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Forget the slogans. Judged by what they voted for, what they did, and what they refused to stop, this is what Republicans in Congress stand for, on 20 issues, with the receipts.
Articles about James Gallagher
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.
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.
Five Republicans Filed Five Resolutions in Five Days to Undo California's Clean-Air Rules. Three of Them Represent California.
Between August 6 and August 10, Vince Fong, Gary Palmer, August Pfluger, James Gallagher and Jay Obernolte each filed a Congressional Review Act resolution killing an EPA decision on California — cars, lawn mowers, harbor boats, and ships idling at the dock.
James Gallagher Sued to Block Newsom's Order Mailing Every Voter a Ballot. A Week Later, He Voted to Do It Himself.
In June 2020 Gallagher got a Sutter County judge to suspend Newsom's pandemic ballot order, then voted for the law requiring a ballot for every registered voter anyway. He kept suing to limit the governor's emergency powers for another year — and lost at every court above Sutter County.
James Gallagher Represents Paradise, California. Environmental Voters Scored Him 0% and Put Him in the 'Polluter Caucus.'
Gallagher's district contains the town destroyed by the deadliest wildfire in California history. In eleven years in the Legislature he compiled an 11% lifetime environmental score — 0% in 2022, when every one of his recorded votes was against.
Oil Companies Wrote James Gallagher 76 Checks Worth $220,000. Six Weeks Into Congress, He Asked Washington to Study Overriding California's Refinery Rules.
Chevron, Valero, Phillips 66, Marathon and PBF all paid Gallagher's California campaigns. His first big floor amendment would have had the federal government study how to 'preempt, repeal, or otherwise mitigate' California's rules on refineries. It failed by four votes.