Key Vote Alert – “NO” ON USPS FAIRNESS ACT, H.R. 2382

Scott Parkinson | February 4, 2020

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.

Club Position

Required for Majority

1/2

Vote Results

Passed

Vote Number

Vote Date

February 5, 2020

Vote Counts

YEAs:

309

NAYs:

106

Not Voting:

Name

State

Party

Vote Position

Ralph Abraham

Nay

Alma Adams

Yea

Robert Aderholt

Nay

Pete Aguilar

Yea

Rick Allen

Nay

Colin Allred

Yea

Justin Amash

Nay

Mark Amodei

Yea

Kelly Armstrong

Yea

Jodey Arrington

Nay

Cindy Axne

Yea

Brian Babin

Nay

Don Bacon

Yea

James Baird

Nay

Troy Balderson

Yea

Jim Banks

Nay

Andy Barr

Nay

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

Yea

Dan Bishop

Nay

Sanford Bishop

Yea

Earl Blumenauer

Yea

Suzanne Bonamici

Yea

Mike Bost

Yea

Brendan Boyle

Yea

Kevin Brady

Nay

Anthony Brindisi

Yea

Susan Brooks

Yea

Mo Brooks

Nay

Anthony Brown

Yea

Julia Brownley

Yea

Vern Buchanan

Yea

Ken Buck

Nay

Larry Bucshon

Yea

Ted Budd

Nay

Tim Burchett

Yea

Michael Burgess

Nay

Cheri Bustos

Yea

G.K. Butterfield

Yea

Bradley Byrne

Nay

Ken Calvert

Yea

Salud Carbajal

Yea

Tony Cardenas

Yea

Andre Carson

Yea

John Carter

Nay

Buddy Carter

Yea

Matthew Cartwright

Yea

Ed Case

Yea

Sean Casten

Yea

Kathy Castor

Yea

Joaquin Castro

Yea

Steve Chabot

Nay

Liz Cheney

Yea

Judy Chu

Yea

David Cicilline

Yea

Gil Cisneros

Yea

Katherine Clark

Yea

Yvette Clarke

Yea

Lacy Clay

Yea

Emanuel Cleaver

Abs

Ben Cline

Nay

Michael Cloud

Nay

James Clyburn

Yea

Steve Cohen

Yea

Tom Cole

Yea

Doug Collins

Yea

James Comer

Nay

K. Michael Conaway

Nay

Gerald Connolly

Yea

Paul Cook

Yea

Jim Cooper

Yea

Luis Correa

Yea

Jim Costa

Yea

Joe Courtney

Yea

TJ Cox

Yea

Angela Craig

Yea

Rick Crawford

Nay

Dan Crenshaw

Nay

Charlie Crist

Yea

Jason Crow

Yea

Henry Cuellar

Yea

Joe Cunningham

Yea

John Curtis

Nay

Sharice Davids

Abs

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

Nay

Neal Dunn

Yea

Tom Emmer

Yea

Eliot Engel

Yea

Veronica Escobar

Abs

Anna Eshoo

Yea

Adriano Espaillat

Yea

Ron Estes

Yea

Dwight Evans

Yea

Drew Ferguson

Nay

Abby Finkenauer

Yea

Brian Fitzpatrick

Yea

Chuck Fleischmann

Yea

Lizzie Fletcher

Yea

Bill Flores

Nay

Jeff Fortenberry

Yea

Bill Foster

Abs

Virginia Foxx

Nay

Lois Frankel

Yea

Marcia Fudge

Yea

Russ Fulcher

Nay

Tulsi Gabbard

Abs

Matt Gaetz

Nay

Mike Gallagher

Nay

Ruben Gallego

Yea

John Garamendi

Yea

Sylvia Garcia

Yea

Jesus Garcia

Yea

Greg Gianforte

Yea

Bob Gibbs

Yea

Louie Gohmert

Abs

Jared Golden

Yea

Jimmy Gomez

Yea

Vicente Gonzalez

Yea

Anthony Gonzalez

Yea

Lance Gooden

Nay

Paul Gosar

Nay

Josh Gottheimer

Yea

Kay Granger

Nay

Garret Graves

Nay

Tom Graves

Nay

Sam Graves

Yea

Mark Green

Nay

Al Green

Yea

H. Morgan Griffith

Yea

Raul Grijalva

Yea

Glenn Grothman

Nay

Michael Guest

Nay

Brett Guthrie

Nay

Debra Haaland

Yea

James Hagedorn

Yea

Josh Harder

Yea

Andy Harris

Nay

Vicky Hartzler

Yea

Alcee Hastings

Yea

Jahana Hayes

Yea

Denny Heck

Yea

Kevin Hern

Nay

Jaime Herrera Beutler

Yea

Jody Hice

Nay

Clay Higgins

Nay

Brian Higgins

Yea

French Hill

Nay

James Himes

Yea

George Holding

Nay

Trey Hollingsworth

Nay

Kendra Horn

Yea

Steven Horsford

Yea

Chrissy Houlahan

Yea

Steny Hoyer

Yea

Richard Hudson

Nay

Jared Huffman

Yea

Bill Huizenga

Nay

Will Hurd

Yea

Sheila Jackson-Lee

Yea

Pramila Jayapal

Yea

Hakeem Jeffries

Yea

