At least a dozen people who worked for Bill Huizenga were or became lobbyists — including his chief of staff of 11 years, now lobbying for Travelers, and two deputy chiefs of staff now lobbying for Vanguard and TransUnion. All three companies answer to the committee Huizenga helps run.
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.
Every host of John James' September 23 Washington fundraiser works at BGR Group, which has taken $590,000 to lobby for surveillance-camera company Flock — including the firm's president, a registered Flock lobbyist. As Michigan communities cancel Flock contracts, James has offered only generalities about balancing privacy and policing.
Rogers has told rallies, donors and TV audiences he worked on an auto assembly line building Chrysler Sebrings — or LeBarons. A Michigan Advance investigation found he worked at a Brighton aftermarket shop that converted finished cars, and the Sebring wasn't made until 1995.
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.
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Ashley Hinson just posted that Trump's war with Iran needs an immediate stop — after voting six separate times to keep funding and continuing it.
Two Trump-endorsed governor candidates, Michigan's John James and Wisconsin's Tom Tiffany, told reporters this week the Iran war needs to wrap up. Every time they voted on ending it in the House, they voted no.
With diesel at a record $6.51, two Republican Senate nominees who backed the Iran war called for it to end on the same day. Hinson had voted against ending it six times, most recently on Sept. 15. Rogers had called it 'absolutely right.'
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.
