Jason BeetsThis mega thread is now 100 posts long.
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You can read this ongoing thread, about major votes in the US House from 2021 to 2025, as an article on my blog, Meticulous Musings.
https://jasonbeets.blogspot.com/2026/02/vicente-gonzalez.html
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#Policy #Congress #Law #Legislation #Climate #Health #Infrastructure #Economics #Policy
Section: Supported Student Loan Debt Relief
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In August 2022, the Biden administration announced a student loan debt relief plan to provide up to $20,000 of student loan debt relief for qualifying borrowers.
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/24/1118879917/student-loan-forgiveness-biden
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Republicans in Congress attempted to block the student loan debt relief plan.
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Gonzalez voted against the Republican bill.
By voting against blocking student loan debt relief, Gonzalez essentially voted in favor of allowing Student Loan Debt Relief, which means he voted the right way.
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216 Republicans and two Democrats, Jared Golden (Maine-2) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-3), voted to block student loan debt relief.
203 Democrats, including Gonzalez, voted against blocking student loan debt relief.
Eight Democrats and six Republicans did not vote on the bill.
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The House passed the bill, 218 to 203, on May 24, 2023.
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The Senate approved the bill, which was subsequently vetoed by President Biden.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/01/senate-repeals-bidens-student-debt-relief-00099682
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The bill failed to receive the required 2/3 majority in the House necessary to override the veto.
In the House, both Golden and Gluesenkamp Perez voted to override Biden’s veto.
https://www.congress.gov/votes/house/118-1/277
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The Senate did not vote on whether to override the president’s veto.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-joint-resolution/45/all-actions
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On June 30, 2023, the US Supreme Court struck down the student loan forgiveness program.
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Section: Approved Military Aid for Ukraine and Israel
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Gonzalez voted in favor of military aid for both Ukraine and Israel.
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I support Ukraine in its righteous fight against Russia’s aggressive military invasion of their country.
Therefore, I support the US providing military aid to Ukraine, in its fight against Russian aggression.
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210 Democrats, including Gonzalez, voted in favor of military aid to Ukraine.
Three Democrats did not vote on the measure.
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101 Republicans voted in favor of military aid to Ukraine, and 112 Republicans voted against.
Four Republicans did not vote on the measure, and one Republican voted Present.
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The House approved the measure, 311 to 112, on April 20, 2024.
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024151
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This table shows how Vicente Gonzalez, Henry Cuellar, Don Davis, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, and Jared Golden voted on key issues in the House in 2023 and 2024.
During this time, Republicans controlled the House, Democrats controlled the Senate, and Joe Biden was president.
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I do not support providing military aid to Israel.
I believe by April 2024, the horrors of the human rights abuses committed by Israel during its war in Gaza should have been apparent to anyone paying attention.
Therefore, I believe members of Congress should have voted against military aid to Israel at that time.
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I wrote an editorial in July 2024 about the abuses committed by Israel during its war in Gaza.
https://jasonbeets.blogspot.com/2024/07/israels-war-in-gaza.html
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173 Democrats, including Gonzalez, voted in favor of military aid to Israel, and 37 voted against.
Three Democrats did not vote on the measure.
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193 Republicans voted in favor of military aid to Israel, and 21 voted against.
Four Republicans did not vote on the measure.
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The House approved the measure, 366 to 58, on April 20, 2024.
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The Senate subsequently approved military aid for Ukraine and Israel.
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/23/1246761008/senate-aid-ukraine-israel-taiwan
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President Biden signed the bill into law.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/815/all-actions
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Actions - H.R.815 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
Actions on H.R.815 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
Section: Opposes the Big Ugly Bill
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Republicans call it the Big Beautiful Bill.
I call it the Big Ugly Bill.
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Gonzalez voted against the Big Ugly Bill, which cuts taxes for the rich, cuts Medicaid funding for the poor, and increases funding for ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement).
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/upshot/republican-bill-faq.html
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212 Democrats, including Gonzalez, and two Republicans voted against the Big Ugly Bill.
