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