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Forget the slogans. Judged by what they voted for, what they did, and what they refused to stop, this is what Republicans in Congress stand for, on 20 issues, with the receipts.
Articles about Tom Barrett
Tom Barrett Promised Veterans Service Dogs, Jobs and Housing — and Said Corporate Money Was Already Coming In. The Group Raised Almost Nothing.
In 2016 Tom Barrett launched the Michigan Veterans Institute, said corporate donors were already giving, and ran for reelection on it. The nonprofit that housed it says 'little to no money' was raised and none of the promised services happened. Now Barrett says he was never responsible for its finances.
Republicans Cut Medicaid by Nearly $1 Trillion. They Scheduled the Pain for After You Vote.
The Big Beautiful Bill cuts Medicaid by close to $1 trillion over 10 years, and the Congressional Budget Office says the law will leave 10 million more people uninsured. Republicans made sure the biggest cut doesn't start until 2027 — after the midterms. 198 Republicans on this site voted for it.
Tom Barrett Now Says America 'Cannot Be Dragged Into Another Endless War.' The Defense Industry Has Given His Campaign More Than $58,000.
In April, Tom Barrett voted against a resolution to end the Iran war, and it failed by one vote. He now runs as a critic of the war, while defense PACs and executives have given his campaign more than $58,000, according to Drop Site News.
Trump's Budget Bill Will Likely Force States to Cut Medicaid Payments to Doctors and Hospitals by More Than $50 Billion a Year. 76 Republicans We Track From the Hardest-Hit States Voted for It.
A new Health Affairs analysis finds the 2025 budget bill's limits on Medicaid payments will likely force three dozen states to cut what they pay doctors and hospitals by more than $50 billion a year, starting in 2028. Fewer providers are likely to take Medicaid patients. These 76 Republicans on our report cards, from the 15 states facing the biggest cuts, voted yes.
Tom Barrett's New Ad Says He Sent Health Insurers Their Money Back. He Kept UnitedHealth's and Centene's Checks, and Voted Three Times Against Keeping Obamacare Premiums Down.
Barrett's ad says he doesn't 'take a dime' from health insurance companies. His own FEC reports show he refunded one insurer PAC and kept two others. And his votes let premium help expire and cut Medicaid for up to 14,621 people in his district.
185 House Members We Track Voted to Make States Hand Your Medicaid and Food Stamp Records to Trump's Former Defense Lawyer
On September 16 the House passed the PROOF Act, 217-207. It orders states to turn over whatever Medicaid, SNAP and other benefit records Attorney General Todd Blanche asks for in writing, with no judge involved. A federal court had already blocked the Trump administration from cutting food stamp funding to states that refused to hand over recipient data. 185 of the members who voted yes have report cards on this site.
Tom Barrett Wrote a Budget That Would Have Cut Off Jail Money to Any Michigan County That Wouldn't Hold People for ICE. One of Them Was Ingham, Which He Now Represents.
As a Michigan state senator running the corrections budget, Barrett inserted language stripping jail reimbursement from counties that limited cooperation with ICE. Kent County stood to lose $1.1 million a year, Wayne County $1.5 million. Michigan's own corrections department opposed it and the governor vetoed it.
Your Health Premiums Jumped 58%. House Republicans Came Back and Voted to Tell Colleges What They're Allowed to Boycott.
The House returned from recess and spent its week on socialism resolutions, mining permits, whales, the Supreme Court, and a bill punishing colleges for boycotting Israel. Nobody voted on the premiums that just went up 58%. Here is every Republican with a report card who voted yes.
Americans Say Groceries Are Their Biggest Money Worry. House Republicans Spent the Evening of September 1 Voting to Condemn Socialism.
H.Res. 1490 passed 220-192. It changes no law and spends no money. Its one concrete demand is the SAVE America Act, a proof-of-citizenship rule of the kind Kansas tried — where 31,089 people could not register, against 39 confirmed noncitizens the state found in the previous 14 years. 189 members with a page on this site voted yes.
These 188 Republicans Voted to Lock the Supreme Court at Nine Seats While Republican Appointees Hold Six of Them
The House voted September 2 on a constitutional amendment freezing the Supreme Court at nine justices. The Constitution never set that number — Congress did, and has changed it five times. Here is every Republican with a report card who voted yes.
208 House Republicans Just Voted to Lock In the Food-Safety Layoffs. Complaints About Contaminated Meat Had Risen 40%.
H.R. 8646 passed 213-210 on June 4. It comes in $380 million below last year and, in the Appropriations Committee's own words, reduces salaries and expenses "to account for staffing reductions" — the nearly 4,300 FDA and roughly 900 meat-inspection jobs already gone. 188 members with a page on this site voted yes. Four voted no.
All Seven of Michigan's Republicans in Congress Voted to Keep Trump's Tariffs. That's $5,619 Per Michigan Household, More Than Any Other State.
New state-by-state numbers put Michigan's tariff bill at $23 billion — $5,619 per household, the highest in the country. In February, Michigan's seven Republicans voted first to stop the House from voting on the tariffs, then against ending them.
Seven Republicans Are Running on 'Local Control' of Data Centers. All Seven Voted to Take It Away for Ten Years.
