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Sixteen Republicans on This Site Have Refused to Debate Their Opponents This Year. Two More Said No This Week.

Jeff Hurd declined televised debate invitations and agreed to one 30-minute session before a friendly audience instead. John McGuire says he'll debate when his opponent apologizes for raising a BlackRock sale the disclosure records in his wife's retirement account. They join fourteen Republicans we have already documented ducking the one event they can't script.

The Republicans We Cover Keep Putting White Nationalists on the Payroll, the Stage and the Ballot. Asked About It, They Denounce Racism in General and Never Say the Name.

A chief of staff in a group chat with Nick Fuentes and Richard Spencer. A political director whose profile picture showed Hitler's SS. A student outreach recruit who asked whether Jews should be sent to North Korea. A swastika flag in a congressman's office. Eight Republicans on this site, one answer.

Andrew Clyde Filed a Bill to Redraw the House Before 2028 by Not Counting Noncitizens. 38 Republicans We Cover Signed On the Same Day.

Andrew Clyde Filed a Bill to Redraw the House Before 2028 by Not Counting Noncitizens. 38 Republicans We Cover Signed On the Same Day.

H.R. 10377 would drop every noncitizen from the count used to hand out House seats, force a new apportionment before the 2028 election, and put a citizenship question on every future census. The Fourteenth Amendment — which Clyde's filing cites as its authority — says to count 'the whole number of persons in each State.'

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.

Six Republicans Spent Years Fighting Abortion Rights. Now, With Their Names on the 2026 Ballot, They Say They Won't Touch Them.

Scott Perry cosponsored a national abortion ban five times, then told voters he doesn't support one. Rob Bresnahan swore off a federal abortion ban and voted for a federal abortion bill three months later. Darren Bailey, Stacy Garrity, Kelly Ayotte and Joe Lombardo all ran on ending or restricting abortion — and discovered moderation the year they needed votes.

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.

Trump's EPA Is Scrapping the Limits on Carbon Pollution From Power Plants. 17 Republicans on Our Report Cards Pushed for It.

Trump's EPA Is Scrapping the Limits on Carbon Pollution From Power Plants. 17 Republicans on Our Report Cards Pushed for It.

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.