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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.

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16 Republicans on Our Report Cards Asked the EPA to Treat Abortion Pills as a Drinking-Water Contaminant. Scientists Say There's No Evidence. Trump's EPA Is Testing for Them Anyway.

16 Republicans on Our Report Cards Asked the EPA to Treat Abortion Pills as a Drinking-Water Contaminant. Scientists Say There's No Evidence. Trump's EPA Is Testing for Them Anyway.

In June, 19 Republicans in Congress signed a letter urging the EPA to add mifepristone to its list of possible water contaminants. On September 9 the EPA announced a drinking-water study that includes the two abortion drugs. Environmental health experts say there's no scientific evidence abortion medication harms the environment or people — and five days later, the EPA announced it is scrapping carbon limits on power plants.

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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.

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.

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Republicans Running in 2026 Keep Manufacturing Their Opponents: A Doctored Flag, an AI Monologue, a Photoshopped Prison Uniform, and a Website Pretending to Be the Other Guy's

Greg Abbott's campaign used AI to swap an American flag for a transgender flag in a photo of his opponent talking to a child about a closed school. Ken Paxton scripted a speech his opponent never gave. Marsha Blackburn put hers in a prison jumpsuit. Cindy Hyde-Smith registered a domain in her opponent's name.

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Marsha Blackburn Paid for a Website Saying 'Tennessee Cannot Afford a Felon Running the State.' She Voted for the Second-Chance Law Trump Signed.

Marsha Blackburn Paid for a Website Saying 'Tennessee Cannot Afford a Felon Running the State.' She Voted for the Second-Chance Law Trump Signed.

Blackburn's campaign built a site calling independent candidate Dave Hatley 'Deadbeat Dave,' photoshopping him into a prison jumpsuit over a 1990s bad-check case he served a month for and wrote a memoir about. In 2018 she voted for the First Step Act, and the felon she wants running the country is the man who signed it.

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