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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 Jay Obernolte
15 Republicans Have Spent a Combined 118 Years in Congress and Introduced 993 Bills. Not One Became Law.
Jim Jordan has been in Congress since 2007 and every one of his 30 bills died in committee. Chuck Fleischmann's Cherokee land bill has passed the House five times and never once cleared the Senate. They are two of 15 Republicans on this site who have never had a bill they sponsored become law.
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.
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.
Five Republicans Took the AI Industry's Money or Bought Its Stock. One of Them Wrote the Bill That Would End Your Town's Say.
An AI super PAC that raised $125 million exists to stop states and cities from enforcing their own AI rules. One of these Republicans wrote the bill that does the preempting, one was promised $850,000 in a race he had already won, two were buying the stock, and one was carried by $2.35 million in outside money.
One Hundred Nine Republicans We Track Signed a Bill to Impose Right-to-Work on Every State. Twenty of Them Come From States That Don't Have It.
H.R. 1232 would delete the part of federal labor law that lets a union and an employer agree everyone covered by a contract helps pay for it — in all 50 states, whatever each state decided. Missouri voters killed right-to-work 67-33. Michigan repealed it. Their congressmen signed anyway.
One in Every 14 Union Members in America Just Lost Their Contract by Executive Order. 195 House Republicans Voted to Keep It That Way.
Two executive orders, plus an earlier move against TSA screeners, stripped collective bargaining from 84.4% of the unionized federal workforce. A bipartisan bill to restore it passed the House 231-195 — every Democrat for it, 195 Republicans against — and the Senate has sat on it for eight months.
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.
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.
Jay Obernolte Traded His Tariff Vote for a Promise. When Leadership Broke It, He Voted Yes Again.
In September 2025 Obernolte switched his vote on a rule blocking tariff votes after Speaker Johnson promised the block would end January 31, 2026. In February 2026 leadership moved to extend it to July 31. Obernolte voted for that too.
"No One Is Being Forced Off Medicaid," Jay Obernolte Told His District. California Now Projects 1.1 Million People Will Lose Coverage.
Obernolte voted for H.R. 1 and posted a statement telling constituents the Medicaid changes wouldn't push anyone off. California's own health department projects 1.1 million Medi-Cal enrollees will lose coverage by 2029-30 under the new work requirement. Forty-eight percent of his district is on the program.
A Group Sells AI Startups "Meaningful Access to Policymakers" for $3,500 a Month. Jay Obernolte Helped Launch It — and He's the Policymaker.
Obernolte chairs the House subcommittee writing AI policy and wrote the bill that would bar states — including California — from imposing safety transparency, auditing or incident-reporting duties on AI developers. He also helped launch a nonprofit that charges AI startups up to $3,500 a month for access to policymakers.
Five Republicans, Seven Resolutions, One Goal: Make the Air Dirtier in 17 States
Within a day of each other, three House Republicans and a group of senators introduced seven resolutions to strip the clean-air rules that 17 states and D.C. rely on. Two Koch-funded groups were quoted cheering in the press release.
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.
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.