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Brian Fitzpatrick is flooding the airwaves with attack ads that quote local "news" headlines to smear his opponent.
Brian Fitzpatrick's Attack Ads Quote 'News' Headlines. A Longtime Ally His Campaign Has Paid, and a Guest at His Wedding, Wrote Every One of Them.
Eight Fitzpatrick campaign ads cite Patch headlines attacking Democrat Bob Harvie. Every one was self-published by Dave Sommers, a Fitzpatrick ally who attended his June wedding, was paid by his campaign, and served a federal sentence for trafficking protected turtles.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Brian Fitzpatrick Has Announced One Open Town Hall Since 2017. On National TV, He Called Them a "Three-Ring Circus" Funded by Dark Money.
Four days after 700 constituent letters were delivered to his office, Fitzpatrick went on Face the Nation and called in-person town halls a 'three-ring circus' funded by dark money groups he would not name. His constituents held one anyway, with an empty chair for him.
Brian Fitzpatrick Wrote the ICE Reform Bill Himself. Then He Voted to Fund ICE for Three More Years Without It — by Two Votes.
Body cameras. No masks. Visible ID. Warrants before agents enter a school or a home. Fitzpatrick put all of it in a bill on April 2. On June 9 he voted to fund ICE through 2029 with none of it — and the bill passed 214-212.
$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.
Brian Fitzpatrick Voted No on Trump's Budget Bill — After Casting a Yes Vote It Couldn't Have Passed Without
Fitzpatrick is one of only two Republicans who voted against the final budget bill. On May 22, 2025, when the same bill passed the House 215-214, he voted yes. CBO said the version he backed would cut $863 billion from Medicaid and CHIP.
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.
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.