2025-07-03 00:00:00+00
BROKE
Broke: Nick LaLota: signed the April 2025 Medicaid red line, then voted for the cuts
On July 3, 2025, Nick LaLota voted Yea on H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Roll Call 190, passed 218-214) — legislation the Congressional Budget Office projected would cut roughly $1 trillion from Medicaid over the following decade and leave millions more Americans without health coverage. Only two House Republicans voted no; one, Brian Fitzpatrick, cited the bill's deeper Medicaid cuts.
2025-07-03
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: platform_vs_vote
LaLota co-sponsored a bill to raise the SALT cap to $60,000/$120,000 and declared 'No Salt. No Deal. For Real.' He ultimately voted for the OBBB with a $40,000 cap — only two-thirds of his stated demand for single filers, one-third for joint filers, and without marriage-penalty relief. The New York Daily News reported the Republicans had 'apparently now backed away from' the marriage-penalty fix t…
2025-07-03
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: statement_vs_disclosure
LaLota's press release framed the OBBB as achieving 'deficit reduction' while 'protecting Social Security and Medicare.' The CBO found the opposite — the bill would add $3-4 trillion to the deficit. Constituent polling showed a majority had serious concerns about the bill's Medicaid and SNAP cuts. The framing of deficit reduction in his official statement is directly contradicted by the CBO's inde…
2025-04-14 00:00:00+00
PROMISED
Nick LaLota: signed the April 2025 Medicaid red line, then voted for the cuts
On April 14, 2025, Nick LaLota was one of twelve House Republicans who signed a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson stating they "will not support a final reconciliation bill that includes any reduction in Medicaid coverage for vulnerable populations."
2025-03-25
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: same_source_inconsistency
[auto-downgraded: both claims come from the same source host] LaLota told constituents the budget resolution 'protects Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid' and promised 'I'll always be honest with you.' PolitiFact rated this claim FALSE, finding the resolution directed $880 billion in cuts from programs where Medicaid represents 93% of spending, contained no protective language, and his charac…
