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Has Rob Bresnahan voted to build the border wall?

Matches stated direction. He voted for H.R. 1, which became law and sets aside $46.55 billion through 2029 for border barriers and the border wall system.

Rob Bresnahan Jr

Border: building the wall

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says the country must secure the border and build the wall.

“We must secure the border, build the wall”

What the record shows ·

He voted for H.R. 1 on passage and on the final House vote. The law, Public Law 119-21, appropriates $46.55 billion through 2029 for border barriers and the border wall system (section 90001).

Limit: The vote was on a large bill that did many other things. How much wall gets built is up to the executive branch.

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  1. Rob for PAhttps://robforpa.com/

    Rob for PA · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign home page, paid for by Rob for PA, the committee's FEC-filed website. Issue statements on border, economy, Social Security and Medicare, public safety, jobs. Links X and Instagram @Rob4PA and Facebook RobforPA.

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  2. Roll Call 145, H.R. 1, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025145

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published May 22, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of May 22, 2025, passed 215-214 with one Present. Bresnahan: Yea.

    official legislative record

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  3. Roll Call 190, H.R. 1, on concurring in the Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Jul 3, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of July 3, 2025, passed 218-214. Bresnahan: Aye.

    official legislative record

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  4. Public Law 119-21 (H.R. 1, 2025 reconciliation act)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jul 4, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Enacted July 4, 2025. Sec. 70101 makes the lower income-tax rates permanent; sec. 70201 creates the no-tax-on-tips deduction; secs. 71101-71102 pause the 2023 and 2024 Medicaid, CHIP and Medicare Savings Program enrollment rules until September 30, 2034; sec. 71107 sets six-month eligibility checks for expansion adults; sec. 71110 limits the expansion match rate for emergency care for certain non-citizens; sec. 71112 cuts back-dated coverage to one month before application for expansion adults and two months for all other enrollees, from three; sec. 71115 lowers the provider-tax threshold; sec. 71119 requires Medicaid work requirements with exemptions; sec. 90001 appropriates $46,550,000,000 for border barriers and the wall system. The 90 per cent expansion match rate in SSA 1905(y) is not amended.

    official legislative record

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