Bill Johnson

Yea

Mike Johnson

Nay

Eddie Johnson

Yea

Dusty Johnson

Nay

Henry Johnson

Yea

Jim Jordan

Nay

John Joyce

Nay

David Joyce

Yea

Marcy Kaptur

Yea

John Katko

Yea

William Keating

Yea

Fred Keller

Nay

Mike Kelly

Yea

Robin Kelly

Yea

Trent Kelly

Nay

Joseph Kennedy

Yea

Ro Khanna

Yea

Daniel Kildee

Yea

Derek Kilmer

Yea

Andy Kim

Yea

Ron Kind

Yea

Peter King

Yea

Steve King

Yea

Adam Kinzinger

Yea

Ann Kirkpatrick

Abs

Raja Krishnamoorthi

Yea

Ann Kuster

Yea

David Kustoff

Nay

Darin LaHood

Yea

Doug LaMalfa

Yea

Conor Lamb

Yea

Doug Lamborn

Nay

James Langevin

Yea

Rick Larsen

Yea

John Larson

Yea

Bob Latta

Nay

Brenda Lawrence

Yea

Al Lawson

Yea

Barbara Lee

Yea

Suzanne Lee

Yea

Debbie Lesko

Nay

Mike Levin

Yea

Andy Levin

Yea

John Lewis

Yea

Ted Lieu

Yea

Daniel Lipinski

Yea

David Loebsack

Abs

Zoe Lofgren

Yea

Billy Long

Nay

Barry Loudermilk

Nay

Alan Lowenthal

Yea

Nita Lowey

Yea

Frank Lucas

Yea

Blaine Luetkemeyer

Yea

Ben Lujan

Yea

Elaine Luria

Yea

Stephen Lynch

Yea

Tom Malinowski

Yea

Sean Maloney

Yea

Carolyn Maloney

Yea

Kenny Marchant

Yea

Roger Marshall

Yea

Thomas Massie

Nay

Brian Mast

Yea

Doris Matsui

Yea

Ben McAdams

Yea

Lucy McBath

Yea

Kevin McCarthy

Nay

Michael McCaul

Yea

Tom McClintock

Nay

Betty McCollum

Yea

Donald McEachin

Yea

James McGovern

Yea

Patrick McHenry

Nay

David McKinley

Yea

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Yea

Jerry McNerney

Yea

Mark Meadows

Nay

Gregory Meeks

Yea

Grace Meng

Yea

Dan Meuser

Abs

Carol Miller

Yea

Paul Mitchell

Nay

John Moolenaar

Yea

Alex Mooney

Nay

Gwen Moore

Yea

Joseph Morelle

Yea

Seth Moulton

Yea

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

Yea

Markwayne Mullin

Yea

Greg Murphy

Nay

Stephanie Murphy

Yea

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

Nay

Frank Pallone

Yea

Gary Palmer

Nay

Jimmy Panetta

Yea

Christopher Pappas

Yea

Bill Pascrell

Yea

Donald Payne

Yea

Greg Pence

Nay

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

John Ratcliffe

Nay

Tom Reed

Yea

Guy Reschenthaler

Yea

Tom Rice

Nay

Kathleen Rice

Abs

Cedric Richmond

Yea

Denver Riggleman

Yea

Martha Roby

Yea

Lisa Rochester

Yea

David Roe

Yea

Mike Rogers

Yea

Hal Rogers

Yea

Francis Rooney

Nay

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

Nay

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

Jason Smith

Nay

Adrian Smith

Yea

Adam Smith

Yea

Christopher Smith

Yea

Lloyd Smucker

Abs

Darren Soto

Yea

Abigail Spanberger

Yea

Ross Spano

Nay

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

Glenn Thompson

Yea

Bennie Thompson

Yea

Mike Thompson

Yea

Mac Thornberry

Nay

William Timmons

Nay

Scott Tipton

Yea

Dina Titus

Yea

Rashida Tlaib

Yea

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

Abs

Nydia Velazquez

Yea

Peter Visclosky

Yea

Ann Wagner

Yea

Tim Walberg

Nay

Greg Walden

Yea

Mark Walker

Nay

Jackie Walorski

Nay

Michael Waltz

Yea

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Yea

Maxine Waters

Yea

Steve Watkins

Yea

Bonnie Watson Coleman

Yea

Randy Weber

Nay

Daniel Webster

Abs

Peter Welch

Yea

Brad Wenstrup

Nay

Bruce Westerman

Nay

Jennifer Wexton

Yea

Susan Wild

Yea

Roger Williams

Nay

Joe Wilson

Yea

Frederica Wilson

Yea

Robert Wittman

Nay

Steve Womack

Nay

Rob Woodall

Nay

Ron Wright

Nay

John Yarmuth

Yea

Ted Yoho

Abs

Don Young

Yea

Lee Zeldin

Yea