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Articles about Tom Emmer
Tom Emmer Says Ilhan Omar, a U.S. Citizen Since 2000, Should Do Time in the 'Gray Bar Motel' and 'Go Back to Where She Came From.' She Hasn't Been Charged.
The No. 3 Republican in the House told Fox News that Rep. Ilhan Omar should 'serve time in the gray bar motel and then get the hell out of here' if allegations about her family's immigration papers are proven. Four months ago he said Somalis who don't assimilate should 'go the hell back.'
Trump's Budget Bill Could Cost Up to 253,000 Minnesotans Their Health Coverage. Tom Emmer Wants Deeper Cuts: 'It Doesn't Even Scratch the Surface.'
The House's No. 3 Republican told the St. Cloud Times that the spending cuts in Trump's budget bill were just the start — 'It doesn't even scratch the surface' — and government needs to be reinvented. The same bill is projected to leave 10 million more Americans uninsured — and the budget office says it adds $3.4 trillion to deficits. He also says he's stopped meeting constituents in public.
The Crypto Industry Is Spending to Re-Elect 19 House Republicans. Every One of Them Voted for the Crypto Industry's Bill.
Fairshake, the super PAC funded mainly by Coinbase, a16z and Ripple, is backing 19 House Republicans — $1 million apiece for French Hill, Bryan Steil and Bill Huizenga, the sponsor and two cosponsors of the industry's top bill. All 19 voted for it.
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.
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Tom Emmer said no one is above the law, until it was Trump Jr. #maga #minnesota #tomemmer
House Republican Whip Tom Emmer said "No one, not even the president's son, is above the law" when Hunter Biden was under investigation, and insisted being a private citizen was no excuse to dodge congressional oversight.
Tom Emmer Said 'No One, Not Even the President's Son, Is Above the Law.' Now He Says a Probe of Don Jr.'s Russian-Paid Wedding Is a 'New Russia Hoax.'
When the president's son was Hunter Biden, Tom Emmer said nobody was above the law and a 'private citizen' was no excuse. When a Republican senator asked to look at a Putin-tied oligarch paying for Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding party, Emmer called it a hoax.
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.
Tom Emmer Went on Fox Business and Said Ground Beef Costs 'Less Than $2 a Pound.' It Has Not Been That Cheap Since July 2003.
The third-ranking Republican in the House told Fox Business that Republicans should talk up groceries that have gotten cheaper, and named ground beef at under $2 a pound. The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts it at $6.92 — and the last month it averaged under $2 was July 2003.
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.
Robert Aderholt Says a Report He and 12 Other Republicans We Track Requested Shows Taxpayers Are 'Subsidizing' Abortion. The Report Says Federal Subsidies Can't Pay for It.
Robert Aderholt, Speaker Mike Johnson and 11 other tracked Republicans requested a GAO review of abortion coverage in Obamacare plans. Aderholt and Chris Smith then used it to demand 'full Hyde protections for all ACA plans.' GAO's own summary says federal law already bars tax credits from paying for abortion, that insurers must price that coverage at no less than $1 a month, and that almost every plan that covers it is in a state whose law requires coverage.
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.
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.
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.
The Third-Ranking Republican in Congress Went on TV and Called Minnesota's Lieutenant Governor "a More Masculine Version of Tim Walz"
Asked for his read on Peggy Flanagan, Tom Emmer led with how she looks. In the same breath he stated a $9 billion fraud figure as settled fact. It's a federal prosecutor's projection across 14 programs — one Gov. Walz has called sensationalized.
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.
Tom Emmer Told Somali Minnesotans to "Go the Hell Back." Six Months Earlier He Told Fox Business a Number That Wasn't True.
The third-ranking House Republican said Somalis who don't assimilate should "go the hell back to where they came from" — and that he's "done being careful." The claim underneath it, that Somalis commit 80% of Twin Cities crime, is contradicted by Minnesota's own crime data.
$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.
Tom Emmer Says Eggs Cost 78 Cents and Milk Is Under $2. The Government's Own Numbers Say Otherwise.
The House Majority Whip told Fox Business that Americans just have a 'perception' problem. Federal data says eggs cost $2.14 a dozen and milk is $4.32 a gallon — more than double what he claimed.
Five Houses in Little Rock. Two of Them Occupied by Christians. That's the Sharia Takeover.
A governor, an attorney general, a state bill and a 50-member congressional caucus have all mobilized against a Sharia takeover. In Arkansas it traces back to a hate group's blog post and a small subdivision that's been there for two decades.
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.
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.
Tom Emmer Loves the Oversight Committee's Investigations — Except the One About Epstein
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer trumpets the Oversight Committee's Minnesota fraud probe, but stays silent on the same committee's Epstein investigation — the one where his own son runs the depositions.
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.