Recent events
2025-07-03
Votes
PRIMARY
[vote] Simpson voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July 2025, which the CBO projected would add $3.4 trillion to the federal deficit over ten years, representing the largest single deficit increase he has voted…
2025-07-03
Votes
INFERENTIAL
Voted yea_unverified on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act (119th Congress)) on 2025-07-03: Simpson voted for legislation CBO projected would add $3.4 trillion to the deficit and cut $1 trillion from Medicaid and SNAP…
2025-07-03
Votes
INFERENTIAL
Simpson's vote for H.R. 1 in July 2025 represents the largest single deficit increase he has supported in his congressional career (1999-2025), based on CBO projections.
2024-12-31
Transactions
SECONDARY
Simpson's 2024 cycle raised approximately $2.4 million. He faced a primary challenge in 2022 from Bryan Smith, funded by Club for Growth, reflecting tension between Simpson's appropriator-pragmatist positioning and the…
2024-12-31
Transactions
SECONDARY
The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in Idaho Falls — the nation's leading nuclear energy research facility and one of Idaho's largest employers with approximately 6,000 employees — is the most distinctive constituency…
2024-12-31
Transactions
SECONDARY
Simpson has served in Congress since 1999 and is one of the most senior House Republicans. His career total receipts exceed $15 million. As a longtime member of the House Appropriations Committee — including service as…
2024-12-31
Transactions
SECONDARY
Simpson's top career donor sectors are agribusiness, energy/natural resources, and finance/insurance/real estate, reflecting ID-02's agricultural economy (potatoes, dairy, grain), its significant hydropower and nuclear…
2024-12-31
Transactions
SECONDARY
Agricultural sector contributions — including potato industry organizations, dairy cooperatives, wheat and barley grower associations, and associated agribusiness PACs — are consistent across Simpson's career…
2024-11-05
Votes
INFERENTIAL
Club for Growth did not mount a significant primary challenge against Simpson in the 2024 cycle following his debt ceiling vote, despite having funded his primary opponent in 2022.
2024-03-13
Votes
INFERENTIAL
Voted yea_unverified on H.R. 7521 (Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (TikTok)) on 2024-03-13: Simpson voted for TikTok divestiture legislation, aligning with the national security…
2023-05-31
Votes
INFERENTIAL
Voted yea_unverified on H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Debt Ceiling)) on 2023-05-31: Simpson voted for the bipartisan debt ceiling deal against opposition from 71 House Republicans including members of…
2023-05-31
Votes
PRIMARY
[vote] Simpson voted for the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, supporting the Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal that included discretionary spending caps — aligning with the governing pragmatist wing of his party…
2022-12-23
Votes
INFERENTIAL
Voted yea_unverified on H.R. 2617 (Consolidated Appropriations Act 2023) on 2022-12-23: Simpson voted for the omnibus appropriations bill as a senior Appropriations Committee member, crossing pressure from House…
2022-08-12
Votes
INFERENTIAL
Voted nay_unverified on H.R. 5376 (Inflation Reduction Act of 2022) on 2022-08-12: Simpson voted against the IRA, which included significant agricultural conservation funding (approximately $20 billion in USDA…
2021-01-01
Stated positions
PRIMARY
[statement] Simpson has consistently opposed earmarks in their traditional form, surviving the House moratorium on earmarks enacted in 2011, and has publicly described himself as skeptical of member-directed spending…
2020-01-01
Stated positions
PRIMARY
[platform] Simpson has consistently described himself as a fiscal conservative committed to reducing government spending and the national debt, positioning himself as a responsible appropriator who funds essential…
