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.
The FDA has lost nearly 4,300 employees and USDA's meat inspection service about 900 since the start of 2025. On June 4, both Wisconsin Republicans voted for a bill cutting the agriculture and FDA budget another 1.4% — one that, in the Appropriations Committee's own words, reduces salaries and expenses 'to account for staffing reductions.'
The debt hit $40 trillion on Wednesday. Trump's second term added $3.8 trillion of it in 19 months. Republicans still call themselves the party of fiscal responsibility.
A third of central Appalachian coal miners with 25 years underground now have black lung. The rule that would have cut their dust exposure in half is frozen in court because the Trump administration declined to defend it. Southwest Virginia's congressman chairs the House health subcommittee.
Winter Storm Fern did $7.2 million in damage to Habersham County alone. Clyde told FEMA the counties can't recover without federal help — while sponsoring H.R. 1180, a one-page bill to repeal the law that stops a president from simply refusing to spend money Congress approved.
Nebraska Public Media warned before the vote that losing federal money would put emergency alert systems at risk. Adrian Smith voted for the cut anyway. Then the Morrill Fire burned 643,000 acres across his rural counties and killed an 86-year-old woman trying to escape.
Rounds said he wouldn't vote to claw back public broadcasting money until the White House promised $9.4 million for tribal radio. He voted yes. The promise lasted one year, and now most of the stations say they will close without more.
She called DOGE's work reassuring, voted to confirm RFK Jr., then watched the cuts wipe out the NIOSH facility in Morgantown. A miner with black lung and a federal judge forced it back. Seven weeks after the firings she was still telling Kennedy she supported the vision.
Kansas lost more than 500 USDA employees — about 32% of its workforce, the biggest drop in the region. Schmidt called DOGE's approach 'maturing,' voted to lock in $9.4 billion of its cuts, and is now cosponsoring a bill to stop the offices from closing.
