"Republicans have been falsely asserting that Democrats are shutting down the government to fund free health care for unauthorized immigrants."
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"Unauthorized immigrants are largely barred from federally funded health care programs."

Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Virginia District 8
Donald S. Beyer, Jr.
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Voting Record — 537
Yes40%
No57%
Present1%
Not Voting3%
Party align98%
Cross-party0%
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Donald S. Beyer, Jr.
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratVirginia District 8
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Donald S.'s ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 46 sponsored · 171 cosponsored
Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.
G’mar Chatima Tova! As the Jewish community observes Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, I wish you all a meaningful day of reflection – and an easy fast to those who are fasting.
During my telephone town hall last night, a constituent asked if Members of Congress get paid during a shutdown.
I told her yes they do because of the 27th Amendment, but I will have mine withheld for the duration of a shutdown in solidarity with federal workers.
Donald Trump's "special military operation" in Venezuela is a terrible idea.
He's going from murdering people on boats without charges or due process to what sounds like regime change by military force.
A "President of peace" doesn't start new, unwise, and unnecessary wars.
NEW: Sec. Rubio is leading a push to try to oust Maduro. The Pentagon has put 6,500 troops in the region and is drawing up possible operations against crime gangs in Venezuela. Opposition figures say they're talking to the US about plans. Gift link to our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
America’s military leadership has more important things to do than listen to lectures on character from an unqualified drunk who assaults women.
Any soldier who was as careless as Hegseth was with war plans would be fired if not prosecuted.
And everyone in that room knows it.
Reposted byCongressman Don Beyer
Government funding runs out tomorrow.
Democrats are in DC, ready to vote for a budget that protects health care and lowers costs.
It's up to the GOP: will they join us in working for the American people?
If Republicans in Congress did not want rural health facilities to close, they should not have voted to cut this funding.
Lying about it now will not undo their Medicaid cuts, only their votes can. 7/7
Republicans, however, are claiming that Democratic legislation is a “cut” to rural hospitals because it replaces their $50 billion “rural health fund” with fully restored Medicaid funding.
This is a lie. They voted to cut rural health, and they know it. 6/
Republicans and Trump Administration officials at federal health agencies are calling their temporary rural health fund “the largest investment in rural healthcare in history.”
This “investment” is an $87B funding cut! 5/
The full impact of the bill’s Medicaid cuts, however, includes an estimated $137B in cuts to rural areas.
Their “rural health fund” doesn't restore anywhere near the funding they voted to cut from rural areas. And the cuts are permanent, whereas the fund is temporary. 4/
Some Republicans were concerned that these cuts would lead to widespread closures of rural hospitals.
To win their votes, Republican leadership added a temporary $50B “rural health fund” to offset some cuts in rural areas, which expires in five years. 3/
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Their Big Ugly Bill, H.R.1, was enacted and signed into law by President Trump and cuts an estimated $911 billion from Medicaid.
This is the largest cut to Medicaid since the program was created and these cuts are permanent. 2/
As the government funding deadline nears, Republicans are lying about their Big Ugly Bill’s massive Medicaid cuts and harm to rural hospitals.
They refuse to meet or negotiate to stop the impending health care premium hikes.
Here's the truth: 1/
More mob boss-style extortion from Trump, but this threat is just to continue the harm they're already inflicting on the country.
Trump and Vought want to manipulate federal workers and the public into blaming others for the mass firings they're carrying out.
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These phony charges demanded by Trump as an act of vengeance are a direct assault on the rule of law in the United States, and an act of staggering corruption.
Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in American history, and it isn't close.
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Justice has been denied to the families of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, Sayfollah Musallet, Tawfic Abdel Jabbar, Rachel Corrie for far too long.
Impunity is not the foundation of a rational alliance. Decades of Israeli government impunity must end. 2/2
I recently met with families of Americans killed by Israeli forces and extremist settler violence. I join their call for accountability for their loved ones' deaths and urge the release of Mohammed Ibrahim, a 16-year-old Florida boy jailed for 6 months without trial. 1/
Republicans & Trump gave each millionaire an average tax cut big enough to give four people healthcare.
They didn't have to do that, it was a choice. They chose to rip healthcare from millions and cut taxes for the rich.
Now they're raising healthcare costs for millions more.
Trump cut U.S. military aid to Taiwan the *same day* he made a TikTok deal with Xi Jinping.
And it turns out the financial benefits of Trump's TikTok deal are going to his own billionaire allies.
Insanely corrupt.
Reposted byCongressman Don Beyer
JUST IN: The Trump administration's bid to coerce states to comply with immigration enforcement in order to receive disaster aid is illegal and unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled today. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Voting History537 total votesExpandCollapse
Voting History
537 total votes
Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.
| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-01 | H. Res. 282 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-04-01 | H. Res. 282 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-31 | H.R. 997 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-31 | H.R. 517 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-27 | H.R. 1048 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-27 | H.R. 1048 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-03-27 | H.R. 1048 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-03-27 | H.R. 1048 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-03-27 | H.R. 1048 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-03-27 | H.J. Res. 75 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-27 | H.J. Res. 24 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-25 | H. Res. 242 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-25 | H. Res. 242 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-25 | H.R. 1534 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-24 | H.R. 1326 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-24 | H.R. 359 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-11 | H.J. Res. 25 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-11 | H.R. 1968 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-11 | H.R. 1968 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-03-11 | H.R. 1156 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-11 | H. Res. 211 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-11 | H. Res. 211 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-10 | H.R. 993 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-10 | H.R. 901 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-10 | H.R. 495 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-06 | H. Res. 189 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-06 | S.J. Res. 11 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-05 | H. Res. 189 (119th) | Kill the motion | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-03-05 | H.J. Res. 42 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-05 | H.J. Res. 61 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-04 | H. Res. 177 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-04 | H. Res. 177 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-04 | H.R. 758 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-03-03 | H.R. 856 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-27 | H.J. Res. 20 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-26 | H.J. Res. 35 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-26 | H.R. 695 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-26 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-26 | H.R. 804 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-26 | H.R. 788 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-25 | H. Res. 161 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-25 | H. Res. 161 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-25 | H.R. 818 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-25 | H.R. 832 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-24 | H.R. 825 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-13 | H.R. 35 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-12 | H.R. 77 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-12 | H.R. 77 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-02-11 | H. Res. 122 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-11 | H. Res. 122 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.