Burchett voted for both procedural rule votes (Roll Calls 140 and 141) advancing H.R. 7567 on April 29, 2026 — the day before final passage — confirming his support at every stage of the farm bill legislative process.
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· 2026-04-29
Burchett published no press release or public statement on burchett.house.gov regarding his farm bill vote. This silence contrasts with his vocal advocacy for the American Meat Freedom Act and his public acceptance of the Friend of Farm Bureau Award, leaving constituents without an on-the-record explanation for his support of the $187 billion SNAP cut.
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· 2026-04-30
Burchett introduced the American Meat Freedom Act (H.R. 7818) on March 5, 2026 — the same date the House Agriculture Committee voted 34-17 to report H.R. 7567 favorably to the full House. A provision easing producer-to-consumer meat sales was subsequently incorporated into the farm bill package.
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· 2026-03-05
Burchett's district (TN-02) includes Knox County, where 34,000-35,000 residents rely on SNAP benefits monthly. The majority are extremely low-income families with children, seniors, and individuals with disabilities. His YEA vote on H.R. 7567 locked in the $187 billion SNAP cut originally enacted through H.R. 1, directly affecting these constituents.
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· 2026-04-30
The House passed H.R. 7567 by 224-200 with 209 Republicans supporting, 3 Republicans opposing, 14 Democrats supporting, 197 Democrats opposing, and 1 Independent supporting. Burchett was among the 209 GOP yea votes — voting with 98.6% of his voting Republican colleagues.
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· 2026-04-30
Burchett voted YEA on Roll Call 154 for final passage of H.R. 7567 (Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026) on April 30, 2026. The official House Clerk roll call record confirms his vote as 'Yea,' upgrading the prior 'yea_unverified' designation to primary confidence.
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· 2026-04-30
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Depression rate: 31.0% — creating an opening for campaigns tied to veterans, addiction, public safety
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: U.S. citizenship rate: 97% (national average 93.2%)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Partisan lean (Legisletter/Cook PVI): R+39 (Safe Republican — trending further right)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Largest ethnic groups: White Non-Hispanic 84.1%, Black 5.6%, Hispanic 5.84%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 7.6% (Legisletter) — 12.2% (Data USA; national average 12.4%)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 69.5% (national average 65.5%)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 34.4% of adults (national average 33.7%)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population foreign-born: 5.23% (approximately 41,500 residents)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median property value: $301,500 (2024)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $72,572 (national median: $37,585)
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Amendment 3 — Tennessee Constitutional Amendment to Remove Slavery Exception (replacing language that allows involuntary servitude as punishment for crime) (2022) — passed, margin 79.5% Yes — 20.5% No
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS Educational Services (NAICS 61) (share 0.083)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS Retail Trade (NAICS 44-45) (share 0.104)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS Health Care & Social Assistance (NAICS 62) (share 0.121)
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Last contradiction analysis: Never
Platform: "Burchett repeatedly declared he would never vote to raise the debt ceiling: 'I have never voted to raise our debt limit no matter who was in charge' ("
Vote: on "On July 3, 2025, Burchett voted YES on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which the CBO estimated would"
Burchett built a political identity as a principled deficit hawk who would never vote to increase the debt regardless of who was president. His YES vote on the OBBB — estimated by CBO to add $3.3 trillion to deficits — contradicted years of anti-debt
Platform: "Burchett built his brand as a reformer introducing the Timely Stock Disclosure Act (November 2024) and supporting a congressional stock trading ban, s"
Vote: on "Burchett used $20,000 in campaign donations to pay attorneys defending him in a federal defamation l"
Burchett positions himself as a reformer championing accountability and transparency in campaign finance and congressional ethics. However, his use of $20,000 in donor funds for personal legal defense — in a case stemming from his own false social me
Platform: "On January 31, 2024, Burchett introduced a resolution (for the third time) to require the House clerk to read the CBO estimate of any bill before a vo"
Vote: on "On July 3, 2025, Burchett dismissed the CBO on CNN, claiming '85 percent of their staff in the healt"
[auto-downgraded: both claims come from the same source host] Burchett spent years introducing resolutions to require CBO estimates before votes, demonstrating institutional trust in CBO scoring. When the CBO scored Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill as
Last silence detection: Never (via )
Refused to complete Vote Smart's 2024 Political Courage Test — all issue positions were 'Inferred Position' derived from his public record rather than directly stated
309d silent
Expected position: Candidates for federal office are expected to provide explicit issue positions on key topics to help voters make informed decisions. Vote Smart repeatedly requested responses from B
Did not publicly address the contradiction between his years-long refusal to raise the debt ceiling (including under Trump) and his vote for the One Big Beautiful Bill that the CBO said would add $3.3 trillion to deficits
14d silent
Expected position: As a self-styled deficit hawk who repeatedly declared 'I have never voted to raise our debt limit no matter who was in charge,' Burchett would be expected to explain how voting for
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