This is Standard Republican Policy. Is This What You Want?
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.
MAGA is Ruining Illinois
Mike Bost Won't Debate Julie Fortier and Won't Hold an In-Person Town Hall. His Reason: A Debate Only Reaches a 'Small Audience.'
Listeners flooded Illinois Public Media with one question for Rep. Mike Bost: why won't you debate, and why won't you face us in person? He said debates reach too few people and town halls got too loud. His opponent took a full live hour on the same show; Bost took 30 pre-recorded minutes.
Mary Miller Told a Republican Dinner That Islam 'Is Not a Religion' and Muslims Are 'Inside the Gate.' Nobody Had Asked Her About It.
At a Hancock County GOP banquet, Rep. Mary Miller listed Islam as one of her three biggest concerns, said it is 'a form of government' rather than a religion, and claimed that when Muslims build a mosque, 'in their mind, they have just conquered that area.' Nobody had asked her about it.
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.
Darren Bailey Told the Tribune He Was Renting a Chicago Apartment. He Told Downstate Crowds a Doctor Donated It. He Won't Say Who, or What It's Worth.
Since the March primary, Darren Bailey has stayed in a downtown Chicago apartment he says 'a doctor' donated. Democrats say it isn't on any campaign report. Asked who owns it and what the rent is, he said, 'I don't care to disclose that.'
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.
Chris Smith Led 128 Republicans in Asking for a Federal Probe of Planned Parenthood. They Asked Whether It 'Illegally Received $88 Million.' Nobody Has Found That.
Chris Smith co-led a 128-Republican letter — signed by 103 Republicans on this site — asking HHS's inspector general to investigate Planned Parenthood. It describes an SBA eligibility review of pandemic loans as a probe into whether affiliates 'illegally received $88 million' — months after the last attack on Planned Parenthood's funding closed nearly 30 clinics.
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.
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.