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2025-10-12
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[statement] In October 2025, Schmidt accused Senate Democrats of 'playing political games with federal workers' livelihoods' during the government shutdown, stating the House 'passed a bipartisan bill three weeks ago…
2025-07-03
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Voted yea on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act — On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment) on 2025-07-03: Schmidt voted for a bill projected to cut approximately $880 billion from Medicaid and $230 billion from…
2025-06-12
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Voted yea on H.R. 4 (Rescissions Act of 2025) on 2025-06-12: Schmidt voted to rescind $9.4 billion in previously appropriated federal funding, including cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. KS-02 is largely…
2025-05-22
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[statement] In his May 2025 statement applauding passage of H.R. 1, Schmidt wrote: 'We increased payments to rural hospitals and other healthcare providers in states like Kansas that have declined to expand Medicaid…
2025-04-10
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Voted yea on H.R. 22 (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act) on 2025-04-10: Schmidt voted to require documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration despite his own experience as Kansas AG defending a…
2025-04-01
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[statement] In April 2025, Congressman Schmidt joined House GOP leadership to promote the federal SAVE Act (H.R. 22), which would require documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration nationwide — a law he…
2025-03-31
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Schmidt's 2025-2026 cycle PAC contributions include $2,500 from ARVEST BANK GROUP INC PAC INC, filed with the FEC.
2025-02-25
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Voted yea on H.Con.Res. 14 (Establishing the Congressional Budget for FY2025) on 2025-02-25: Schmidt supported a budget framework authorizing $4.5 trillion in tax cuts while calling for deep reductions to safety-net…
2025-02-07
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Voted yea on H.R. 26 (Protecting American Energy Production Act) on 2025-02-07: Schmidt voted to prohibit any presidential moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, aligning with the oil and gas industry. KS-02's economy is…
2024-12-31
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Schmidt's 2023-2024 campaign committee raised $1,266,628 total, with only $35,983 from small individual donors (<$200). PAC and other committee contributions accounted for $415,800 (32.8% of total receipts). The…
2024-12-31
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Schmidt's joint fundraising committee, Derek Schmidt Victory Fund, raised $38,042 in 2024 and distributed $24,571 to his campaign, $3,897 to Stand Tall for Kansas PAC, and $850 to the NRCC.
2024-12-31
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Top sectors funding Schmidt's 2024 campaign: Agribusiness ($89,801), Construction ($79,265), Defense ($11,800), and Communications/Electronics ($9,999).
2023-09-13
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Derek Schmidt filed filing with the SEC on 2023-09-13. Accession number: N/A.
2023-08-14
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Schmidt worked as a partner at Husch Blackwell LLP in its Technology, Manufacturing & Transportation industry group from August 2023 through his 2024 congressional campaign. Husch Blackwell's state attorneys general…
2023-01-05
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[statement] In his farewell letter as Kansas Attorney General in January 2023, Schmidt listed 'successful challenges to parts of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)' and 'fighting vaccine mandates' as notable…
2022-09-12
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As Kansas Attorney General, Schmidt awarded no-bid state legal contracts to law firm Foulston Siefkin, which then donated to his gubernatorial campaign. A national advocacy group documented $46,000 in law-firm…
2022-06-28
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[statement] As Kansas Attorney General and Republican candidate for governor in 2022, Schmidt opposed Medicaid expansion in Kansas. His running mate stated: 'neither she nor the attorney general would support Medicaid…
2018-07-03
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[disclosure] As Kansas Attorney General, Schmidt defended the state's documentary proof-of-citizenship law for voter registration through multiple appeals, all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which declined to hear…
