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Articles about Victoria Spartz
Indiana's Seven House Republicans Voted for a Medicaid Work Rule. 58,000 Hoosiers Already Fail It — Three Months Before It Starts.
Indiana's own Medicaid agency says 58,000 people on the Healthy Indiana Plan don't meet the federal work rule that takes effect January 1 — up to 12% of the program. All seven of Indiana's Republicans in the House voted for the law that created it.
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.
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Victoria Spartz is lining her family's pockets with campaign cash #maga #indiana #victoriaspartz
Victoria Spartz's campaign cut a $30,000 check to her husband for so-called "rent" — "back rent," she claimed, for months her own past filings had already told regulators were donated for free.
Victoria Spartz's Campaign Paid Her Husband $30,000 in 'Rent' for a Westfield House — and Pays the Property Taxes Too
FEC filings show Spartz's campaign paid Jason Spartz $30,000 in November 2025 for 'annual rent' and has since paid nearly $6,000 in Hamilton County property taxes. Spartz says the $30,000 covered six years of back rent — but her campaign had reported 34 of those months as rent she donated for free.
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.
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.
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.
Americans Say Groceries Are Their Biggest Money Worry. House Republicans Spent the Evening of September 1 Voting to Condemn Socialism.
H.Res. 1490 passed 220-192. It changes no law and spends no money. Its one concrete demand is the SAVE America Act, a proof-of-citizenship rule of the kind Kansas tried — where 31,089 people could not register, against 39 confirmed noncitizens the state found in the previous 14 years. 189 members with a page on this site voted yes.
These 188 Republicans Voted to Lock the Supreme Court at Nine Seats While Republican Appointees Hold Six of Them
The House voted September 2 on a constitutional amendment freezing the Supreme Court at nine justices. The Constitution never set that number — Congress did, and has changed it five times. Here is every Republican with a report card who voted yes.
Indiana Has Dropped More of Its Children From Medicaid Than Any Other State. All Seven of Its Republicans in Congress Voted for the Law That Cuts Another $900 Billion.
Nearly 2.5 million American children have lost Medicaid or CHIP since January 2025 — before the 2025 budget bill's Medicaid cuts have even started. Indiana leads the country. Baird, Houchin, Messmer, Shreve, Spartz, Stutzman and Yakym all voted aye.
208 House Republicans Just Voted to Lock In the Food-Safety Layoffs. Complaints About Contaminated Meat Had Risen 40%.
H.R. 8646 passed 213-210 on June 4. It comes in $380 million below last year and, in the Appropriations Committee's own words, reduces salaries and expenses "to account for staffing reductions" — the nearly 4,300 FDA and roughly 900 meat-inspection jobs already gone. 188 members with a page on this site voted yes. Four voted no.
2.6 Million Americans Have Already Lost Their Health Insurance. These Republicans Voted to Let It Happen.
The enhanced ACA tax credits expired and enrollment fell 12% nationwide — 32% in Ohio and Oklahoma. Here is the collapse state by state, and the fourteen Republicans who voted for it.
One in Every 14 Union Members in America Just Lost Their Contract by Executive Order. 195 House Republicans Voted to Keep It That Way.
Two executive orders, plus an earlier move against TSA screeners, stripped collective bargaining from 84.4% of the unionized federal workforce. A bipartisan bill to restore it passed the House 231-195 — every Democrat for it, 195 Republicans against — and the Senate has sat on it for eight months.
More Than 40 Republicans Just Asked the Attorney General Not to Defend a 92-Year-Old Gun Law in Court
A Texas judge threw out the registration rules for silencers and short-barreled rifles. Six days later, Andrew Clyde — who owns two gun stores — led a letter asking DOJ to skip the appeal and stop enforcing the law nationwide. Thirty-three of the signers have report cards here.
Congress Gave ICE $70 Billion and No Rules on Conduct. Now ICE Is Buying Electric Shock Gloves.
ICE plans to spend up to $20 million on gloves that deliver painful electric shocks — ten times what Susan Collins points to as the de-escalation reform that justified her vote. Here are the 201 Republicans with report cards on this site who voted for the money.
The Only Ukrainian-Born Member of Congress Voted Against Aid to Ukraine. A Year Later She Called Zelensky a "Moron."
In 2022 Victoria Spartz called Russia's invasion a genocide and described the bombings her grandmother lived through. In 2024, facing a primary where the border polled better, she voted no on $61 billion for Ukraine.
A Former Staffer Turned Down $60,000 From Victoria Spartz's Office Because It Came With a Gag Order
Cynthia West filed a workplace complaint against Spartz, was offered a settlement with a nondisclosure agreement, and refused it. Spartz's office has given two different reasons for letting her go — and her staff turnover was the worst of her career.
$70 Billion for ICE Passed the House by Two Votes. Not One Republican Voted No.
On June 9, 2026, the House passed S. 2 by 214 to 212. At that margin every single Republican yes vote was the deciding vote. Here are the 187 still in their races who have report cards on this site.
45 Republicans We Cover Broke the Law That's Supposed to Stop Insider Trading in Congress
The STOCK Act asks members of Congress to do one thing: tell us what they bought and sold, within 45 days. Forty-five of the Republicans on this site couldn't manage it — some by years. The penalty is $200, and it's often waived.
ICE Is Reading Your Posts. Congress Paid for It.
A Wall Street Journal investigation found ICE is paying contractors millions to scan social media around the clock, then using subpoenas to unmask Americans who criticize the agency. Nobody has been charged. That may be the point.
38 Republicans Signed a One-Sentence Bill to Abolish the Department of Education
H.R. 899 is one sentence long. But abolishing the Department of Education is only the loud part of the plan — the quiet part is a new, uncapped federal tax credit that drains public school money into private and religious schools.
Victoria Spartz Signed On to Take Away Your Vote for U.S. Senator
Spartz is one of nine House Republicans co-sponsoring a constitutional amendment to repeal the 17th — ending the direct election of U.S. senators and handing the pick to state legislatures. Her office says states can start stripping voters now.
207 House Republicans Just Voted to Keep Us in Trump's Iran War — And Lost
On July 23 the House voted 214-208 to order U.S. forces out of Trump's unauthorized war with Iran. These 185 Republicans we track voted no — the second time the House has told the president to stop, and the second time they tried to stop it from saying so.
These 190 Republicans Voted to Let an Energy Board Block Clean-Air Rules
The House passed the 'Reliable Power Act,' handing federal energy regulators the power to stall EPA rules on power-plant pollution. Here's every Republican with a report card who voted yes.
197 Republicans Voted to Spike Your Health Insurance Premiums
The Senate blocked the fix and the House passed a fake one. Here's every Republican we track who voted to let ACA premiums spike.