YES on Sasse Amdt re: Unemployment Insurance Benefits in CARES Act

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Club for Growth supports the amendment offered by Senator Ben Sasse to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act H.R 748. The amendment is expected to be considered soon in the United States Senate. The result of the vote will be included in the Club for Growth Foundation’s 2020 Congressional Scorecard.

This amendment would ensure that additional unemployment benefits do not result in an individual receiving unemployment compensation that is more than the amount of wages the individual was earning prior to becoming unemployed.

As currently drafted, the CARES could create adverse incentives for employers to lay off workers so they will receive high compensation through unemployment insurance benefits. The federal government should not facilitate additional government dependency on anti-poverty benefit programs but instead should find ways to ensure the workforce returns to normalcy as fast as possible.

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.

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Vote Results

Club Position

Yes

Required for Majority

1/2

Vote Results

Amendment Rejected

Vote Number

79

Vote Date

March 25, 2020

Vote Counts

YEAs:

48

NAYs:

49

Not Voting:

4

Name

State

Party

Vote Position

Mike Lee

UT

R

A

Rand Paul

KY

R

A

Mitt Romney

UT

R

A

John Thune

SD

R

A

Tammy Baldwin

WI

D

N

Michael Bennet

CO

D

N

Richard Blumenthal

CT

D

N

Cory Booker

NJ

D

N

Sherrod Brown

OH

D

N

Maria Cantwell

WA

D

N

Benjamin Cardin

MD

D

N

Thomas Carper

DE

D

N

Bob Casey

PA

D

N

Bob Casey

PA

D

N

Susan Collins

ME

R

N

Christopher Coons

DE

D

N

Catherine Cortez Masto

NV

D

N

Tammy Duckworth

IL

D

N

Richard Durbin

IL

D

N

Dianne Feinstein

CA

D

N

Cory Gardner

CO

R

N

Kirsten Gillibrand

NY

D

N

Kamala Harris

CA

D

N

Maggie Hassan

NH

D

N

Martin Heinrich

NM

D

N

Mazie Hirono

HI

D

N

Doug Jones

AL

D

N

Tim Kaine

VA

D

N

Angus King

ME

I

N

Amy Klobuchar

MN

D

N

Patrick Leahy

VT

D

N

Edward Markey

MA

D

N

Robert Menendez

NJ

D

N

Jeff Merkley

OR

D

N

Christopher Murphy

CT

D

N

Patty Murray

WA

D

N

Gary Peters

MI

D

N

Jack Reed

RI

D

N

Jacky Rosen

NV

D

N

Bernie Sanders

VT

I

N

Brian Schatz

HI

D

N

Chuck Schumer

NY

D

N

Jeanne Shaheen

NH

D

N

Kyrsten Sinema

AZ

D

N

Tina Smith

MN

D

N

Debbie Stabenow

MI

D

N

Jon Tester

MT

D

N

Tom Udall

NM

D

N

Chris Van Hollen

MD

D

N

Mark Warner

VA

D

N

Elizabeth Warren

MA

D

N

Sheldon Whitehouse

RI

D

N

Ron Wyden

OR

D

N

Lamar Alexander

TN

R

Y

John Barrasso

WY

R

Y

Marsha Blackburn

TN

R

Y

Roy Blunt

MO

R

Y

John Boozman

AR

R

Y

Mike Braun

IN

R

Y

Richard Burr

NC

R

Y

Shelley Moore Capito

WV

R

Y

Bill Cassidy

LA

R

Y

John Cornyn

TX

R

Y

Tom Cotton

AR

R

Y

Kevin Cramer

ND

R

Y

Mike Crapo

ID

R

Y

Ted Cruz

TX

R

Y

Steve Daines

MT

R

Y

Michael Enzi

WY

R

Y

Joni Ernst

IA

R

Y

Deb Fischer

NE

R

Y

Lindsey Graham

SC

R

Y

Chuck Grassley

IA

R

Y

Josh Hawley

MO

R

Y

John Hoeven

ND

R

Y

Cindy Hyde-Smith

MS

R

Y

James Inhofe

OK

R

Y

Ron Johnson

WI

R

Y

John Kennedy

LA

R

Y

James Lankford

OK

R

Y

Kelly Loeffler

GA

R

Y

Joe Manchin

WV

D

Y

Mitch McConnell

KY

R

Y

Martha McSally

AZ

R

Y

Jerry Moran

KS

R

Y

Lisa Murkowski

AK

R

Y

David Perdue

GA

R

Y

Rob Portman

OH

R

Y

Jim Risch

ID

R

Y

Pat Roberts

KS

R

Y

Mike Rounds

SD

R

Y

Marco Rubio

FL

R

Y

Ben Sasse

NE

R

Y

Rick Scott

FL

R

Y

Tim Scott

SC

R

Y

Richard Shelby

AL

R

Y

Dan Sullivan

AK

R

Y

Thom Tillis

NC

R

Y

Pat Toomey

PA

R

Y

Roger Wicker

MS

R

Y

Todd Young

IN

R

Y

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