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

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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.

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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

Name

State

Party

Vote Position

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

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