimmy Panetta
CA
D
Y
Christopher Pappas
NH
D
Y
Bill Pascrell
NJ
D
Y
Donald Payne
NJ
D
Y
Ed Perlmutter
CO
D
Y
Scott Peters
CA
D
Y
Collin Peterson
MN
D
Y
Dean Phillips
MN
D
Y
Chellie Pingree
ME
D
Y
Mark Pocan
WI
D
Y
Katie Porter
CA
D
Y
Ayanna Pressley
MA
D
Y
David Price
NC
D
Y
Mike Quigley
IL
D
Y
Jamie Raskin
MD
D
Y
Kathleen Rice
NY
D
Y
Cedric Richmond
LA
D
Y
Lisa Rochester
DE
D
Y
Max Rose
NY
D
Y
Harley Rouda
CA
D
Y
Lucille Roybal Allard
CA
D
Y
Raul Ruiz
CA
D
Y
C.A. Ruppersberger
MD
D
Y
Bobby Rush
IL
D
Y
Tim Ryan
OH
D
Y
Linda Sanchez
CA
D
Y
John Sarbanes
MD
D
Y
Mary Scanlon
PA
D
Y
Janice Schakowsky
IL
D
Y
Adam Schiff
CA
D
Y
Bradley Schneider
IL
D
Y
Kurt Schrader
OR
D
Y
Kim Schrier
WA
D
Y
Robert Scott
VA
D
Y
David Scott
GA
D
Y
José Serrano
NY
D
Y
Terri Sewell
AL
D
Y
Donna Shalala
FL
D
Y
Brad Sherman
CA
D
Y
Mikie Sherrill
NJ
D
Y
Albio Sires
NJ
D
Y
Elissa Slotkin
MI
D
Y
Adam Smith
WA
D
Y
Darren Soto
FL
D
Y
Abigail Spanberger
VA
D
Y
Jackie Speier
CA
D
Y
Greg Stanton
AZ
D
Y
Haley Stevens
MI
D
Y
Thomas Suozzi
NY
D
Y
Eric Swalwell
CA
D
Y
Mark Takano
CA
D
Y
Mike Thompson
CA
D
Y
Bennie Thompson
MS
D
Y
Dina Titus
NV
D
Y
Rashida Tlaib
MI
D
N
Paul Tonko
NY
D
Y
Norma Torres
CA
D
Y
Xochitl Torres Small
NM
D
Y
Lori Trahan
MA
D
Y
David Trone
MD
D
Y
Lauren Underwood
IL
D
Y
Juan Vargas
CA
D
Y
Marc Veasey
TX
D
Y
Filemon Vela
TX
D
Y
Nydia Velazquez
NY
D
Y
Peter Visclosky
IN
D
Y
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
FL
D
Y
Maxine Waters
CA
D
Y
Bonnie Watson Coleman
NJ
D
Y
Peter Welch
VT
D
Y
Jennifer Wexton
VA
D
Y
Susan Wild
PA
D
Y
Frederica Wilson
FL
D
Y
John Yarmuth
KY
D
Y
Justin Amash
MI
I
N
Ralph Abraham
LA
R
A
Robert Aderholt
AL
R
Y
Rick Allen
GA
R
Y
Mark Amodei
NV
R
Y
Kelly Armstrong
ND
R
N
Jodey Arrington
TX
R
Y
Brian Babin
TX
R
N
Don Bacon
NE
R
Y
James Baird
IN
R
Y
Troy Balderson
OH
R
Y
Jim Banks
IN
R
N
Andy Barr
KY
R
Y
Jack Bergman
MI
R
Y
Andy Biggs
AZ
R
N
Gus Bilirakis
FL
R
Y
Rob Bishop
UT
R
A
Dan Bishop
NC
R
N
Mike Bost
IL
R
Y
Kevin Brady
TX
R
Y
Susan Brooks
IN
R
A
Mo Brooks
AL
R
N
Vern Buchanan
FL
R
Y
Ken Buck
CO
R
N
Larry Bucshon
IN
R
Y
Ted Budd
NC
R
N
Tim Burchett
TN
R
N
Michael Burgess
TX
R
N
Bradley Byrne
AL
R
Y
Ken Calvert
CA
R
Y
John Carter
TX
R
A
Buddy Carter
GA
R
Y
Steve Chabot
OH
R
Y
Liz Cheney
WY
R
Y
Ben Cline
VA
R
Y
Michael Cloud
TX
R
N
Tom Cole
OK
R
Y
Doug Collins
GA
R
Y
James Comer
KY
R
Y
K. Michael Conaway
TX
R
N
Rick Crawford
AR
R
Y
Dan Crenshaw
TX
R
Y
John Curtis
UT
R
N
Warren Davidson
OH
R
N
Rodney Davis
IL
R
Y
Scott DesJarlais
TN
R
N
Mario Diaz-Balart
FL
R
Y
Jeff Duncan
SC
R
A
Neal Dunn
FL
R
A
Tom Emmer
MN
R
Y
Ron Estes
KS
R
Y
Drew Ferguson
GA
R
Y
Brian Fitzpatrick
PA
R
Y
Chuck Fleischmann
TN
R
Y
Bill Flores
TX
R
Y
Jeff Fortenberry
NE
R
Y
Virginia Foxx
NC
R
Y
Russ Fulcher
ID
R
Y
Matt Gaetz
FL
R
N
Mike Gallagher
WI
R
N
Mike Garcia
CA
R
