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Earl L. "Buddy" Carter

10 dated events on the record · 9 primary-source · 0 contradictions · 2019–2025

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Recent events
2025-11-12 Votes PRIMARY Voted yea on H.R. 5371 (Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (bill to end 43-day government shutdown)) on 2025-11-12: Carter voted to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, joining five…
2025-05-22 Votes PRIMARY Voted yea on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act (FY2025 budget reconciliation—tax and spending cuts)) on 2025-05-22: Carter voted for the OBBBA, which passed 215–214. The bill cut Medicaid spending by about 15%…
2025-02-25 Votes PRIMARY Voted yea on H.Con.Res.14 (House Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Resolution (reconciliation framework)) on 2025-02-25: Carter voted for the budget blueprint that set the stage for reconciliation and cuts to social safety-net…
2025-01-01 Transactions PRIMARY In the 2026 cycle, Carter received contributions from pharmaceutical companies including AbbVie, Abbott Laboratories, Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Biomarin Pharmaceutical, reflecting his shift to a Senate run.
2023-11-02 Votes PRIMARY Voted yea on H.R. 6126 (Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (Israel-only aid paired with IRS cuts)) on 2023-11-02: Carter voted with most Republicans for a GOP-crafted Israel aid package that offset…
2022-10-19 Other facts SECONDARY Carter, a licensed pharmacist, owned Carter's Pharmacy Inc. and two other pharmacies in Georgia before closing them. His pharmacies received large volumes of opioid shipments, and he was named in a 2022 opioid lawsuit…
2021-11-05 Votes PRIMARY Voted nay on H.R. 3684 (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law)) on 2021-11-05: Carter voted against the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package, calling it a 'Trojan horse,' even though it…
2021-03-01 Other facts PRIMARY [statement] In an NPR interview on March 1, 2021, Carter said he not only accepts 'President Joe Biden' as the 2020 election winner in Georgia but added 'I don't believe that there was voter fraud.'
2020-11-10 Votes PRIMARY [vote] On December 10, 2020, Carter joined 125 other Republican House members in signing an amicus brief supporting the Texas lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate Georgia's 2020 election results…
2019-07-16 Votes PRIMARY Voted nay on H.Res.246 (Resolution condemning President Trump's racist comments directed at members of Congress) on 2019-07-16: Carter was among the majority of House Republicans who voted against condemning Trump's…