Pending Review
Tiffany's '87% of hardworking Americans without federal student loan debt' rhetoric originated from a standard GOP messaging template. Sen. John Thune (R-SD) used identical language in a September 2023 press release, and the statistic derives from Federal Reserve data showing approximately 13% of Americans hold federal student loan debt.
Date: 2023-09-05
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
Tiffany voted YEA on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act) on July 3, 2025, which the CBO projected would increase the national debt by approximately $3.3 trillion over 10 years — a direct contradiction of his May 31, 2023 statement that 'Congress cannot keep mortgaging the future of our children and grandchildren' and his 94.44% Limited Government rating from the Institute for Legislative Analysis.
Date: 2025-07-03
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
H.R. 3746 codified the end of the federal student loan payment pause, effective 60 days after June 30, 2023, and prohibited the President from extending the pause further. Tiffany's stated opposition to 'forcing 87% of Americans without federal student loan debt to pay for those that do' was directed at the bill's failure to repeal broader student loan forgiveness — not at the payment pause termination that the bill actually achieved.
Date: 2023-05-31
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
The Congressional Budget Office scored H.R. 3746 as reducing projected budget deficits by approximately $1.5 trillion over the 2023–2033 period. Tiffany's characterization of the bill as adding '$4 trillion to our national debt' is contradicted by the CBO score.
Date: 2023-05-30
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
Tiffany voted NAY on Roll Call 243 (H.R. 3746, Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023) on May 31, 2023, joining 70 other House Republicans and 46 Democrats in opposition. The bill passed 314–117. Tiffany was the only Wisconsin House Republican to vote NAY; the remaining five state GOP members (Steil, Fitzgerald, Grothman, Van Orden, Gallagher) voted AYE.
Date: 2023-05-31
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
Tiffany framed his opposition to Ukraine aid in explicitly domestic-economic terms as early as May 2022, stating 'working-class Americans are struggling to find baby formula at their local grocery store'—a rhetorical pattern linking foreign aid opposition to domestic hardship that pre-dated his 2025 SNAP cut vote by three years.
Date: 2022-05-10
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
Wisconsin's European Union export market was valued at $4.5 billion in 2023, the second-largest destination for state exports after Canada, with manufacturing representing 18% of WI-07's economy and agricultural exports including $617 million in record-setting dairy exports in 2022.
Date: 2023-03-02
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
Tiffany has a comprehensive anti-Ukraine aid voting record earning an 'F' rating from Republicans for Ukraine, including votes against the 2022 Lend-Lease Act, the 2022 Ukraine Supplemental, and for three separate FY2024 NDAA amendments to reduce or eliminate Ukraine security assistance (Amendments 21, 22, and 25).
Date: 2023-09-11
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
Tiffany was the only Wisconsin member of the U.S. House—of either party—to vote against all three April 2024 foreign aid packages: $61 billion for Ukraine (passed 311-112), $26 billion for Israel (passed 366-58), and $8 billion for Taiwan (passed 385-34).
Date: 2024-04-20
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
Thomas Tiffany voted Aye on Amendment No. 22 to H.R. 2670 (Gaetz amendment to prohibit all security assistance to Ukraine), Roll Call 304, July 13, 2023—the amendment failed 70-358 with 149 Republicans joining all 209 voting Democrats in opposition.
Date: 2023-07-13
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
Tiffany was an active candidate for Wisconsin governor during the farm bill vote, having raised $2 million in his first reporting period (July–December 2025) and receiving Trump's endorsement in January 2026. His gubernatorial campaign materials included a slogan 'No Farmers. No Food. No Future.' while his farm bill vote cut food assistance that enables low-income Wisconsinites to purchase Wisconsin-produced food.
Date: 2025-07 to 2026-04-30
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
Tiffany's farm bill vote formed the second link in a two-vote chain: his YEA on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act, May 22, 2025) originally enacted the $187 billion SNAP cut, and his YEA on H.R. 7567 (April 30, 2026) permanently codified those cuts into the 2026–2031 farm bill authorization. He did not issue a press release explaining either vote.
Date: 2025-05-22 to 2026-04-30
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
Tiffany's WI-07 district received over $88 million in federal farm subsidies from 1995–2024, including $41,886,156 in dairy program payments to 1,517 recipients. The farm bill Tiffany supported boosted farm subsidies by $60 billion while cutting food assistance by $187 billion — a benefit-to-harm ratio of approximately 1:3 for programs affecting his district.
Date: 1995-2024
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
Tiffany's WI-07 district contains 83,490 food-insecure individuals (11.7% of the district population) and 34,470 food-insecure children (21.5% of children), per Feeding Wisconsin's Map the Meal Gap data. His YEA vote on H.R. 7567 locked in $187 billion in SNAP cuts directly affecting these constituents.