The two Republicans who voted against the bill were Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) and Thomas Massie (KY-4).
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218 Republicans voted in favor of the Big Ugly Bill.
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The House approved the bill, 218 to 214, on July 3, 2025.
https://www.congress.gov/votes/house/119-1/190
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The bill was approved by both houses of Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/all-actions
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This table shows how Vicente Gonzalez, Henry Cuellar, Don Davis, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, and Jared Golden voted on key issues in the House in 2025 and 2026.
During this time, Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate, under President Donald Trump.
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Section: Supports NPR & PBS
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Gonzalez voted against cutting funding for NPR and PBS.
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President Trump submitted a bill to Congress to cancel funding previously approved by Congress.
The measure was called the Rescissions Act of 2025.
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The Rescissions Act suspended all federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR, PBS, and their member stations, for the next two fiscal years.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4/text
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211 Democrats, including Gonzalez, and two Republicans, voted against the Rescissions Act.
The two Republicans who voted against the measure were Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) and Michael Turner (OH-10).
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216 Republicans voted in favor of the Act.
Two Republicans and one Democrat did not vote on the proposal.
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The House approved the Rescissions Act, 216 to 213, on July 18, 2025.
https://www.congress.gov/votes/house/119-1/203
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Both chambers of Congress approved the Rescissions Act, and President Trump signed it into law.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4/all-actions
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The Rescissions Act ended all federal support for NPR, PBS, and their member stations.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/18/nx-s1-5469912/npr-congress-rescission-funding-trump
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This ongoing thread, about major votes in the US House, from 2021 to 2025, can be read as an article on my blog, Meticulous Musings.
https://jasonbeets.blogspot.com/2026/02/vicente-gonzalez.html
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Section: Supports releasing the Epstein Files
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Gonzalez supports releasing files held by the Department of Justice related to Jeffrey Epstein.
Gonzalez signed a discharge petition to bring the Epstein Files Transparency Act to the House floor for a vote, and he voted in favor of the bill once the vote was held.
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The Epstein Files Transparency Act requires the US Attorney General to publish all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials in DOJ’s possession that relate to the investigation and prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein.
The Act allows the Attorney General to redact personally identifiable information about victims contained in the files.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4405/text
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214 Democrats, including Gonzalez, signed a discharge petition to bring the bill to the House floor for a vote.
Four Republicans signed the discharge petition as well. They were Thomas Massie (KY-4), Nancy Mace (SC-1), Lauren Boebert (CO-4), and Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA-14).
The effort was led by Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Thomas Massie.
https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2025090209
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Discharge Petition No. 9, Bill Number: H.Res. 581, 119th Congress
SPONSOR: Thomas Massie DESCRIPTION: Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XV, I, Thomas Massie, move to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of the resolution entitled, a resolution providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 185) to advance responsible policies, which was referred to said committee July 15th, 2025, in support of which motion the undersigned Members of the House of Representatives affix their signatures, to wit:
After obtaining the required 218 signatures, the Epstein Files Transparency Act received a vote in the House.
Gonzalez voted in favor of the bill.
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216 Republicans and 211 Democrats, including Gonzalez, voted in favor of the bill.
One Republican, Clay Higgins (LA-3), voted against the bill.
Three Democrats and two Republicans did not vote on the legislation.
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The Senate approved the bill, without amendment by unanimous consent, and President Trump signed the bill into law.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4405/all-actions
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This thread is now over 150 posts long.
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Section: Progressive Primary Challenger
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Vicente Gonzalez has a progressive primary challenger in his South Texas District.
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On his campaign website, Etienne Rosas declares that Latino communities are being ignored, exploited, and criminalized.
https://www.rosasforcongress.com/
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“We’re up against a real fascist threat – one that scapegoats Latinos, militarizes our border and cities, and hands unchecked power to billionaires, while working families are left behind,” Rosas wrote.
“Our representatives have failed to meet this moment with the urgency it deserves.”
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Rosas said these challenges create the conditions for people to build a better future.
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