Vote Descriptions

The National Committee legislative staff has identified votes in the 119th Congress (2025-2026) on issues it believes to be of importance to seniors as well as all Americans. This list is not intended to be a complete account of all the votes and activities of U.S. Representatives and Senators, but we feel it is instructive with regard to earned benefits.

(Some major bills required more than one vote as they moved through Congress. Each vote is listed separately because lawmakers had another opportunity to support or oppose changes.)

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2025 (First Session)

1. 2025 Budget Resolution. (H. Con. Res. 14) On the Adoption of the Resolution: The budget establishes a blueprint for slashing Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to partly offset the cost of tax cuts that mainly benefit the wealthy and large corporations. The Medicaid cuts endanger the health coverage provided to millions of Americans age 18 to 64 and  put at risk Medicaid long-term care nursing home and home and community-based services. Reductions to SNAP undermine food security for children and families, including 7.2 million older adults. House Roll Call #50. February 25, 2025. Passed 217-215. National Committee Position: No.

2. Cut Funding for Seniors Programs (H.R. 1968): On Passage of the Bill: Limits spending for programs and agencies important to older adults including the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and programs administered under the Older Americans Act. House Roll Call #70. March 11, 2025. Passed 217-213. National Committee Position: No.

3. Senate-Passed 2025 Budget Resolution. (H. Con. Res. 14) On Motion to Concur with the Senate Amendment: The Senate-passed budget considered by the House confirms the blueprint that would slash Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to partly offset the cost of tax cuts that mainly benefit the wealthy and large corporations. House Roll Call #100. April 10, 2025. Passed 216-214. National Committee Position: No.

4. Restricted the Ability to Vote. (H.R. 22) On Passage of the Bill: Would significantly limit the ability of all Americans – including seniors – to vote in federal elections by severely restricting the types of documents acceptable to prove identity and needlessly requiring voters to reprove their identities every time they renew their registration. House Roll Call #102. April 10, 2025. Passed 220-208. National Committee Position: No.

5. One Big Beautiful Bill. (H.R. 1) On passage of the bill: This bill enacts into law the cuts enabled by the budget. It would slash Medicaid by $880 billion over ten years and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by $230 million over ten years to partly offset the cost of a $5 trillion tax cut that mainly benefits the wealthy and large corporations. House Roll Call #145. May 22, 2025. Passed 215-214. National Committee Position: No.

6. Senate-Passed One Big Beautiful Bill. (H.R. 1) On Motion to Concur with the Senate Amendment: The bill as passed by the Senate now voted on in the House would slash Medicaid by $1 trillion over ten years and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by $186 billion over ten years to partly offset the cost of a $5 trillion tax cut that mainly benefits the wealthy and large corporations. House Roll Call #190. July 3, 2025. Passed 218-214. National Committee Position: No.

7. Weakened Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance (H.R. 6703): On Passage of the Bill: Would siphon off healthier people into less comprehensive, lightly regulated health insurance plans, leaving sicker people in ACA health insurance which would increase their premiums and make risk pools less stable. Failed to extend the expiring ACA Enhanced Premium Tax Credit, causing millions of Americans to lose their health insurance. House Roll Call #349. December 17, 2025. Passed 216-211. National Committee Position: No.

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2026 (Second Session)

8. Extended Affordable Care Act (ACA) Premium Tax Credit (H.R. 1834): On Passage of the Bill: Would extend the ACA Enhanced Premium Tax Credit for three years. This bill was not approved by the House, thus allowing the tax credits to expire. House Roll Call #11. January 8, 2026. Passed 230-196. National Committee Position: Yes.

9. Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (H. J. Res. 139) On the Adoption of the Resolution:  Would have added an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to impose a federal spending limitation that could only be overcome by a two-thirds supermajority of both the House and Senate or if a war is declared. This resolution would have severely limited Social Security and Medicare Part A from drawing down Trust Fund reserves to pay retirement, disability and survivor benefits and hospitalization costs, since all federal expenditures, including these earned benefits, would have been limited to an average of the tax revenue collected in the previous three years, adjusted for population growth and inflation. House Roll Call #95. March 18, 2026. Rejected 211-207 (a two-thirds majority is required in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate to send a Constitutional amendment to the states for ratification). National Committee Position: No.

10. 2026 Farm Act (H.R. 7567): On Passage of the Bill: Would make technical and administrative changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to enable the U.S. Department of Agriculture to better implement provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that cut SNAP by $200 billion over ten years. House Roll Call #154. April 30, 2026. Passed 224-200. National Committee Position: No.

U.S. SENATE 2025 (First Session)

11. Cut Funding for Seniors Programs (H.R. 1968): On Passage of the Bill: Limits spending for programs and agencies important to older adults including the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and programs administered under the Older Americans Act. Senate Roll Call #133. March 14, 2025. Passed 54-46. National Committee Position: No.

12. 2025 Budget Resolution. (H. Con. Res. 14) On the Adoption of the Resolution: The budget blueprint lays the groundwork for slashing Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to partly offset the cost of tax cuts that mainly benefit the wealthy and large corporations. The Medicaid cuts endanger the health coverage provided to millions of Americans age 18 to 64 and it puts at risk Medicaid long-term care nursing home and home and community-based services. Reductions to SNAP undermines food security for children and families, including 7.2 million older adults. Senate Roll Call #191. April 5, 2025. Passed 51-48. National Committee Position: No.

13. One Big Beautiful Bill. (H.R. 1) On Passage of the Bill: This bill enacts into law the cuts enabled by the budget. It would slash Medicaid by $1 trillion and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by $186 billion to partly offset the cost of a $5 trillion tax cut that mainly benefit the wealthy and large corporations. Senate Roll Call #372. July 1, 2025. Passed 50-50 (Vice President JD Vance broke the tie with a “yea” vote). National Committee Position: No.