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
Emanuel Cleaver
MO
D
A
Sharice Davids
KS
D
A
Veronica Escobar
TX
D
A
Bill Foster
IL
D
A
Tulsi Gabbard
HI
D
A
Louie Gohmert
TX
R
A
Ann Kirkpatrick
AZ
D
A
David Loebsack
IA
D
A
Dan Meuser
PA
R
A
Kathleen Rice
NY
D
A
Lloyd Smucker
PA
R
A
Filemon Vela
TX
D
A
Daniel Webster
FL
R
A
Ted Yoho
FL
R
A
Ralph Abraham
LA
R
N
Robert Aderholt
AL
R
N
Rick Allen
GA
R
N
Justin Amash
MI
I
N
Jodey Arrington
TX
R
N
Brian Babin
TX
R
N
James Baird
IN
R
N
Jim Banks
IN
R
N
Andy Barr
KY
R
N
Andy Biggs
AZ
R
N
Dan Bishop
NC
R
N
Kevin Brady
TX
R
N
Mo Brooks
AL
R
N
Ken Buck
CO
R
N
Ted Budd
NC
R
N
Michael Burgess
TX
R
N
Bradley Byrne
AL
R
N
John Carter
TX
R
N
Steve Chabot
OH
R
N
Ben Cline
VA
R
N
Michael Cloud
TX
R
N
James Comer
KY
R
N
K. Michael Conaway
TX
R
N
Rick Crawford
AR
R
N
Dan Crenshaw
TX
R
N
John Curtis
UT
R
N
Warren Davidson
OH
R
N
Scott DesJarlais
TN
R
N
Jeff Duncan
SC
R
N
Drew Ferguson
GA
R
N
Bill Flores
TX
R
N
Virginia Foxx
NC
R
N
Russ Fulcher
ID
R
N
Matt Gaetz
FL
R
N
Mike Gallagher
WI
R
N
Lance Gooden
TX
R
N
Paul Gosar
AZ
R
N
Kay Granger
TX
R
N
Tom Graves
GA
R
N
Garret Graves
LA
R
N
Mark Green
TN
R
N
Glenn Grothman
WI
R
N
Michael Guest
MS
R
N
Brett Guthrie
KY
R
N
Andy Harris
MD
R
N
Kevin Hern
OK
R
N
Jody Hice
GA
R
N
Clay Higgins
LA
R
N
French Hill
AR
R
N
George Holding
NC
R
N
Trey Hollingsworth
IN
R
N
Richard Hudson
NC
R
N
Bill Huizenga
MI
R
N
Dusty Johnson
SD
R
N
Mike Johnson
LA
R
N
Jim Jordan
OH
R
N
John Joyce
PA
R
N
Fred Keller
PA
R
N
Trent Kelly
MS
R
N
David Kustoff
TN
R
N
Doug Lamborn
CO
R
N
Bob Latta
OH
R
N
Debbie Lesko
AZ
R
N
Billy Long
MO
R
N
Barry Loudermilk
GA
R
N
Thomas Massie
KY
R
N
Kevin McCarthy
CA
R
N
Tom McClintock
CA
R
N
Patrick McHenry
NC
R
N
Mark Meadows
NC
R
N
Paul Mitchell
MI
R
N
Alex Mooney
WV
R
N
Greg Murphy
NC
R
N
Ralph Norman
SC
R
N
Steven Palazzo
MS
R
N
Gary Palmer
AL
R
N
Greg Pence
IN
R
N
Scott Perry
PA
R
N
Bill Posey
FL
R
N
John Ratcliffe
TX
R
N
Tom Rice
SC
R
N
Francis Rooney
FL
R
N
John Rose
TN
R
N
Chip Roy
TX
R
N
Steve Scalise
LA
R
N
David Schweikert
AZ
R
N
F. James Sensenbrenner
WI
R
N
Jason Smith
MO
R
N
Ross Spano
FL
R
N
Bryan Steil
WI
R
N
Greg Steube
FL
R
N
Chris Stewart
UT
R
N
Van Taylor
TX
R
N
Mac Thornberry
TX
R
N
William Timmons
SC
R
N
Tim Walberg
MI
R
N
Mark Walker
NC
R
N
Jackie Walorski
IN
R
N
Randy Weber
TX
R
N
Brad Wenstrup
OH
R
N
Bruce Westerman
AR
R
N
Roger Williams
TX
R
N
Robert Wittman
VA
R
N
Steve Womack
AR
R
N
Rob Woodall
GA
R
N
Ron Wright
TX
R
N
Alma Adams
NC
D
Y
Pete Aguilar
CA
D
Y
Colin Allred
TX
D
Y
Mark Amodei
NV
R
Y
Kelly Armstrong
ND
R
Y
Cindy Axne
IA
D
Y
Don Bacon
NE
R
Y
Troy Balderson
OH
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
Rob Bishop
UT
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
Anthony Brindisi
NY
D
Y
Susan Brooks
IN
R
Y
Anthony Brown
MD
D
Y
Julia Brownley
CA
D
Y
Vern Buchanan
FL
R
Y
Larry Bucshon
IN
R
Y
Tim Burchett
TN
R
Y
Cheri Bustos
IL
D
Y
G.K. Butterfield
NC
D
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
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
James Clyburn
SC
D
Y
Steve Cohen
TN
D
Y