Y
Greg Gianforte
MT
R
Y
Bob Gibbs
OH
R
Y
Louie Gohmert
TX
R
N
Anthony Gonzalez
OH
R
Y
Lance Gooden
TX
R
N
Paul Gosar
AZ
R
N
Kay Granger
TX
R
Y
Sam Graves
MO
R
Y
Garret Graves
LA
R
Y
Mark Green
TN
R
N
H. Morgan Griffith
VA
R
N
Glenn Grothman
WI
R
N
Michael Guest
MS
R
Y
Brett Guthrie
KY
R
Y
James Hagedorn
MN
R
Y
Andy Harris
MD
R
Y
Vicky Hartzler
MO
R
Y
Kevin Hern
OK
R
Y
Jaime Herrera Beutler
WA
R
Y
Jody Hice
GA
R
N
Clay Higgins
LA
R
N
French Hill
AR
R
Y
George Holding
NC
R
Y
Trey Hollingsworth
IN
R
N
Richard Hudson
NC
R
Y
Bill Huizenga
MI
R
Y
Will Hurd
TX
R
Y
Christopher Jacobs
NY
R
Y
Dusty Johnson
SD
R
Y
Mike Johnson
LA
R
Y
Bill Johnson
OH
R
Y
Jim Jordan
OH
R
N
David Joyce
OH
R
Y
John Joyce
PA
R
Y
John Katko
NY
R
Y
Fred Keller
PA
R
N
Trent Kelly
MS
R
N
Mike Kelly
PA
R
Y
Peter King
NY
R
Y
Steve King
IA
R
A
Adam Kinzinger
IL
R
Y
David Kustoff
TN
R
Y
Darin LaHood
IL
R
Y
Doug LaMalfa
CA
R
Y
Doug Lamborn
CO
R
N
Bob Latta
OH
R
Y
Debbie Lesko
AZ
R
Y
Billy Long
MO
R
Y
Barry Loudermilk
GA
R
A
Frank Lucas
OK
R
Y
Blaine Luetkemeyer
MO
R
Y
Kenny Marchant
TX
R
A
Roger Marshall
KS
R
Y
Thomas Massie
KY
R
N
Brian Mast
FL
R
Y
Kevin McCarthy
CA
R
Y
Michael McCaul
TX
R
Y
Tom McClintock
CA
R
N
Patrick McHenry
NC
R
Y
David McKinley
WV
R
Y
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
WA
R
Y
Dan Meuser
PA
R
Y
Carol Miller
WV
R
Y
Paul Mitchell
MI
R
Y
John Moolenaar
MI
R
Y
Alex Mooney
WV
R
N
Markwayne Mullin
OK
R
N
Greg Murphy
NC
R
A
Dan Newhouse
WA
R
Y
Ralph Norman
SC
R
N
Devin Nunes
CA
R
Y
Pete Olson
TX
R
Y
Steven Palazzo
MS
R
Y
Gary Palmer
AL
R
Y
Greg Pence
IN
R
Y
Scott Perry
PA
R
N
Bill Posey
FL
R
N
Tom Reed
NY
R
Y
Guy Reschenthaler
PA
R
Y
Tom Rice
SC
R
Y
Denver Riggleman
VA
R
Y
Martha Roby
AL
R
Y
David Roe
TN
R
Y
Hal Rogers
KY
R
Y
Mike Rogers
AL
R
A
Francis Rooney
FL
R
Y
John Rose
TN
R
N
David Rouzer
NC
R
Y
Chip Roy
TX
R
N
John Rutherford
FL
R
Y
Steve Scalise
LA
R
Y
David Schweikert
AZ
R
N
Austin Scott
GA
R
Y
F. James Sensenbrenner
WI
R
N
John Shimkus
IL
R
Y
Mike Simpson
ID
R
Y
Jason Smith
MO
R
N
Adrian Smith
NE
R
Y
Christopher Smith
NJ
R
Y
Lloyd Smucker
PA
R
Y
Ross Spano
FL
R
A
Pete Stauber
MN
R
Y
Elise Stefanik
NY
R
Y
Bryan Steil
WI
R
N
Greg Steube
FL
R
N
Chris Stewart
UT
R
N
Steve Stivers
OH
R
Y
Van Taylor
TX
R
N
Glenn Thompson
PA
R
Y
Mac Thornberry
TX
R
Y
Tom Tiffany
WI
R
N
William Timmons
SC
R
N
Scott Tipton
CO
R
N
Michael Turner
OH
R
Y
Fred Upton
MI
R
Y
Jeff Van Drew
NJ
R
Y
Ann Wagner
MO
R
Y
Tim Walberg
MI
R
Y
Greg Walden
OR
R
Y
Mark Walker
NC
R
A
Jackie Walorski
IN
R
Y
Michael Waltz
FL
R
Y
Steve Watkins
KS
R
Y
Randy Weber
TX
R
N
Daniel Webster
FL
R
A
Brad Wenstrup
OH
R
Y
Bruce Westerman
AR
R
Y
Roger Williams
TX
R
Y
Joe Wilson
SC
R
A
Robert Wittman
VA
R
Y
Steve Womack
AR
R
Y
Rob Woodall
GA
R
Y
Ron Wright
TX
R
A
Ted Yoho
FL
R
A
Don Young
AK
R
Y
Lee Zeldin
NY
R
Y