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