Date: 2026-04-30
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
Tiffany voted NAY on the Crawford amendment to allow SNAP recipients to purchase hot rotisserie chicken, one of only 35 House members to oppose the measure (out of 419 voting: 384 YEA, 35 NAY). The amendment passed with sweeping bipartisan support on April 30, 2026. Tiffany's NAY means his low-income constituents cannot use SNAP benefits for the cheapest ready-to-eat protein option at grocery stores.
Date: 2026-04-30
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
Tiffany voted YEA on Roll Call Vote 154 for final passage of H.R. 7567 (Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026) on April 30, 2026. The House Clerk's official tally confirms 224–200 passage with only three Republicans opposed (Fitzpatrick, Hageman, Garbarino). Tiffany was among the 209 Republican YEA votes, representing 98.6% of his voting GOP colleagues. The prior 'yea_unverified' designation is superseded by primary evidence.
Date: 2026-04-30
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Veterans population: ~36,000 (largest cohort: Vietnam era)
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Cook Partisan Voting Index: R+27
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Foreign-born population: 2.25%
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Race/Ethnicity — White (Non-Hispanic): 90.2%
Added: 03 May 2026
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median age: 45.2
Added: 03 May 2026
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Unemployment rate: 3.1%
Added: 03 May 2026
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 6.3%
Added: 03 May 2026
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 26.1%
Added: 03 May 2026
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 78.1%
Added: 03 May 2026
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population (2024): 743,243
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $72,975
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Wisconsin Constitutional Amendment Question 1 (April 2025) — Voter ID (2025) — passed, margin 64%-36%
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 72 — Accommodation & Food Services (share 0.07)
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 61 — Educational Services (share 0.08)
Added: 03 May 2026
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 — Retail Trade (share 0.11)
Added: 03 May 2026
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 — Health Care & Social Assistance (share 0.15)
Added: 03 May 2026
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 31-33 — Manufacturing (share 0.18)
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Jack Link's Beef Jerky (Minong/Chetek area) (2000 employees)
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Rice Lake Weighing Systems (1000 employees)
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Ashley Furniture Industries (3500 employees)
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Aspirus Health (5000 employees)
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Marshfield Clinic Health System (11000 employees)
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] District summary: Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District is the state's largest by area, covering 20 counties across northern, central, and western Wisconsin. It is overwhelmingly rural and heavily forested, anchored by smaller cities including Wausau, Superior, Stevens Point (partial), Hudson, and Rice Lake. The district has a population of approximately 743,000 with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+27 — one of the most Republican seats in the Upper Midwest. Donald Trump carried the district with roughly 55% in 2024. The population is 90.2% White, with small Hispanic (2.84%), Hmong, and Asian populations concentrated in Wausau and along the St. Croix River corridor. The median household income is $72,975 — well above the national median of $37,585 — and the poverty rate is just 6.3%, significantly lower than the 12.4% national average. Homeownership is high at 78.1%. Only 26.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, well below the national average of 33.7%. The economy centers on manufacturing (agricultural equipment, furniture, weighing systems), agriculture (dairy, beef, cranberries, ginseng), tourism (Northwoods resorts, snowmobiling, fishing), healthcare (Marshfield Clinic, Aspirus), and paper mills. The district has a large veteran population, anchored by the Vietnam-era cohort. Key issues include rural healthcare access, dairy pricing, Second Amendment rights, logging/federal lands policy, immigration enforcement, and trade policy affecting agricultural exports.
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
Voted yea on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Budget Reconciliation)) on 2025-05-22: Tiffany voted Yea on the sweeping GOP reconciliation package, which passed 218-214. He called it 'major wins for the American people.' However, the bill included the largest SNAP cuts in the program's history — affecting an estimated 40,000 Wisconsinites — and repealed Inflation Reduction Act clean energy tax credits benefiting his district's manufacturing sector. Tiffany's vote aligned with GOP leadership and billionaire donors but created cross-pressure: his district has a 6.3% poverty rate and substantial food-insecure populations, yet overwhelmingly supports Trump's economic agenda. The Democratic Party of Wisconsin noted over 15,000 fewer Wisconsinites were receiving SNAP benefits following the bill's passage.
Date: 2025-05-22
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
Voted yea on H.R. 22 (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act) on 2025-04-10: Tiffany voted Yea on requiring documentary proof of citizenship for federal voter registration. The bill passed 220-208 with only 4 Democratic votes. Tiffany had publicly called for passage of the SAVE Act, tweeting 'ONLY American citizens should vote in American elections' and demanding 'proof of citizenship to vote, remove noncitizens from voter rolls.' His district has a 98.9% citizenship rate, making this vote highly constituent-aligned.
