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Articles about Ryan Mackenzie
Ryan Mackenzie Is Backed by AIPAC. His Spokesman Was in a College Group Chat Full of Hitler Memes.
Arnaud Armstrong, the man who speaks for Ryan Mackenzie in every scandal, was a member of a college group chat that traded Holocaust jokes and racist memes.
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.
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.
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.
Ryan Mackenzie Took His Anti-Abortion, Gun and Voter ID Record Off His Campaign Website. In Congress, He Voted for the SAVE Act Twice.
After the May primary, Mackenzie's campaign cut his pro-life rating, gun rights, voter ID, women's sports and sanctuary city lines from its 'Record' page and put in 'Working Across the Aisle.' The record behind them is all still on file.
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.
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.
Ryan Mackenzie Has Claimed a Private-Sector Career Since 2012. The Only Thing Behind It Is a License He Held for Two Years While Working in Politics.
He has sold voters experience outside politics. The evidence is a real estate license valid from 2006 to 2008 — years he spent on the payroll of a party committee and a federal agency — and a campaign that will not say he ever made a sale. Democrats say he fabricated a career that never existed.
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.'
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.
$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.
Ryan Mackenzie Shaved Eight Years Off His Age on Tinder. When 100 Women Asked for an Apology, He Called Them Democrat Operatives.
Mackenzie told women he was 29. He was 37. More than 100 women in his own district asked him to own it — and he told a national TV audience most of them were Democrat operatives. A reporter checked. They weren't.
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.
A Senior Asked Ryan Mackenzie Where He Stands on the $87 Billion Iran War. He Never Said. Hours Later He Voted to Keep It Going.
On a telephone town hall, an elderly constituent asked Mackenzie his stance on spending $87 billion on the Iran war while Social Security's trust fund runs dry. He talked about protecting seniors and modernizing the military, and never said where he stands on the war. Hours later he voted against pulling U.S. forces out of Iran.
A Convicted Fraudster Gave Ryan Mackenzie's Fundraising Committee $2,600. Three Days Later, Trump Pardoned Him.
Adam Kidan pleaded guilty in the Jack Abramoff scandal and was ordered to pay $21.7 million in restitution. He donated to Mackenzie's joint fundraising committee on June 30. Trump pardoned him on July 3.
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.
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.
Ryan Mackenzie Cheered Trump at the Same Mack Trucks Plant That Cut Jobs Over Trump's Tariffs
Trump came to the Macungie Mack Trucks plant to campaign for Ryan Mackenzie — the same plant that announced layoffs because of Trump's tariffs. Mackenzie praised him anyway.
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.