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How has Monica De La Cruz voted on federal deficit spending?

Matches stated direction. She voted for 2023 spending limits and 2025 cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting, and also for the 2025 law that raised the debt limit by $5 trillion.

Monica De La Cruz

Spending: votes to cap and cut it

Matches stated direction

What they say

Her campaign says it will stop the deficit spending that is driving rising inflation.

“Stop the deficit spending that is driving rising inflation”

What the record shows ·

She voted Yea on the Limit, Save, Grow Act, which passed the House 217 to 215 on April 26, 2023. It would have capped yearly discretionary spending, taken back unspent COVID-19 money and suspended the debt limit; the Senate never passed it. She voted Aye on the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which passed 314 to 117 on May 31, 2023 and became Public Law 118-5. It set spending limits for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 and suspended the debt limit until January 1, 2025. She voted Yea on the Rescissions Act of 2025 when it passed the House 214 to 212 on June 12, 2025. It became Public Law 119-28 on July 24, 2025 and cancels money already provided for foreign aid and public broadcasting.

Limit: The 2023 bill did not become law, and both 2023 measures also let the government borrow more. She also voted for the 2025 reconciliation act, Public Law 119-21, which raised the debt limit by $5 trillion.

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  1. Monica on the Issueshttps://monicaforcongress.us/issues/

    Monica for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The campaign's issue list: six headings (agriculture, border security and immigration, economy, energy, seniors, spending and national debt) with short bullet lines. Undated.

    candidate statement

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  2. H.R. 2811, 118th Congress, Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2811

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Passed the House 217 to 215 on April 26, 2023 (Roll Call 199). The Senate placed it on its calendar and its Budget Committee held a hearing; it never passed it.

    official legislative record

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  3. H.R. 2811, text as passed by the Househttps://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr2811/BILLS-118hr2811eh.htm

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Section 101 sets discretionary spending limits, section 201 rescinds unobligated coronavirus funds and section 40001 suspends the debt ceiling.

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  4. Roll Call 199 of 2023, H.R. 2811, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023199

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of April 26, 2023, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML. Her vote is listed under her member ID, D000594.

    official legislative record

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  5. H.R. 3746, 118th Congress, Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3746

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Patrick McHenry. Passed the House 314 to 117 on May 31, 2023 (Roll Call 243) and became Public Law 118-5.

    official legislative record

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  6. Public Law 118-5https://www.congress.gov/118/plaws/publ5/PLAW-118publ5.htm

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Enacted text. Section 101 sets discretionary spending limits for fiscal years 2024 and 2025; section 401 suspends the debt limit through January 1, 2025.

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  7. Roll Call 243 of 2023, H.R. 3746, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023243

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of May 31, 2023, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML. Her vote is listed under her member ID, D000594.

    official legislative record

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  8. H.R. 4, 119th Congress, Rescissions Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Steve Scalise. Passed the House 214 to 212 on June 12, 2025 (Roll Call 168). The House agreed to the Senate's changes on July 18, 2025 through H.Res. 590, with no separate roll call on the bill, and it became Public Law 119-28.

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  9. Public Law 119-28https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ28/PLAW-119publ28.htm

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Enacted text, signed July 24, 2025. Rescinds unobligated balances for international organizations, bilateral economic assistance and other foreign aid accounts, and for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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  10. Roll Call 168 of 2025, H.R. 4, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025168

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of June 12, 2025, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML. Her vote is listed under her member ID, D000594.

    official legislative record

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  11. H.R. 1, 119th Congress (the 2025 reconciliation act), Public Law 119-21https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Passed the House May 22, 2025 (Roll Call 145) and, as amended by the Senate, July 3, 2025 (Roll Call 190); signed July 4, 2025.

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  12. Roll Call 190 of 2025, H.R. 1, on concurring in the Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of July 3, 2025, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML. Her vote is listed under her member ID, D000594.

    official legislative record

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  13. Public Law 119-21https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ21/PLAW-119publ21.htm

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Enacted text. Section 70101 extends the reduced individual rates and section 70105 the deduction for qualified business income. Sections 50101 and 50102 require onshore and offshore oil and gas lease sales. Section 90001 appropriates $46,550,000,000 for the border wall system, section 90002 money to hire Border Patrol agents and other CBP staff, and section 100054 money for hiring immigration judges. Section 72001 raises the debt limit by $5,000,000,000,000.

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