At the same time, their budget kicks people off of healthcare, slashes nutrition programs, gives millionaires big tax breaks, and explodes our national debt.
This is undoubtedly the ugliest bill America's ever seen.
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Texas District 16
Veronica Escobar
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Yes40%
No58%
Present0%
Not Voting2%
Party align98%
Cross-party0%
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Veronica Escobar
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratTexas District 16
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The Republican Budget will supercharge Trump’s dream of a police state with $160 billion for DHS.
Private prison corporations love this.
This doesn’t make us safer.
In fact, this makes us LESS safe because the Trump team has forced thousands of FBI agents, U.S. Marshalls, DEA agents, and IRS agents to stop working their investigations and instead focus on this mass deportation machine.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
This has led to courthouse arrests across the country where immigrants who show up for their cases doing it “the right way” are getting their cases dismissed so that they can be quickly detained at the courthouse and put into Trump’s deportation machine. elpasomatters.org/2025/06/03/i...
Targeted investigations to focus on what Trump claimed was his priority would make it harder to meet Miller’s demand.
If ICE leaders didn't meet this new quota, Miller threatened to fire the leaders of the ICE field offices posting the lowest 10% of monthly arrest numbers.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Targeting real criminals takes time. But last month, Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem - frustrated that the numbers of arrests and deportations were "too low" - tore into ICE officials to start arresting 3,000 immigrants per day, regardless of who they are.
www.axios.com/2025/05/28/i...
Trump told Americans he’d focus on deporting criminals. Instead, he’s set quotas that shift the focus to people with legal status and removing their protections.
The Republican budget bill gives this effort more resources and tools, encouraging more dangerous crackdowns.
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Senator Cassidy back in February, who singlehandedly advanced RFK Jr. out of his committee:
“If confirmed, [RFK Jr.] will maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes.”
Let’s check in a few months later…
From pardoning true insurrectionists who assaulted law enforcement on January 6, to the militarization of the border, to deploying the U.S. government against his political opponents, Trump is unapologetically and eagerly leading our country on a rapid race to fascism.
Peaceful protest is central to free speech; violence is never acceptable, and I forcefully condemn it. However, Donald Trump’s deployment of active duty service members within our country’s borders – without a request from that state’s governor - is unprecedented and alarming.
And since proclaiming on Saturday that ‘there will be troops everywhere,’ he’s making it clear he won’t stop with Los Angeles.
Five months into his administration, Donald Trump is working to create a police state in the United States of America. Donald Trump’s escalation of tensions through the deployment of our military against Americans in Los Angeles should terrify everyone.
I'm grateful the State of Texas invested so much time and energy to find that 0.0003% of ballots cast in the 2024 election are *potential* non-citizens.
Republicans lie and purposely mislead Americans, regardless of facts or receipts.
www.texastribune.org/2025/06/05/t...
Let's also not forget how many of the “pro-law-and-order” Republicans were silent when Trump pardoned violent Confederate-flag-waving insurrectionists who stormed the U.S. Capitol and assaulted law enforcement officers.
"The scene... turned violent AFTER federal immigration authorities used flash-bang grenades and pepper spray on people protesting…"
Seems to be a convenient fact many of my Republican colleagues are leaving out in their statements of support for "law and order."
Our country was founded on the Constitution - which happens to care enough about freedom of religion that it’s in the very first amendment.
Not only is this racist, it dishonors the “founding document" you referenced.
The facade of going after "hardened criminals" falls through after just a little research.
Trump and Stephen Miller aren't going after gangs, they're raiding birthday parties.
www.texastribune.org/2025/06/04/t...
From patting each other on the back and chanting "USA USA USA!" at 7 in the morning after passing their budget, to pathetic admissions they didn't read their bill.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...
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Voting History
536 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-24 | H.R. 4626 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-02-24 | H. Res. 1075 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-24 | H. Res. 1075 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-24 | S. 2503 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-02-24 | H.R. 6329 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-12 | H.R. 2189 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-11 | S. 1383 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-11 | S. 1383 (119th) | Motion to Commit | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-02-11 | H.R. 261 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-11 | H.R. 261 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-02-11 | H.J. Res. 72 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-11 | H.R. 3617 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-11 | H.R. 3617 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-02-11 | H. Res. 1057 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-11 | H. Res. 1057 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-11 | H. Res. 1042 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-02-11 | H. Res. 1042 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-10 | H.R. 1531 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-09 | H.R. 6644 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-04 | H.J. Res. 142 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-04 | H.R. 4090 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-04 | H.R. 4090 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-02-03 | H.R. 7148 (119th) | Accept Senate changes | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-03 | H. Res. 1032 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-03 | H. Res. 1032 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-03 | H.R. 3123 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-02 | H.R. 980 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-22 | H. Con. Res. 68 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-22 | H.R. 6359 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-22 | H.R. 6359 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-22 | H.R. 7148 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-22 | H.R. 7148 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-22 | H.R. 7148 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-22 | H.R. 7147 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-22 | H. Res. 1014 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-22 | H. Res. 1014 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2026-01-22 | H. Res. 1014 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-21 | H.J. Res. 140 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-21 | H.R. 6945 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-21 | H.R. 6945 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-21 | H. Res. 1009 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-21 | H. Res. 1009 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-21 | H.R. 5764 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-20 | H.R. 5763 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-15 | H.R. 2988 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-15 | H.R. 2988 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-15 | H.R. 2988 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | YES | ✕ | Agreed to |
| 2026-01-14 | H.R. 7006 (119th) | Final passage | NO | YES | ✕ | Passed |
| 2026-01-14 | H.R. 7006 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-14 | H.R. 7006 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
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.