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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Power plants that burn coal, gas and oil put out about a quarter of all the climate pollution in the United States.
Biden's EPA estimated the power plant carbon rules would prevent up to 1,200 early deaths and 360,000 cases of asthma symptoms in 2035 alone. On September 14, Lee Zeldin announced they're gone. Fifteen Republicans we track cheered the repeal in the EPA's own press release; four signed a letter asking the EPA to hurry up.
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MAGA Republican Gabe Evans is running a campaign ad hauling hay and claiming fifteen years of ranching in Colorado.
Evans owns three cows. His campaign ad shows him hauling hay and calls it ranching. His spokeswoman said the USDA counts anyone earning over $1,000 from agriculture as a rancher — and his latest disclosure reports $345.
America PAC has reported $5.1 million in independent spending this cycle. Eighteen Republicans with report cards on this site are the main beneficiaries — and nearly three-quarters of the money went to attack ads, not to making a case for them.
Andrew Clyde led a brief filed September 4 telling the justices that a rifle's usefulness in war is a reason to protect it, not a reason to restrict it. Fifty-seven of the signers have a report card on this site.
The House returned from recess and spent its week on socialism resolutions, mining permits, whales, the Supreme Court, and a bill punishing colleges for boycotting Israel. Nobody voted on the premiums that just went up 58%. Here is every Republican with a report card who voted yes.
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.
