That question has bothered me since the Social Security Administration sent out an official mass email claiming the new Republican budget law eliminates taxes on Social Security benefits for “most” Americans. It doesn’t.
Read my op-ed on the SF New Mexican!
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|New Mexico District 3
Teresa Leger Fernandez
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Voting Record — 496
Yes38%
No54%
Present0%
Not Voting7%
Party align99%
Cross-party0%
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Teresa Leger Fernandez
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratNew Mexico District 3
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Teresa's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 34 sponsored · 62 cosponsored
Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.
How do you tell seniors their government lied to them?
www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/comm...
The chart speaks for itself.
Trump came in and job growth plummeted.
📍In Roswell, Eastern NM Medical Center delivers 180,000 annual visits across a medically underserved region. It’s already stretched thin.
As one hospital worker told me: “When the hospital dies, the community slowly dies too.”
📍In Clayton, a mother told me how Medicaid keeps her and her son alive—without it, they’d be left behind
📍In Portales, Roosevelt General serves a community where one-third rely on Medicaid. Cuts would increase uncompensated care
📍In Springer, El Centro clinic staff told me what’s at stake if Medicaid protections vanish
📍In Cuba, we opened new housing for providers so we can keep doctors in our communities
📍In Raton, Miners Colfax Medical Center is the only OB provider within 100 miles—and it could be the first to go
❌ Defund rural clinics and hospitals, putting as many as 8 rural hospitals in New Mexico at risk
❌ Strip coverage from children, seniors, and working families just to fund tax breaks for billionaires
We’ve seen what these cuts would mean—because I’ve heard it directly from New Mexicans.
Donald Trump and House Republicans have launched a full-blown assault on Americans’ health care. Their “Betrayed for Billionaires Budget” will:
❌ Kick 15 million Americans off their health care
❌ Cut $1 trillion total from Medicaid and health care to pay for handouts to the wealthiest few
Today, more than 140 million people rely on these programs. In New Mexico, they keep our rural hospitals open, our babies delivered safely, and our families healthy.
But that promise is under attack.
Sixty years ago today, we made a promise: that every American—young or old, rich or poor, rural or urban—deserves health care they can count on. That promise became Medicare and Medicaid.
Make sure to report suspected scams to the NMDOJ at nmdoj.gov/submit-a-complaint or by calling 505-490-4060.
We stand with Dreamers today, tomorrow, and every day. We must give them the permanent protections and pathway to citizenship they deserve.
They’ve paid their taxes. They’ve built lives and families here. Telling them to leave is telling them to abandon the only home they’ve ever known.
To urge them to “self-deport” is cruel, senseless, and un-American.
🚨 The Trump administration just told Dreamers to self-deport.
DACA recipients are our neighbors, our nurses, our teachers, our engineers.
These are good people. They’ve followed the rules.
Reposted byRep. Teresa Leger Fernández
A federal judge temporarily blocked Trump and Republicans’ attempts to defund Planned Parenthood, ruling they are likely unconstitutional.
This is a major win for protecting reproductive health care.
We won’t stop fighting until all women are able to access the health care they need.
Driving through the most beautiful district in Congress—New Mexico's Third—hearing directly from la gente.
This is a win for reproductive freedom—and for the 1M+ patients who rely on Planned Parenthood for cancer screenings, birth control, and essential care.
Today’s court ruling proves: the fight back is working. We’ll keep fighting to make it permanent.
🚨 Victory for Reproductive Rights🚨
A federal judge just temporarily blocked Trump’s cruel attempt to strip Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood.
I fought this in committee with my own amendment that every Republican voted down.
Congratulations to Dr. Shelly C. Lowe on being named the next president of IAIA!
She's a fantastic pick and an exceptional educator. I admired her work at NEH, where she uplifted stories of all communities impacted by COVID and helped America celebrate its shared humanity. iaia.edu/iaia-board-o...
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Voting History496 total votesExpandCollapse
Voting History
496 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-10 | H.R. 3838 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2025-09-10 | H.R. 3838 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2025-09-10 | H.R. 3838 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2025-09-09 | H. Res. 682 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-09 | H. Res. 682 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-08 | H.R. 3425 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-08 | H.R. 3424 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.J. Res. 105 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.J. Res. 106 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.J. Res. 104 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-03 | H. Res. 539 (119th) | Kill the motion | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-03 | H. Res. 672 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-03 | H. Res. 672 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-02 | H.R. 747 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-02 | H.R. 4216 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-23 | H.R. 4275 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2025-07-23 | H.R. 3357 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-22 | H.R. 1917 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-22 | H.R. 3937 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-21 | H.R. 3351 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-21 | H.R. 3095 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-18 | H.R. 4016 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-18 | H.R. 4016 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-07-18 | H.R. 4016 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-07-18 | H.R. 4016 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-07-18 | H.R. 4016 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-07-18 | H.R. 4016 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-07-18 | H.R. 4016 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-07-18 | H.R. 4016 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-07-18 | H.R. 4016 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-07-18 | H. Res. 590 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-18 | H. Res. 590 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-17 | H.R. 1919 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-17 | S. 1582 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-17 | H.R. 3633 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-17 | H. Res. 580 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-16 | H. Res. 580 (119th) | Motion to Reconsider | 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.