Fitzpatrick is one of only two Republicans who voted against the final budget bill. On May 22, 2025, when the same bill passed the House 215-214, he voted yes. CBO said the version he backed would cut $863 billion from Medicaid and CHIP.
In June, Garrity introduced Trump at a Pennsylvania rally and he never said her name — he praised Dan Meuser and name-checked Josh Shapiro instead. On August 4 she stood beside his desk while he repeated his endorsement. Trump's approval in Pennsylvania is 39%.
Asked whether Pennsylvania should join Trump's new federal private-school tax credit program, Garrity answered: 'I would a hundred percent.' She also wants Lifeline Scholarships — all in a state a court found unconstitutionally shortchanges poor districts.
At an August 3 meeting of a conservative group that opens with a confidentiality pledge, Meuser laid out why he voted against certifying his own state's 2020 electors, backed the SAVE Act, and wouldn't rule out the military running the November election.
A governor, an attorney general, a state bill and a 50-member congressional caucus have all mobilized against a Sharia takeover. In Arkansas it traces back to a hate group's blog post and a small subdivision that's been there for two decades.
Asked about Trump telling four congresswomen of color to 'go back' where they came from, Pennsylvania's Mike Kelly said he couldn't be offended because he's a person of color too — he's white. Then he voted twice to protect the president.
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.
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.
Adam Kidan has given at least $350,000 to committees tied to Lloyd Smucker. After Trump pardoned him and wiped out his restitution, another Pennsylvania Republican gave the money back. Smucker's campaign called America "the land of second chances."