Tom Cole
OK
R
Y
Doug Collins
GA
R
Y
Gerald Connolly
VA
D
Y
Paul Cook
CA
R
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
Charlie Crist
FL
D
Y
Jason Crow
CO
D
Y
Henry Cuellar
TX
D
Y
Joe Cunningham
SC
D
Y
Susan Davis
CA
D
Y
Rodney Davis
IL
R
Y
Danny Davis
IL
D
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
Neal Dunn
FL
R
Y
Tom Emmer
MN
R
Y
Eliot Engel
NY
D
Y
Anna Eshoo
CA
D
Y
Adriano Espaillat
NY
D
Y
Ron Estes
KS
R
Y
Dwight Evans
PA
D
Y
Abby Finkenauer
IA
D
Y
Brian Fitzpatrick
PA
R
Y
Chuck Fleischmann
TN
R
Y
Lizzie Fletcher
TX
D
Y
Jeff Fortenberry
NE
R
Y
Lois Frankel
FL
D
Y
Marcia Fudge
OH
D
Y
Ruben Gallego
AZ
D
Y
John Garamendi
CA
D
Y
Sylvia Garcia
TX
D
Y
Jesus Garcia
IL
D
Y
Greg Gianforte
MT
R
Y
Bob Gibbs
OH
R
Y
Jared Golden
ME
D
Y
Jimmy Gomez
CA
D
Y
Vicente Gonzalez
TX
D
Y
Anthony Gonzalez
OH
R
Y
Josh Gottheimer
NJ
D
Y
Sam Graves
MO
R
Y
Al Green
TX
D
Y
H. Morgan Griffith
VA
R
Y
Raul Grijalva
AZ
D
Y
Debra Haaland
NM
D
Y
James Hagedorn
MN
R
Y
Josh Harder
CA
D
Y
Vicky Hartzler
MO
R
Y
Alcee Hastings
FL
D
Y
Jahana Hayes
CT
D
Y
Denny Heck
WA
D
Y
Jaime Herrera Beutler
WA
R
Y
Brian Higgins
NY
D
Y
James Himes
CT
D
Y
Kendra Horn
OK
D
Y
Steven Horsford
NV
D
Y
Chrissy Houlahan
PA
D
Y
Steny Hoyer
MD
D
Y
Jared Huffman
CA
D
Y
Will Hurd
TX
R
Y
Sheila Jackson-Lee
TX
D
Y
Pramila Jayapal
WA
D
Y
Hakeem Jeffries
NY
D
Y
Bill Johnson
OH
R
Y
Henry Johnson
GA
D
Y
Eddie Johnson
TX
D
Y
David Joyce
OH
R
Y
Marcy Kaptur
OH
D
Y
John Katko
NY
R
Y
William Keating
MA
D
Y
Mike Kelly
PA
R
Y
Robin Kelly
IL
D
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
Steve King
IA
R
Y
Adam Kinzinger
IL
R
Y
Raja Krishnamoorthi
IL
D
Y
Ann Kuster
NH
D
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
Brenda Lawrence
MI
D
Y
Al Lawson
FL
D
Y
Barbara Lee
CA
D
Y
Suzanne Lee
NV
D
Y
Mike Levin
CA
D
Y
Andy Levin
MI
D
Y
John Lewis
GA
D
Y
Ted Lieu
CA
D
Y
Daniel Lipinski
IL
D
Y
Zoe Lofgren
CA
D
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
Kenny Marchant
TX
R
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
Michael McCaul
TX
R
Y
Betty McCollum
MN
D
Y
Donald McEachin
VA
D
Y
James McGovern
MA
D
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
Carol Miller
WV
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
Markwayne Mullin
OK
R
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
Frank Pallone
NJ
D
Y
Jimmy Panetta
CA
D
Y
Christopher Pappas
NH
D
Y
Bill Pascrell
NJ
D
Y
Donald Payne
NJ
D
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
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
Mike Rogers
AL
R
Y
Hal Rogers
KY
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
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
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
Scott Tipton
CO
R
Y
Dina Titus
NV
D
Y
Rashida Tlaib
MI
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
Nydia Velazquez
NY
D
Y
Peter Visclosky
IN
D
Y
Ann Wagner
MO
R
Y
Greg Walden
OR
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
Jennifer Wexton
VA
D
Y
Susan Wild
PA
D
Y
Joe Wilson
SC
R
Y
Frederica Wilson
FL
D
Y
John Yarmuth
KY
D
Y
Don Young
AK
R
Y
Lee Zeldin
NY
R
Y