Date: 2025-04-10
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
Voted yea on S. 5 (Laken Riley Act (Senate Amended Version)) on 2025-01-22: Tiffany voted Yea on final passage sending the first bill of Trump's second term to the White House. All Republicans voted Yea; 46 Democrats joined. Tiffany has been a vocal proponent of immigration enforcement and praised the bill as ensuring 'illegal aliens who commit crimes will be immediately detained and deported.'
Date: 2025-01-22
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
Voted yea on H.R. 29 (Laken Riley Act (Initial House Version)) on 2025-01-07: Tiffany voted Yea with all 216 Republicans and 48 Democrats to mandate ICE detention for unauthorized immigrants accused of theft-related crimes. The vote aligns with his district's R+27 lean and 2.25% foreign-born population. Tiffany's Freedom Caucus membership and 'border before Ukraine' foreign policy stance make this constituent-aligned but with negligible demographic cross-pressure in a 90% White, heavily rural district.
Date: 2025-01-07
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
[disclosure] The Chicago Tribune article Tiffany responded to specifically referred to legal immigrants, refugees, asylees, and other lawfully admitted residents losing food assistance due to a federal rule change — not undocumented immigrants. Critics including former New Yorker journalist James Surowiecki pointed out that legal immigrants are eligible for SNAP.
Date: 2026-04-11
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
[statement] Tiffany tweeted 'Weird. I was repeatedly told by Democrats that immigrants can't get welfare' in response to a Chicago Tribune article about 16,000 immigrants losing SNAP food assistance eligibility.
Date: 2026-04-14
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
[vote] As a Wisconsin state senator in 2015, Tiffany voted for Assembly Bill 387 (Senate Vote SV0173), which became Wisconsin Act 117 — the legislation that created the 'billionaire loophole' by eliminating the $10,000 cap on individual donations to political candidates and committees and removing limits on contributions to party and legislative campaign committees.
Date: 2015-12-16
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
[statement] During his 2026 gubernatorial campaign, Tiffany criticized Wisconsin's 'billionaire loophole' in campaign finance laws, calling it a 'pass-through loophole' that lets 'so much money' flow into Wisconsin politics.
Date: 2025-12-10
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
WinRed processed $499,704 for Barrett's campaign in the 2024 cycle across 7,104 individual transactions, making it the largest payment processor for his fundraising. NOTE: This finding relates to Tom Barrett (MI-07), not Thomas Tiffany — this is a misattribution.
Date: 2024-06-30
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
Tiffany raised $2 million in his first gubernatorial campaign reporting period (July-December 2025), outpacing all other candidates in both parties. He has stated his campaign aims to raise $40 million total.
Date: 2026-01-16
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
During the October 2025 government shutdown, Tiffany held a fundraiser with GOP megadonors including Liz Uihlein, with tickets costing up to $20,000 while 18,000 federal employees in Wisconsin faced paycheck uncertainty.
Date: 2025-10-03
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
Billionaires Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein (Uline) routed $1 million through the College Republicans of Wisconsin to skirt campaign finance limits and funnel an additional $86,000 directly to Tiffany. The Uihleins are the fourth-highest donors to groups that assembled Project 2025, having pumped at least $13 million into those groups since 2020.
Date: 2026-03-12
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
2023-2024 cycle top 20 contributors include: Incredible Bank ($26,500), Jack Link's Beef Jerky ($19,800), Klondike Cheese ($19,800), Ashley Furniture ($16,500), Club for Growth ($8,050), and National Assn of Realtors ($7,000). Tiffany operates a Leadership PAC called DAM MAN PAC.
Date: 2024-12-31
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
Top career donor: Rice Lake Weighing Systems at $60,200 (all individual contributions). American Israel Public Affairs Cmte gave $43,562 ($28,562 individuals + $15,000 PAC). Incredible Bank: $57,000. TA Solberg Co: $45,200. Ashley Furniture: $44,050.
Date: 2024-12-31
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
Top contributing industry 2019-2024: Retired ($917,981), followed by Republican/Conservative ($259,049), Misc Manufacturing & Distributing ($219,925), Real Estate ($158,310), and Leadership PACs ($153,300).
Date: 2024-12-31
Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review
Tiffany's 2019-2024 cycle campaign committee raised $5,055,590 and spent $4,879,649. Cash on hand: $339,670. Zero debts.
Date: 2024-12-31
Added: 03 May 2026
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