Vulnerable House Republicans Vote to Gut Jobs, Veterans’ Benefits, Law Enforcement Agencies … & more

This week, vulnerable House Republicans voted with extreme MAGA Republicans to push our nation closer to default – a catastrophic situation that would barrel our economy toward a job-killing recession and a stock market crash that would decimate retirement savings.

The extreme MAGA Republican plan was supported and enabled by highly vulnerable Republicans like Virginia Rep. Jen Kiggans – whose district the Washington Post zeroed in on in a new editorial this morning.

From ripping away childcare options, jeopardizing health care for Virginia veterans, making Virginia seniors wait even longer for assistance with Social Security and Medicare, and even denying Virginians’ much-needed opioid treatments – the Kiggans-backed plan would leave virtually no Virginia community unharmed by her extremism.

Republicans like Kiggans attempted to disavow the cuts by suggesting this bill served solely to get Republican leadership to the negotiating table.

But their record is clear. 

“Kiggans and other House Republicans just voted to curb or eliminate a huge swath of government services that Americans rely on and their constituents ought to know it,” the Washington Post writes.  

DCCC Spokesperson Nebeyatt Betre:
“Vulnerable House Republicans who time after time attempt to label themselves moderates voted with extreme MAGA Republicans to make damaging cuts to critical agencies that keep Americans safe, all while holding our economy hostage. These extremists will have to answer for their hypocrisy to voters in 2024.”

Read more to see just how Kiggans put hundreds of thousands of Virginians at risk to please her extremist allies in Washington:

“In Kiggans’s Virginia, the legislation she just backed would strip tax incentives that go to the likes of Dominion Energy, which is building a $9.8 billion offshore wind project in her district. She also voted to ax solar and electric-vehicle incentives for hundreds of thousands of Virginians, and tax breaks projected to bring $11.6 billion in clean-power investment to the commonwealth.

In addition, the bill she supported sets spending targets that require an immediate 22 percent cut to all “non-defense discretionary spending” — that’s border security, the FBI, airport security, air traffic control, highways, agriculture programs, veterans’ health programs, food stamps, Medicaid, medical research, national parks and much more. If they want to cut less than 22 percent in some of those areas, they’ll have to cut more than 22 percent in others.

According to an administration analysis of what the 22 percent cuts translate to, Kiggans is now on record supporting:

Shutting down at least two air traffic control towers in Virginia.

Jeopardizing outpatient medical care for 162,300 Virginia veterans.

Throwing up to 175,000 Virginians off food stamps and ending food assistance for another 25,000 through the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program Women, Infants and Children.

Cutting or ending Pell Grants for 162,900 Virginia college students.

Eliminating Head Start for 3,600 Virginia children and child care for another 1,300 children.

Adding at least two months to wait times for Virginia seniors seeking assistance with Social Security and Medicare.

Denying opioid treatment for more than 600 Virginians.

Ending 180 days of rail inspections per year and 1,350 fewer miles of track inspected.

Kicking 13,400 Virginia families off rental assistance.”

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