Aug 10, 2026

250 People Chanted 'Where Is Jim?' at a Town Hall Jim Baird Skipped. The Year Before, He Flew to Cape Town, Sydney and Dublin.

Baird's constituents have been asking where he is since at least 2024. He skipped a candidate forum, skipped the town hall they held for him, and never answered the reporters who asked. His own financial disclosure shows he found time for three privately funded overseas trips in a single year — and LegiStorm ranked his office among the five worst in the House for keeping staff.

Town Halls Indiana

Aug 10, 2026

Erin Houchin Went on National TV to Say DOGE Was a Threat to Bureaucracy, Not Democracy. DOGE Expired With No Report, No Proven Savings, and 18 People Laid Off in Bloomington.

Her vote passed the $9.4 billion cuts package 214–212. Indiana public media lost $1.3 million a year and cut 18 jobs. DOGE's charter quietly expired on July 4, 2026 without a final report.

DOGE Indiana

Aug 10, 2026

The Only Ph.D. Scientist Representing Purdue Called the Federal Audit Long Overdue. Then NSF Cancelled $5.9 Million in Purdue Grants.

Jim Baird has a doctorate, two Purdue degrees, a seat on the Science Committee and a co-chairmanship of the R&D Caucus. Purdue is in his district. When Washington started cancelling research grants, he called it long overdue — and in April 2026 he celebrated the shutdown of the USDA's flagship research center because Purdue picked up a piece of it.

DOGEEducation Indiana

Aug 10, 2026

Jen Kiggans Voted Against Capping 299% Loans in One of the Most Military-Heavy Districts in America. Asked Why 11 Times, She Wouldn't Say.

In 2020 the Virginia Senate capped payday and title loan rates at 36%, saving borrowers over $100 million a year. Kiggans was one of 16 no votes — while a fellow Hampton Roads Republican voted yes. Her campaign had taken $17,500 from a group funded by payday lenders.

Billionaires & Big BusinessMilitary Virginia

Aug 10, 2026

Erin Houchin Wrote an Op-Ed Called 'Trump's Tariffs Are Reviving American Manufacturing.' Indiana Then Lost 9,148 Factory Jobs.

Her evidence was one bicycle factory in Seymour. A new University of Illinois study says 2025's tariffs cost the average Hoosier household $2,600, cut $2.65 billion from Indiana's economy, and wiped out 9,148 manufacturing jobs.

Cost of LivingJobs Indiana

Aug 10, 2026

Jen Kiggans Called DOGE Cuts 'So Necessary.' Then Her Own District Lost 70 Contracts With Veteran-Owned Businesses.

She chairs the Veterans' Affairs oversight subcommittee. She cheered DOGE from its first meeting and told laid-off federal workers to 'go out and get' other jobs. Only after Politico counted the damage in Virginia Beach did she say she was working to reverse it.

DOGEJobs Virginia

Aug 10, 2026

Erin Houchin Represents the County Where More Than 230 People Got HIV From Shared Needles. Her Bill Would Make Opioid Treatment Harder to Get.

H.R. 5629 would wipe out the 2024 rule letting methadone patients take doses home and start treatment by telehealth. It has zero cosponsors. Addiction medicine groups say it would mean more overdose deaths.

Healthcare Indiana

Aug 10, 2026

A Radio Host Told the Highest-Ranking Black Man in Congress to Get His 'Cotton-Picking Hands' Off Virginia. Jen Kiggans Said 'Ditto.'

On live radio in May 2026, Kiggans answered a slur rooted in slavery with 'That's right. Ditto. Yes, yes to that.' The NAACP asked for a real apology. She has never given one — only an explanation of what she meant.

Racist Virginia

Aug 10, 2026

123 House Republicans Voted for the Burn Pits Bill. Cliff Bentz Voted No — the Only Member of Oregon's Delegation, Twice.

The PACT Act gave VA health care to veterans poisoned by burn pits. It passed the House 342–88 with most Republicans in favor. Bentz was one of the 88 — and he'd already voted against a GI Bill fix for the National Guard.

Military Oregon