Two years ago Republicans held more town halls than Democrats. In the first half of this year they held 39 in person — 17% of the town halls they held at all. One told MS NOW that a town hall is 'a good way to get shot.' Another said Democrats 'ruined' them. The one Republican who still shows up says it works fine.
The League of Women Voters and NAACP invited both candidates in Indiana's 6th District by certified mail and hand delivery. Shreve's campaign didn't respond, so the forum was cancelled — then his spokesman called it a 'far-left rally.'
Higgins opened his Crowley town hall asking for mutual respect. By the end he had told a constituent he would personally carry him out of the building.
163 committee votes and 33 floor votes since 2021 — including funding to fight AI-generated child sexual abuse material, three domestic violence votes, and seven defense amendments she skipped for a $1,000-a-plate fundraiser.
Asked twice how many of his constituents will lose food assistance under the rules he voted for, Evans changed the subject to Colorado's paperwork error rate — which is actually lower than the national average.
More than 150 people gathered outside Collins' Biddeford office over her vote for $70 billion in new ICE funding. One of them was Alessia Gaspar Da Silva, whose husband has been in ICE custody for seven months.
Bice chairs the House subcommittee on modernizing constituent engagement — she ran a hearing on it, won funding for a Constituent Engagement Innovation Project, and is soliciting ideas right now. Asked why she does not hold in-person town halls, she answered with arithmetic: 'I am never going to get that kind of engagement if I'm doing in-person town halls.'
Stauber co-authored the Faster Labor Contracts Act and promoted it at a Duluth union hall. On June 9 he voted no on both procedural votes that decided whether it would reach the floor — then voted yes on final passage and put out a press release taking credit.
Border crossings at the Soo bridge fell 24%. A gear shop is down 27%. ProPublica asked the congressman who represents the Upper Peninsula what he plans to do about it, and got no response — because there is no mention of tariffs anywhere on his website during Trump's second term.