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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.
Trump's Budget Bill Will Likely Force States to Cut Medicaid Payments to Doctors and Hospitals by More Than $50 Billion a Year. 76 Republicans We Track From the Hardest-Hit States Voted for It.
A new Health Affairs analysis finds the 2025 budget bill's limits on Medicaid payments will likely force three dozen states to cut what they pay doctors and hospitals by more than $50 billion a year, starting in 2028. Fewer providers are likely to take Medicaid patients. These 76 Republicans on our report cards, from the 15 states facing the biggest cuts, voted yes.
14 Republicans Are Running Away From Trump Six Weeks Before the Election. Twelve of Them Voted for His Budget Bill.
They're deleting Trump from their websites, calling for an end to his Iran war, and telling him his immigration crackdown went too far. Every one of them who was in Congress voted for Trump's budget bill, and every House member among them voted for $70 billion more for ICE.
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.
Zach Nunn Voted to Set Aside the Senate's Bill to Reopen Homeland Security. Two Days Later He Left for a Week in Scotland and Ireland With His Wife.
While Homeland Security workers went without paychecks, Rep. Zach Nunn voted for the rule that set aside a Senate bill to reopen the department. Two days later he began a sponsored week touring Edinburgh Castle and Dublin with his wife. He's spent more on member travel than all but two House members.
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.
Ashley Hinson, Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Zach Nunn All Voted Against the One Union Bill That Reached the House Floor This Year. Hinson Voted Against the Other Two As Well.
Iowa Starting Line checked three bills meant to help ordinary workers. On the Faster Labor Contracts Act, all three Iowa Republicans voted no. On the PRO Act and the bill restoring federal workers' bargaining rights, Ashley Hinson voted no again.
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.
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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.
Twelve Republicans We Track Told Voters High Prices Aren't Really a Problem. One Said to Pick a Different Protein.
A NOTUS column collected what Republican candidates have been saying about the cost of living. Twelve of them have report cards on this site. Their answers range from 'earn more' to 'the Democrats invented this term affordability.'
Zach Nunn Brought Gold Star Families Onstage at His Campaign Fundraiser. The Defense Secretary Headlining It Broke His Own Department's Rule Against Speaking at One.
Pete Hegseth headlined 'Operation Top Nunn: Salute to the Troops' at the Iowa State Fair and asked Iowans to reelect Nunn. The Pentagon's own February 2026 guidance bars Senate-confirmed officials from speaking at a political fundraiser or advocating for a candidate.
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.
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.
Zach Nunn Swats a Phone Away Rather Than Answer a Question About Rural Hospitals
Video shows Rep. Zach Nunn hitting a phone out of a Democratic tracker's hand after he was asked about rural hospital closures — the very thing he once called a 'myth.'
Zach Nunn Is Being Outraised, So He's Calling a Lutheran Pastor a Satanist
Zach Nunn told a crowd his opponent 'officiates demonic weddings.' It's a lie. She read one Bible verse at a service she wasn't even qualified to lead — 20 years ago.
Zach Nunn Took $30,000 From Pesticide Makers. Then He Backed Shielding Them From Cancer Lawsuits.
Iowa Rep. Zach Nunn has taken $30,000 from Bayer and other pesticide makers — and backed a bill to strip Iowans of the right to sue them over cancer.
Zach Nunn Took a 'Badge of Honor' for Cancer Funding. A Cancer Patient in the Room Had Lost Her Medicaid.
At an Iowa cancer roundtable, Zach Nunn called the Medicaid-cutting 'big beautiful bill' a step toward preserving coverage — while a stage-four cancer patient in the room described being kicked off Iowa Medicaid.
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.
Zach Nunn Promised to Protect Medicaid and SNAP. One Year After His 'Big Beautiful Bill' Vote, Iowa Is Still Paying.
Zach Nunn introduced a resolution to block Medicaid and SNAP cuts — then voted for the biggest cuts in history three weeks later. A year on, clinics in his district are closing and Iowa SNAP enrollment is down nearly 25,000.
Zach Nunn's Campaign Helped Knock a Challenger Off His Own Ballot
Facing a toss-up race, Zach Nunn's campaign worked to remove a third-party challenger from the Iowa ballot — by filing a formal objection — and, the candidate says, by asking him to drop out.
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.