Key Vote Alert – “NO” ON USPS FAIRNESS ACT, H.R. 2382
Club for Growth opposes the USPS Fairness Act, H.R. 2382, and urges all Representatives to vote no. The legislation is expected to be considered soon in the House of Representatives. The result of the vote will be included in the Club for Growth Foundation’s 2020 Congressional Scorecard.
The legislation would repeal the pre-fund requirement for future retiree health care benefits for United States Postal Service workers. Currently, the Retirement Health Benefits Fund is a $70 billion unfunded liability. By repealing the pre-fund requirement, the U.S. taxpayer would be on the hook for an even larger unfunded liability, exposing the U.S. taxpayer to a massive taxpayer bailout.
The pre-fund requirement is in place to provide certainty the USPS will pay benefits it has promised postal workers and address the $70 billion+ unfunded liability. This legislation will come before the House on the suspension calendar, which is normally reserved for non-controversial legislation, because it currently has over 300 cosponsors, possibly due to a massive misinformation effort by the bill’s supporters.
The bill doesn’t pass the smell test to anyone that cares about fiscal conservatism. It would result in another massive taxpayer bailout akin to bailouts of Wall Street, Fannie and Freddie, Puerto Rico, Obamacare, the Highway Trust Fund, insolvent pensions, the auto industry, steel, Amtrak, and flood insurance (among others). Congress needs to stop punting fiscal accountability and vote down this suspension.
Vote Results
Club Position
No
Required for Majority
1/2
Vote Results
Passed
Vote Number
37
Vote Date
February 5, 2020
Vote Counts
YEAs:
309
NAYs:
106
Not Voting:
14
Ralph Abraham
LA
R
Nay
Alma Adams
NC
D
Yea
Robert Aderholt
AL
R
Nay
Pete Aguilar
CA
D
Yea
Rick Allen
GA
R
Nay
Colin Allred
TX
D
Yea
Justin Amash
MI
I
Nay
Mark Amodei
NV
R
Yea
Kelly Armstrong
ND
R
Yea
Jodey Arrington
TX
R
Nay
Cindy Axne
IA
D
Yea
Brian Babin
TX
R
Nay
Don Bacon
NE
R
Yea
James Baird
IN
R
Nay
Troy Balderson
OH
R
Yea
Jim Banks
IN
R
Nay
Andy Barr
KY
R
Nay
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
Yea
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
Nay
Anthony Brindisi
NY
D
Yea
Susan Brooks
IN
R
Yea
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
Yea
Michael Burgess
TX
R
Nay
Cheri Bustos
IL
D
Yea
G.K. Butterfield
NC
D
Yea
Bradley Byrne
AL
R
Nay
Ken Calvert
CA
R
Yea
Salud Carbajal
CA
D
Yea
Tony Cardenas
CA
D
Yea
Andre Carson
IN
D
Yea
John Carter
TX
R
Nay
Buddy Carter
GA
R
Yea
Matthew 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
Nay
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
Abs
Ben Cline
VA
R
Nay
Michael Cloud
TX
R
Nay
James Clyburn
SC
D
Yea
Steve Cohen
TN
D
Yea
Tom Cole
OK
R
Yea
Doug Collins
GA
R
Yea
James Comer
KY
R
Nay
K. Michael Conaway
TX
R
Nay
Gerald Connolly
VA
D
Yea
Paul Cook
CA
R
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
Nay
Dan Crenshaw
TX
R
Nay
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
Abs
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
Nay
Neal Dunn
FL
R
Yea
Tom Emmer
MN
R
Yea
Eliot Engel
NY
D
Yea
Veronica Escobar
TX
D
Abs
Anna Eshoo
CA
D
Yea
Adriano Espaillat
NY
D
Yea
Ron Estes
KS
R
Yea
Dwight Evans
PA
D
Yea
Drew Ferguson
GA
R
Nay
Abby Finkenauer
IA
D
Yea
Brian Fitzpatrick
PA
R
Yea
Chuck Fleischmann
TN
R
Yea
Lizzie Fletcher
TX
D
Yea
Bill Flores
TX
R
Nay
Jeff Fortenberry
NE
R
Yea
Bill Foster
IL
D
Abs
Virginia Foxx
NC
R
Nay
Lois Frankel
FL
D
Yea
Marcia Fudge
OH
D
Yea
Russ Fulcher
ID
R
Nay
Tulsi Gabbard
HI
D
Abs
Matt Gaetz
FL
R
Nay
Mike Gallagher
WI
R
Nay
Ruben Gallego
AZ
D
Yea
John Garamendi
CA
D
Yea
Sylvia Garcia
TX
D
Yea
Jesus Garcia
IL
D
Yea
Greg Gianforte
MT
R
Yea
Bob Gibbs
OH
R
Yea
Louie Gohmert
TX
R
Abs
Jared Golden
ME
D
Yea
Jimmy Gomez
CA
D
Yea
Vicente Gonzalez
TX
D
Yea
Anthony Gonzalez
OH
R
Yea
Lance Gooden
TX
R
Nay
Paul Gosar
AZ
R
Nay
Josh Gottheimer
NJ
D
Yea
Kay Granger
TX
R
Nay
