2025
2025-07-03 00:00:00+00
BROKE
Broke: David Valadao: signed the April 2025 Medicaid red line, then voted for the cuts
On July 3, 2025, David Valadao 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: reversal
Valadao was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump in 2021, calling his conduct 'abhorrent' and 'absolutely an impeachable offense,' but subsequently endorsed Trump in 2024 and voted for the Trump-backed OBBB — a reversal from accountability advocate to party loyalty that critics attribute to political survival in a Trump-dominated GOP.
2025-05-22
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: reversal
Valadao publicly pledged not to damage Medicaid, which covers two-thirds of his district, then cast the deciding vote for the OBBB which the CBO projected would cut $700 billion from Medicaid — prompting constituents to chant 'I feel betrayed' at protests and leading both of his Democratic opponents to accuse him of lying.
2025-04-14 00:00:00+00
PROMISED
David Valadao: signed the April 2025 Medicaid red line, then voted for the cuts
On April 14, 2025, David Valadao 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."
2024
2024-10-08
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: statement_vs_disclosure
Valadao voted against the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, calling it 'reckless,' then lobbied for at least $168 million from the same law for his district and publicly celebrated the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant that it funded — a classic 'Voted No, Took the Dough' pattern that drew national attention.
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