Analysis: Swing District Republicans Vote in Lockstep with Marjorie Taylor Greene
An analysis of key votes from the first two months of the 118th Congress shows that the 18 House Republicans from swing districts that Biden carried in 2020 have voted in lockstep with Marjorie Taylor Greene. While they pass themselves off as moderates to their constituents and the media, they are in fact pushing the MAGA agenda in Washington. They are the Complicit Caucus, voting with the radical right wing and causing real damage to our families, our communities, and our country.
The 18 House Republicans Representing Swing Districts That Biden Won in 2020
- Rep. Don Bacon (NE-2)
- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-5)
- Rep. Juan Ciscomani (AZ-6)
- Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (NY-4)
- Rep. John Duarte (CA-13)
- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1)
- Rep. Mike Garcia (CA-27)
- Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. (NJ-07)
- Rep. Jen Kiggans (VA-2)
- Rep. Young Kim (CA-40)
- Rep. Nicholas LaLota (NY-1)
- Rep. Michael Lawler (NY-17)
- Rep. Marcus Molinaro (NY-19)
- Rep. George Santos (NY-3)
- Rep. David Schweikert (AZ-1)
- Rep. Michelle Steel (CA-45)
- Rep. David Valadao (CA-22)
- Rep. Brandon Williams (NY-22)
Voting Record
Of the 121 votes cast through February 27 by the 118th Congress, our analysis focuses on 29 votes on House governance (leadership, rules, committees) and final passage of divisive legislation. We are not looking at process votes (motions to recommit, suspend the rules or adjourn, ordering the previous question, quorum), amendments, or legislation that passed with sweeping bipartisan support.
A review of these 29 key votes finds that the 18 House Republicans from swing districts that Biden carried in 2022 voted 100% with ultra-MAGA Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene on 28 out of 29 votes (see chart below). The one exception was The SHOW UP Act, a bill to end COVID telework options for federal workers, which Marjorie Taylor Greene and every swing district Republican except Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) supported.
- All 18 swing district House members sided with MTG to elect Kevin McCarthy speaker, despite his making numerous concessions to the radical right wing of the party.
- All 18 swing district House members voted with MTG to gut the House Ethics rules to let corrupt congressional colleagues go unchecked.
- All 18 swing district House members voted with MTG to slash funding for the IRS and allow wealthy tax cheats to go undetected.
- All 18 swing district House members voted with MTG to set up a Select Committee on Weaponizing the Government, which will launch a shameless January 6 counter-investigation. It’s an idea that MTG convinced McCarthy of in order to “tell the other side of the story.”
- All 18 swing district House members voted with MTG for a pair of anti-abortion measures.
- All 18 swing district House members voted with MTG to allow more drilling on public lands.
- All 18 swing district House members voted with MTG on five bills to undermine COVID protections, except for a single departure on a single vote. Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick of southeastern Pennsylvania voted against a bill to end COVID telework options for federal workers.
- All 18 swing district House members voted with MTG to overturn the criminal justice reform and voting rights measures passed by the democratically-elected D.C. City Council.
- All 18 swing district House members voted with MTG to remove Congresswoman Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, a baseless and bigoted vote that was political retribution for Greene and Gosar being removed from committees for inciting violence against Democrats.
Key House Votes Advancing the Republican Agenda in the 118th Congress
Through Feb 27, 2023
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