OR‑01 has only 12 % of Oregon's total SNAP participants — the lowest share of any Oregon congressional district — despite Bonamici's role as the lead House sponsor of the Senior Hunger Prevention Act. Her SNAP advocacy is grounded in progressive principle and state‑level concern rather than acute district‑level need, distinguishing her from colleagues whose
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· 2025-06-03
Bonamici co‑introduced the bicameral Senior Hunger Prevention Act of 2026 (H.R. 8256) on April 14, 2026, to increase the minimum monthly SNAP benefit, eliminate administrative hurdles for seniors, and expand SNAP food delivery options. She introduced this bill sixteen days before voting against the Farm Bill that locked in the OBBBA's $187 billion SNAP cuts.
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· 2026-04-14
Bonamici disclosed during the May 22, 2025 floor debate that she personally relied on SNAP as a college student: 'Access to food stamps when I was in college helped me complete my education, and without that critical nutrition assistance it's likely that I would not be a Member of Congress today.' Her estimated net worth in 2026 was $10.4 million (104th high
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· 2025-05-22
Bonamici also voted Nay on the initial House passage of H.R. 1 (May 22, 2025, Roll Call 140), which passed 215‑214 with all Democrats opposing. Her July 3 press release explicitly compared the two versions, calling the Senate version 'even worse.' This establishes a two‑vote opposition chain.
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· 2025-05-22
Bonamici voted No on Roll Call 190 (H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, concurrence in Senate amendment) on July 3, 2025. The House Clerk's official record confirms 'Bonamici | Democratic | OR | No.' The vote passed 218‑214 with 218 Republican Ayes, 2 Republican Nays (Massie and Roy), 212 Democratic Nays, and zero Democratic Ayes. The vote is confirmed at pr
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· 2025-07-03
Bonamici subsequently honored the Resist.bot constituent demand by voting Nay on the DHS Appropriations Act (March 5, 2026) and Nay on the disposition of the Senate amendment to H.R. 7147 (March 27, 2026)—both votes opposing DHS/ICE funding—creating a documented chain from the January 22, 2025 constituent petition through multiple recorded votes opposing imm
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· 2026-03-27
The Laken Riley Act vote created a three-way split in Oregon's House delegation: Bonamici, Dexter, and Salinas voted Nay (progressives); Hoyle and Bynum voted Yea (moderates facing competitive reelection campaigns); and Bentz voted Yea (Republican). This was the only vote during the first week of the 119th Congress that separated Oregon's progressive and cen
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· 2025-01-08
Bonamici's immigration advocacy escalated significantly over the course of 2025: from a quiet Nay vote in January, to co-signing letters demanding the release of detained Oregonians by October, to declaring on her campaign website in November that 'ICE is out of control' and that she 'will not sit by while anyone is unfairly or illegally targeted by ICE or T
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· 2025-11-14
Indivisible Oregon's January 9, 2025 action alert explicitly urged constituents to 'Thank Reps. Bonamici, Dexter, and Salinas for sticking up for immigrant families and opposing this mean-spirited unconstitutional legislation' while simultaneously directing them to 'castigate Reps. Hoyle and Bynum for their hypocrisy'—creating a documented progressive activi
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· 2025-01-09
Bonamici issued no press release or public statement about her Laken Riley Act vote, in marked contrast to Rep. Val Hoyle (OR-04) who explained her Yes vote in a January 7 press release, and to Bonamici's own high-visibility leadership opposing the transgender athlete ban (H.R. 28) just one week later where she branded the bill the 'Child Predator Empowermen
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· 2025-01-07
Suzanne Bonamici voted Nay on H.R. 29, the Laken Riley Act, Roll Call 6, January 7, 2025—the bill passed 264-159 with 48 Democrats joining all 216 Republicans, and Bonamici was among the 159 Democratic Nay votes.
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· 2025-01-07
Oregon has the second-highest SNAP participation rate in the nation at 18.1% (approximately 775,000 people), and it is one of only three states to achieve 100% enrollment of eligible SNAP households—meaning Bonamici's Senior Hunger Prevention Act would reduce administrative barriers in a state that already excels at enrolling eligible recipients.
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· 2025-11-12
Bonamici's district (OR-01) has only 12% of Oregon's SNAP participants—the lowest share of any Oregon congressional district—despite her role as the lead House sponsor of the Senior Hunger Prevention Act, meaning her SNAP advocacy is grounded in progressive principle and state-level concern rather than acute district-level need.
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· 2025-06-03
H.R. 7567 codified—rather than reversed—the $187 billion in SNAP cuts that had already been enacted through H.R. 1 (the One Big Beautiful Bill Act) in July 2025. The Food Research and Action Center confirmed the bill 'fails to reverse the unprecedented $187 billion cut to SNAP enacted through the budget reconciliation law, H.R. 1.' Bonamici had also voted Na
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· 2026-04-30
Bonamici disclosed during floor debate on May 22, 2025 that she personally relied on SNAP as a college student: 'Access to food stamps when I was in college helped me complete my education, and without that critical nutrition assistance it's likely that I would not be a Member of Congress today'—a rare autobiographical admission from a member whose net worth
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· 2025-05-22
Bonamici co-introduced the bicameral Senior Hunger Prevention Act of 2026 (H.R. 8256) on April 14, 2026—just sixteen days before the Farm Bill vote—to 'eliminate unnecessary administrative hurdles to make it easier for seniors to receive SNAP benefits,' increase the minimum monthly SNAP benefit for all participants, and expand SNAP food delivery options.
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· 2026-04-14
Suzanne Bonamici voted Nay on H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, on April 30, 2026—the bill passed 224-200 with 209 Republicans, 14 Democrats, and one Independent voting Yea; 197 Democrats and 3 Republicans voted Nay.
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· 2026-04-30
Bonamici was one of only 20 House Democrats who voted against overriding Trump's 2021 NDAA veto, placing her in the most progressive anti-military-spending faction of the Democratic caucus—a documented career position that makes her 2025 Nay votes fully consistent with her multi-year legislative record rather than a newsworthy departure.
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· 2020-12-29
The AFL-CIO's position on the two NDAA votes differed: it supported the September rule and final bill (because Section 1110 restored collective bargaining), but opposed the December rule (because Section 1110 was stripped). Bonamici voted with the AFL-CIO position both times, giving her a 100% AFL-CIO score for 2025 alongside Oregon's four other Democratic R
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· 2026-04-17
The original claim contains two date/bill errors: (1) the correct rule vote dates are September 9 (H.R. 3838, H.Res. 682) and December 10 (S. 1071, H.Res. 936), not September 17; (2) S. 1071 was the December compromise bill, not the September bill. September 17, 2025 corresponds to no recorded NDAA rule vote.
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· 2025-09-17
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