2025-10-16
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: platform_vs_vote
Wittman voted for a bill the CBO projected would add $3-4 trillion to the deficit — while simultaneously benefiting personally from the bill's tax provisions. The ITEP analysis found he would save up to $59,300 annually from the pass-through business deduction applied to his Outer Banks beach rental, making his personal tax savings the highest of any lawmaker who voted for the bill. The DCCC docum…
2025-07-03 00:00:00+00
BROKE
Broke: Robert Wittman: signed the April 2025 Medicaid red line, then voted for the cuts
On July 3, 2025, Robert Wittman 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
Wittman signed two separate letters to House leadership vowing he could not support legislation with 'any reduction in Medicaid coverage for vulnerable populations.' Less than six weeks later, he voted for a bill enacting the largest Medicaid cuts in U.S. history — approximately $930 billion — which the Virginia Democratic Party estimated would cause at least 260,000 Virginians to lose insurance c…
2025-07-03
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: statement_vs_disclosure
Wittman's official press release was headlined 'Wittman Votes to Protect Medicaid' and claimed the bill 'strengthens Medicaid for Americans who need it most' and 'protects resources for pregnant women, single mothers, children, seniors, and individuals with disabilities.' The CBO projected the opposite — approximately $930 billion in Medicaid cuts over 10 years — and Virginia Democrats documented …
2025-04-14 00:00:00+00
PROMISED
Robert Wittman: signed the April 2025 Medicaid red line, then voted for the cuts
On April 14, 2025, Robert Wittman 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."
