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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.

Americans Say Groceries Are Their Biggest Money Worry. House Republicans Spent the Evening of September 1 Voting to Condemn Socialism.

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.

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 Co-Chairs the Hunger Caucus. One Chairs the Subcommittee That Writes SNAP Policy. Both Voted for the Biggest Food-Aid Cut in History.

The 2025 budget law cut SNAP by $187 billion — about 20%, the largest cut the program has ever taken. Six of these eight Republicans voted for it. Between them they co-chaired the hunger caucus, chaired the nutrition subcommittee, told the public a food bank was on their side, and turned down $18 million meant to feed kids.

Three Out of Four Americans Oppose Data Centers Near Their Homes. These Eight Republicans Spent the Year Helping the Build-Out. Five Have Since Discovered Concerns.

A year ago Americans were split on AI data centers. Now 75% oppose one in their area. These eight Republicans spent that year helping the build-out along, taking the industry's money, or both. Five have spent the last few weeks repositioning. Three are still making the industry's case.

Twelve Members of Congress Posed for Photos With a Group That Wants to Privatize Social Security. They're Calling It an Endorsement.

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.

Mike Lawler Wrote a Bill That Could Put Americans in Prison for 20 Years Over a Boycott. His Own Party Pulled It Off the Floor.

Mike Lawler Wrote a Bill That Could Put Americans in Prison for 20 Years Over a Boycott. His Own Party Pulled It Off the Floor.

The IGO Anti-Boycott Act extends a law carrying up to 20 years in prison and $1 million in fines to Americans who take part in boycotts called for by bodies like the UN. The ACLU said it plainly reaches protected speech. Republicans killed the vote. AIPAC endorsed it, and pro-Israel PACs led by AIPAC have given Lawler $1.18 million.

A Data Center Wanted to Expand Next to a Drinking Water Reservoir in His District. Nine Days Later, Mike Lawler Went on TV to Say the Rules Are the Problem.

A Data Center Wanted to Expand Next to a Drinking Water Reservoir in His District. Nine Days Later, Mike Lawler Went on TV to Say the Rules Are the Problem.

Orangetown's planning board unanimously halted a data center expansion near the Lake Tappan reservoir. New York then paused permits statewide. Lawler's response was a Fox Business hit about innovation and China — and he had already voted for a bill that would have banned states from writing AI rules at all.

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