The due‑process argument against the Plaskett censure was articulated by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D‑MD), who told the Washington Post: 'This resolution starts by saying we censure her, we remove her from committee, and the very next component of it says we direct the Committee on Ethics to conduct an investigation. That is the opposite of due process.' The Congres
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· 2025-11-18
Lynch voted to advance contempt proceedings against former President Bill Clinton on January 21, 2026, for failing to appear before the House Oversight Committee in the Epstein probe. He told the Boston Globe he supported the measure because Clinton had 'significant contact with Ghislaine Maxwell' and 'some contact with Mr. Epstein' and might have 'informati
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· 2026-01-21
Lynch, as Acting Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee, co‑led a June 5, 2025 letter with Rep. Robert Garcia (Ranking Member of the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets) demanding that AG Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel 'immediately clarify' whether Epstein files were being withheld because they implicate President Trump. The
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· 2025-06-05
Lynch voted Nay on Roll Call 297 (H.Res. 888, censuring Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from the House Intelligence Committee) on November 18, 2025. The House Clerk's official record confirms 'Lynch | Democratic | MA | Nay' at line 312. The resolution failed 209‑214‑3. All 211 voting Democrats opposed the measure, along with three Republicans (Baco
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· 2025-11-18
Lynch serves (or served) as Chair of the National Security Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, a role that gave him direct oversight authority over national security agencies. His opposition to an NDAA as the subcommittee chair responsible for national security oversight represents an especially prominent institutional break with the
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· 2021-02-03
Lynch issued no press release or public statement on his 2023 or 2024 NDAA Nay votes, consistent with his pattern of casting progressive votes while declining public visibility. Rep. Jim McGovern, in contrast, publicly condemned the 'extremist culture war agenda' in the NDAA—making Lynch's silence a notable asymmetry within the Massachusetts delegation, whic
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· 2024-06-14
Lynch served as a House conferee for the FY2021 NDAA (named by Speaker Pelosi, November 2020) and introduced multiple amendments to NDAA bills over his career, including the K2 Veterans Toxic Exposure Accountability Act (2020) and an amendment to prohibit closure of Coast Guard Station Scituate (FY2022). His transition to Nay voter in 2023–2024 represents th
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· 2020-11-23
Lynch's NDAA voting record: Aye on FY2022 (H.R. 6395, 2020), Aye on FY2023 (H.R. 7900, 2022), Nay on FY2024 (H.R. 2670, 2023, 219–210 with 206 Democrats Nay), and Nay on FY2025 (H.R. 8070, 2024). His shift from supporter to opponent began in 2023, not 2024, though the 2023 vote was party-line and the 2024 vote came with explicit 'culture war' rationale.
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· 2024-06-14
The original claim contains a significant date-and-bill conflation: H.R. 8070 passed the House on June 14, 2024, not December 11, 2024. The December 11, 2024 vote was on the bicameral conference report—a separate legislative text that retained only the TRICARE gender dysphoria restriction after Senate negotiations stripped the broader culture-war provisions.
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· 2024-12-11
Stephen F. Lynch voted Nay on H.R. 8070, the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, Roll Call 279, June 14, 2024—the House-passed version loaded with GOP culture-war amendments eliminating DEI programs, restricting abortion access for service members, and banning gender-affirming care. The bill
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· 2024-06-14
Subramanyam campaigned on a platform of 'campaign finance reform' and pledged to 'prevent members of Congress from trading individual stocks,' yet holds at least $630,000 to over $1 million in individual tech stocks (Amazon, Meta, NVIDIA) — the same companies whose data centers he publicly criticizes. He has not publicly addressed the contradiction between h
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· 2024-11-25
Subramanyam's financial disclosures show he holds at least $130,000 in Amazon stock, at least $130,000 in Meta stock, and at least $5,000 in NVIDIA stock. Amazon maintains 93 data centers throughout Northern Virginia (Subramanyam's district), Meta's Sandston data center occupies 450,000 square feet and cost $1 billion, and NVIDIA's DGX Ready Data Center prog
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· 2025-04-18
Subramanyam's net worth estimate trajectory: $2.7M (July 16, 2025, 201st) → $2.8M (October 27, 2025, 227th) → $2.8M (February 11, 2026) → $2.8M (May 1, 2026, 226th). The tracked public asset figure grew from approximately $948,000 to $1.1 million over the same period. The ranking changes (201st → 227th → 226th) reflect market fluctuations in other members' p
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· 2025-07-16 to 2026-05-01
Quiver Quantitative estimates that Representative Suhas Subramanyam is worth $2.8 million as of May 1, 2026 — the 226th highest net worth in Congress. Subramanyam has approximately $1.1 million invested in publicly traded assets which Quiver is able to track live. The identical $2.8 million estimate appears across four Quiver press‑release footers from Octob
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· 2026-05-01
The AFL‑CIO strongly opposed the OBBB (H.R. 1) which contained the identical $187 billion SNAP cut, urging members to 'vote no' because the bill 'turns up the dial on cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).' However, the AFL‑CIO's specific 'key vote' designation for H.R. 7567 could not be independently verified from the public AFL‑CIO s
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· 2025-07-01
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Lynch's district (MA‑08) has a poverty rate of 5.8%, well below the national average of 12.4%. However, Massachusetts has a 15.2% SNAP participation rate with over 1 million residents receiving benefits, including 140,000 Boston residents (1 in 5). Lynch's district includes working‑class communities like South Boston, Quincy, and Brockton where SNAP reliance
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· 2026-04-30
Lynch issued no press release or public statement on the Farm Bill vote—consistent with his pattern of voting progressively while declining public visibility. He similarly issued no statement on H.R. 28 (transgender sports ban), leaving public opposition to Reps. Bonamici and Pressley.
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· 2026-04-30
Lynch was the only Massachusetts Democrat who 'did not cast a vote' on the 2014 Farm Bill (H.R. 2642, which passed 251‑166), while every other MA House Democrat voted Nay. His active 2026 Nay represents a 12‑year shift from abstention to opposition, likely driven by the $187 billion in SNAP cuts absent from the 2014 bill.
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· 2014-01-30
The 2026 Farm Bill retained and codified a $187 billion cut to SNAP (food stamps) that was originally enacted through H.R. 1 (the One Big Beautiful Bill Act) in July 2025, along with a $60 billion boost to farm subsidies. The Boston Globe reported the bill 'preserved deep cuts to food stamps' and that 'Democrats opposed the bill in large part because it pres
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· 2026-04-30
Stephen Lynch 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 and 14 Democrats voting Yea. All Massachusetts Democrats voted Nay.
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· 2026-04-30
Last silence detection: Never (via )
Unknown position on Medicare-for-All despite representing deeply progressive district and repeated inquiries
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Expected position: In a D+41 district where healthcare costs are a major concern and progressive primary challengers have pressured him from the left, Lynch would be expected to articulate a clear pos
Refused to complete Vote Smart's 2024 Political Courage Test — no direct position statements on budget, campaign finance, education, or energy issues
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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.
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Dismissed demands for in-person town halls and declined to commit to opposing all Republican legislation at constituent protests
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Expected position: As a 24-year incumbent in a D+41 district where constituents organized public protests demanding stronger resistance to Trump, Lynch would be expected to engage directly rather than
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