In May 2025, 215 House Republicans voted for a ten-year ban on states and towns enforcing any law that limits AI — data centers included. Four of the fourteen named here voted for it four separate times. Now they are campaigning on letting your town decide.
One Hundred Nine Republicans We Track Signed a Bill to Impose Right-to-Work on Every State. Twenty of Them Come From States That Don't Have It.
H.R. 1232 would delete the part of federal labor law that lets a union and an employer agree everyone covered by a contract helps pay for it — in all 50 states, whatever each state decided. Missouri voters killed right-to-work 67-33. Michigan repealed it. Their congressmen signed anyway.
Three Out of Four Americans Oppose Data Centers Near Their Homes. These Eight Republicans Spent the Year Helping the Build-Out. Five Have Since Discovered Concerns.
A year ago Americans were split on AI data centers. Now 75% oppose one in their area. These eight Republicans spent that year helping the build-out along, taking the industry's money, or both. Five have spent the last few weeks repositioning. Three are still making the industry's case.
Tom Barrett's New Ad Says He 'Stood Up to My Own Party' Against Data Centers. The Vote Was From 2015, and It Had Nothing to Do With AI.
Barrett is running as a data center fighter. Since then he voted for the tax breaks that handed six companies $83 billion, voted for a ten-year ban on states regulating AI, backed a bill weakening environmental reviews, and took money from Musk, Thiel, Blackstone's CEO and the corporate PACs of Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Oracle.
One in Every 14 Union Members in America Just Lost Their Contract by Executive Order. 195 House Republicans Voted to Keep It That Way.
Two executive orders, plus an earlier move against TSA screeners, stripped collective bargaining from 84.4% of the unionized federal workforce. A bipartisan bill to restore it passed the House 231-195 — every Democrat for it, 195 Republicans against — and the Senate has sat on it for eight months.
Michigan Lost 130,000 People From Obamacare in One Year. Barrett, Huizenga and James Voted Against Bringing It Back.
ACA marketplace enrollment in Michigan fell 27% in a single year after the premium tax credits lapsed, and the Medicaid cuts haven't even started yet. All three of these congressmen voted against restoring the credits, and for the law that schedules the rest.
Twelve Members of Congress Posed for Photos With a Group That Wants to Privatize Social Security. They're Calling It an Endorsement.
The 60 Plus Association was started with Koch money in 1992. It bragged in 1997 that it was the first seniors group to back privatizing Social Security, and it has pushed to turn Medicare into vouchers. Eleven House Republicans and an independent who caucuses with them took its award anyway.
Max Miller's PAC Gave $70,000 to 16 Republicans in Tight Races. Exactly One Gave It Back.
POLITICO asked all 16 whether they'd return money from a congressman accused of assaulting his ex-wife and their young child. Brad Finstad returned $5,000. Mike Lawler said no. The other 14 wouldn't say.
Congress Gave ICE $70 Billion and No Rules on Conduct. Now ICE Is Buying Electric Shock Gloves.
ICE plans to spend up to $20 million on gloves that deliver painful electric shocks — ten times what Susan Collins points to as the de-escalation reform that justified her vote. Here are the 201 Republicans with report cards on this site who voted for the money.
$70 Billion for ICE Passed the House by Two Votes. Not One Republican Voted No.
On June 9, 2026, the House passed S. 2 by 214 to 212. At that margin every single Republican yes vote was the deciding vote. Here are the 187 still in their races who have report cards on this site.
ICE Is Reading Your Posts. Congress Paid for It.
A Wall Street Journal investigation found ICE is paying contractors millions to scan social media around the clock, then using subpoenas to unmask Americans who criticize the agency. Nobody has been charged. That may be the point.
Tom Barrett's Campaign Ran a Full-Page Ad in a Black-Owned Paper Telling Readers to Vote the Day After Election Day
In October 2024, a full-page ad paid for by Tom Barrett's campaign ran in a Black-owned Lansing weekly telling readers to vote on November 6 — the day after Election Day. The same ad ran with the correct date in a different Lansing paper.
Tom Barrett Called the 2020 Election "An Unknowable Thing" — 15 Months After His Own Party Investigated and Found Nothing
In 2022, Michigan's Tom Barrett wouldn't say the 2020 election was fair. His own Republican colleagues in the Michigan Senate had already investigated it for seven months and found no fraud. He's still doing it today.
These 190 Republicans Voted to Let an Energy Board Block Clean-Air Rules
The House passed the 'Reliable Power Act,' handing federal energy regulators the power to stall EPA rules on power-plant pollution. Here's every Republican with a report card who voted yes.
Tom Barrett Sells 'Made in USA' T-Shirts. The Tag Says Made in Haiti.
Rep. Tom Barrett's campaign sells 'Barrett Brigade' t-shirts labeled '100% cotton, Made in USA.' A photo of the tag shows they were made in Haiti — while Barrett campaigns on bringing manufacturing back to America.
197 Republicans Voted to Spike Your Health Insurance Premiums
The Senate blocked the fix and the House passed a fake one. Here's every Republican we track who voted to let ACA premiums spike.