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What recorded vote supports Mike Lawler’s denial of 100% alignment with Trump?

Matches stated record claim. His Yea on an unsuccessful override of Trump’s H.R. 131 veto supplies a specific contrary vote without calculating an overall alignment percentage.

Mike Lawler

One recorded vote contrary to a presidential veto

Matches stated record claim

What they say

Lawler denied that he had voted with President Trump 100% of the time.

What the record shows · Jan 8, 2026

On January 8, 2026, Lawler voted Yea to pass H.R. 131 over President Trump’s December 29, 2025 veto. The Clerk records 248 Yeas, 177 Nays and one Present, so the override failed. The bill’s complete history records both the veto and override attempt. This supplies one concrete current-term vote against the President’s recorded veto position.

Limit: The conclusion is confined to the literal denial of universal alignment. It calculates no overall percentage and does not resolve a tracker’s separately defined vote universe. A failed override still records his contrary vote; no allegation about an opponent’s honesty is adopted. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

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  1. News 12 NY17 debate: lawler own voting percentage (26:00)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=1560s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    September 28, 2026 debate. Statement paraphrased from retained native captions. One transcript is available, so no verbatim quotation is certified; neighboring opponent assertions are excluded.

    candidate statement

    For: What recorded vote supports Mike Lawler’s denial of 100% alignment with Trump?

  2. House roll 9: H.R. 131 veto-override votehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/20269

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Jan 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    January 8, 2026 Lawler Yea supports the override of Trump’s veto. The override failed; this is one concrete contrary action, not a computed alignment score.

    official legislative record

    For: What recorded vote supports Mike Lawler’s denial of 100% alignment with Trump?

  3. H.R. 131, 119th Congress: bill, roles and actionshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/131

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Formal sponsor/cosponsor roles and recorded legislative actions. An introduced bill or House passage is distinct from enactment.

    official legislative record

    For: What recorded vote supports Mike Lawler’s denial of 100% alignment with Trump?

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