Garret Graves
LA
R
Nay
Tom Graves
GA
R
Nay
Sam Graves
MO
R
Yea
Mark Green
TN
R
Nay
Al Green
TX
D
Yea
H. Morgan Griffith
VA
R
Yea
Raul Grijalva
AZ
D
Yea
Glenn Grothman
WI
R
Nay
Michael Guest
MS
R
Nay
Brett Guthrie
KY
R
Nay
Debra Haaland
NM
D
Yea
James Hagedorn
MN
R
Yea
Josh Harder
CA
D
Yea
Andy Harris
MD
R
Nay
Vicky Hartzler
MO
R
Yea
Alcee Hastings
FL
D
Yea
Jahana Hayes
CT
D
Yea
Denny Heck
WA
D
Yea
Kevin Hern
OK
R
Nay
Jaime Herrera Beutler
WA
R
Yea
Jody Hice
GA
R
Nay
Clay Higgins
LA
R
Nay
Brian Higgins
NY
D
Yea
French Hill
AR
R
Nay
James Himes
CT
D
Yea
George Holding
NC
R
Nay
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
Nay
Jared Huffman
CA
D
Yea
Bill Huizenga
MI
R
Nay
Will Hurd
TX
R
Yea
Sheila Jackson-Lee
TX
D
Yea
Pramila Jayapal
WA
D
Yea
Hakeem Jeffries
NY
D
Yea
Bill Johnson
OH
R
Yea
Mike Johnson
LA
R
Nay
Eddie Johnson
TX
D
Yea
Dusty Johnson
SD
R
Nay
Henry Johnson
GA
D
Yea
Jim Jordan
OH
R
Nay
John Joyce
PA
R
Nay
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
Robin Kelly
IL
D
Yea
Trent Kelly
MS
R
Nay
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
Yea
Adam Kinzinger
IL
R
Yea
Ann Kirkpatrick
AZ
D
Abs
Raja Krishnamoorthi
IL
D
Yea
Ann Kuster
NH
D
Yea
David Kustoff
TN
R
Nay
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
Nay
Brenda Lawrence
MI
D
Yea
Al Lawson
FL
D
Yea
Barbara Lee
CA
D
Yea
Suzanne Lee
NV
D
Yea
Debbie Lesko
AZ
R
Nay
Mike Levin
CA
D
Yea
Andy Levin
MI
D
Yea
John Lewis
GA
D
Yea
Ted Lieu
CA
D
Yea
Daniel Lipinski
IL
D
Yea
David Loebsack
IA
D
Abs
Zoe Lofgren
CA
D
Yea
Billy Long
MO
R
Nay
Barry Loudermilk
GA
R
Nay
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
Sean Maloney
NY
D
Yea
Carolyn Maloney
NY
D
Yea
Kenny Marchant
TX
R
Yea
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
Nay
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
Nay
David McKinley
WV
R
Yea
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
WA
R
Yea
Jerry McNerney
CA
D
Yea
Mark Meadows
NC
R
Nay
Gregory Meeks
NY
D
Yea
Grace Meng
NY
D
Yea
Dan Meuser
PA
R
Abs
Carol Miller
WV
R
Yea
Paul Mitchell
MI
R
Nay
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
Yea
Greg Murphy
NC
R
Nay
Stephanie Murphy
FL
D
Yea
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
Nay
Frank Pallone
NJ
D
Yea
Gary Palmer
AL
R
Nay
Jimmy Panetta
CA
D
Yea
Christopher Pappas
NH
D
Yea
Bill Pascrell
NJ
D
Yea
Donald Payne
NJ
D
Yea
Greg Pence
IN
R
Nay
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
John Ratcliffe
TX
R
Nay
Tom Reed
NY
R
Yea
Guy Reschenthaler
PA
R
Yea
Tom Rice
SC
R
Nay
Kathleen Rice
NY
D
Abs
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
Mike Rogers
AL
R
Yea
Hal Rogers
KY
R
Yea
Francis Rooney
FL
R
Nay
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
Nay
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
Jason Smith
MO
R
Nay
Adrian Smith
NE
R
Yea
Adam Smith
WA
D
Yea
Christopher Smith
NJ
R
Yea
Lloyd Smucker
PA
R
Abs
Darren Soto
FL
D
Yea
Abigail Spanberger
VA
D
Yea
Ross Spano
FL
R
Nay
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
Glenn Thompson
PA
R
Yea
Bennie Thompson
MS
D
Yea
Mike Thompson
CA
D
Yea
Mac Thornberry
TX
R
Nay
William Timmons
SC
R
Nay
Scott Tipton
CO
R
Yea
Dina Titus
NV
D
Yea
Rashida Tlaib
MI
D
Yea
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
Abs
Nydia Velazquez
NY
D
Yea
Peter Visclosky
IN
D
Yea
Ann Wagner
MO
R
Yea
Tim Walberg
MI
R
Nay
Greg Walden
OR
R
Yea
Mark Walker
NC
R
Nay
Jackie Walorski
IN
R
Nay
Michael Waltz
FL
R
Yea
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
FL
D
Yea
Maxine Waters
CA
D
Yea
Steve Watkins
KS
R
Yea
Bonnie Watson Coleman
NJ
D
Yea
Randy Weber
TX
R
Nay
Daniel Webster
FL
R
Abs
Peter Welch
VT
D
Yea
Brad Wenstrup
OH
R
Nay
Bruce Westerman
AR
R
Nay
Jennifer Wexton
VA
D
Yea
Susan Wild
PA
D
Yea
Roger Williams
TX
R
Nay
Joe Wilson
SC
R
Yea
Frederica Wilson
FL
D
Yea
Robert Wittman
VA
R
Nay
Steve Womack
AR
R
Nay
Rob Woodall
GA
R
Nay
Ron Wright
TX
R
Nay
John Yarmuth
KY
D
Yea
Ted Yoho
FL
R
Abs
Don Young
AK
R
Yea
Lee Zeldin
NY
R
Yea