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Articles about Rob Bresnahan
Rob Bresnahan Warned in 2024 That Higher Fuel Prices Drive Up the Cost of Everything. Then He Voted Six Times to Keep the Iran War Going.
A week before he was elected, Rob Bresnahan said rising fuel prices make everything more expensive. In Congress, he has voted against all six resolutions to end Trump's Iran war, while Pennsylvania gas is up $1.35 a gallon.
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.
Rob Bresnahan's Ad Says He 'Ended the Rain Tax.' The Local Paper Called It False — and Reported That the Ad Edited a TV Anchor's Words to Say It.
Rob Bresnahan's campaign ad claims he went to Washington and ended Northeastern Pennsylvania's 'rain tax.' The Scranton Times-Tribune called the ad 'misleading at best,' found claims in it false, and reported that it altered a local TV anchor's soundbite to put words in his mouth.
Twice the House Came One Vote From Telling Trump to End the Iran War — the First Resolution Lost 213-214, the Next Deadlocked 212-212, and 181 Republicans We Track Voted No on Both.
On April 16 a war powers resolution failed 213-214. On May 14 the next one deadlocked 212-212, and a tie fails. Either one needed exactly one Republican to switch. Only Thomas Massie, who has no page here, voted yes both times.
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.
Six Republicans Spent Years Fighting Abortion Rights. Now, With Their Names on the 2026 Ballot, They Say They Won't Touch Them.
Scott Perry cosponsored a national abortion ban five times, then told voters he doesn't support one. Rob Bresnahan swore off a federal abortion ban and voted for a federal abortion bill three months later. Darren Bailey, Stacy Garrity, Kelly Ayotte and Joe Lombardo all ran on ending or restricting abortion — and discovered moderation the year they needed votes.
180 House Members We Track Voted a Third Time to Keep Trump's Iran War Going. Congress's Budget Office Says It Has Already Cost $38 Billion.
On September 15 the House voted 220-204 to end the war with Iran — the third time since June. Republicans voted 203 to 7 against it, and 180 of the members who voted no are on our report cards. The same day, the Congressional Budget Office put the war's direct cost at $38.1 billion and said it will push inflation higher into 2027.
Rob Bresnahan Tells Voters That 'to Big Data, We're Just Land and Dollar Signs.' He Holds Up to $2 Million in the Companies That Build Big Data.
Bresnahan's new Scranton-area ad casts him as the man standing between Northeastern Pennsylvania and the data center industry. His August disclosure lists between roughly $804,024 and $2.04 million in the chipmakers and equipment suppliers that industry runs on — and last year he called data centers 'catalysts for economic growth.'
Elon Musk's Super PAC Is Spending $5.1 Million on the Midterms, Almost All of It in Races With 18 Republicans on This Site. It Spent $3.7 Million of That Attacking Democrats.
America PAC has reported $5.1 million in independent spending this cycle. Eighteen Republicans with report cards on this site are the main beneficiaries — and nearly three-quarters of the money went to attack ads, not to making a case for them.
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.
Rob Bresnahan Traded Stock Hundreds of Times in His First Year. His Own Constituents Put an Insider Trading Ban on Their Ballot.
Voters in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties will decide on November 3 whether to write an insider trading ban into their county charters. Residents gathered nearly double the signatures required. One provision would put their congressman's own stock trades in an annual county report.
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.
220,000 Pennsylvanians Have Lost Food Stamps in a Year. Nine Pennsylvania Republicans Voted for the Law Behind Nearly Half of It.
Pennsylvania's SNAP rolls fell from 1.96 million to 1.74 million in a year, and the state says nearly half of that is Trump's budget bill. All nine of these Republicans voted for it — including the Agriculture chairman who promised 'absolutely no reductions.'
Richard Hudson Told House Republicans to Stop Holding In-Person Town Halls. Since Then They Have Held 231. Democrats Have Held 1,042.
Two years ago Republicans held more town halls than Democrats. In the first half of this year they held 39 in person — 17% of the town halls they held at all. One told MS NOW that a town hall is 'a good way to get shot.' Another said Democrats 'ruined' them. The one Republican who still shows up says it works fine.
Rob Bresnahan's Taxpayer-Funded Video Showed Up in Google's Political Ad Library Under 'Rob for PA.' A Constituent Filed an Ethics Complaint.
A Lackawanna County woman filed an ethics complaint after a video Rob Bresnahan paid for with House money turned up in Google's political ad database under his campaign account.
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.
Rob Bresnahan Said Washington Shouldn't Decide Abortion. Ninety-Three Days Later He Voted for a Federal Abortion Law.
At his only 2024 debate Bresnahan said he'd oppose a federal abortion ban 'under any circumstances.' Then he voted for H.R. 21, and for a budget bill that shut the Wilkes-Barre Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid for a year. This July he launched a Women for Rob coalition.
$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.
Pennsylvania Gets the Data Centers and the Electric Bills. All Ten of Its U.S. House Republicans Voted for a Ten-Year Ban on States Enforcing Their Own AI Rules.
A Democrat toured 15 Pennsylvania counties and heard about data centers more than anything else. Meanwhile all ten of the state's Republicans in the U.S. House voted for a ten-year ban on states enforcing their own AI rules, nine of them voted for a law projected to push power bills higher, and Harrisburg's $2 billion tax break for data centers is still on the books.
Rob Bresnahan Dumped Medicaid Stocks, Then Voted to Cut Medicaid. Now He Says He Fixed Congress.
Nine days after announcing a blind trust, Bresnahan sold up to $130,000 in Medicaid company stock. A week later he voted to cut Medicaid. In July he voted for a trading ban that wouldn't have stopped him.
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.
His District Is On Fire. Pete Stauber Blamed Canada.
A $10 million grant to clear dead trees in the Superior National Forest was frozen by DOGE. Now those woods are burning — and the congressman who cheered DOGE on is pointing at Canada.
207 House Republicans Just Voted to Keep Us in Trump's Iran War — And Lost
On July 23 the House voted 214-208 to order U.S. forces out of Trump's unauthorized war with Iran. These 185 Republicans we track voted no — the second time the House has told the president to stop, and the second time they tried to stop it from saying so.
The 'Everyman' With a Private Jet: Rob Bresnahan's $23,000 Flight
Rob Bresnahan sells himself as a blue-collar Pennsylvanian — but he blew more than $23,000 on a single private jet flight and quietly flies his own helicopter.
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.
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.