Rep. Andrew Clyde owns two gun stores. This week he led nearly 30 Republicans in demanding the ATF destroy firearm transaction records — the same records the ATF uses to trace guns found at crime scenes.
On the same day, 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.
As governor, Rounds privatized South Dakota's EB-5 visa program. A state employee gave the contract to a company he secretly owned, a beef plant swallowed $100 million in foreign money and went bankrupt, and the cabinet secretary at the center of it killed himself six days before a grand jury.
The First Step Act cleared the Senate 87 to 12. Mike Rounds was one of the 12. Eight years later, South Dakota is breaking ground on a $650 million prison and half the people it releases come back.
Hull opposes a pause on new data centers and says they should be sited where 'produced water is available.' New Mexico's own scientists say that water is a toxic soup that can't be treated safely — and the state banned discharging it last year.
Trump carried all four of these districts comfortably in 2024. Now Republicans are spending time and money defending them — because of domestic abuse allegations, a sexual harassment finding, and a campaign finance investigation. Their party's complaint isn't the conduct. It's the polling.
On April 9, 2026, House Democrats asked for a vote to limit Trump's war in Iran. The New Jersey Republican presiding over the chamber refused to recognize them and banged the gavel.
Section 1068 of the new defense law orders a federal audit of a Cold War theory that scientists say doesn't survive contact with the evidence. It took Chris Smith three tries over seven years. He still hasn't held a town hall since 1992.
During the 2024 New Jersey drone panic, Van Drew went on national TV and blamed Iran, citing 'high sources.' The Pentagon said there was no truth to it. He never apologized — he changed the subject.
