Janelle Stelson
Supports tax breaks for the middle class rather than the wealthiest, would make no tax on tips or overtime permanent, and says she would cut wasteful spending to address the deficit.
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Issue record
Taxes, spending and the debt
In short
Janelle Stelson's campaign backs tax breaks for the middle class, not the wealthiest, making no tax on tips or overtime permanent, and cutting waste. Scott Perry's campaign backs a Balanced Budget Amendment, less regulation, lower debt and lower taxes for families and small businesses. Perry voted for the 2017 tax law and the 2025 law extending its lower rates; both did much else. None of his balanced budget amendments, filed since 2013, left committee.
Campaign positions
What each campaign says.
Scott Perry
Wants a Balanced Budget Amendment, less regulation, a lower national debt and lower taxes on families and small businesses.
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Evidence timeline
What the record shows.
official action
Scott Perry: Matches stated direction
He voted for the 2017 tax law and for the 2025 law that extends its lower individual rates and the deduction for small-business income.
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His campaign says he will keep fighting to lower taxes on families and small businesses. He voted Yea on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017, which carried 224-201. In 2025 he voted Aye on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which carried 218-214. That law extends the 2017 lower individual rates and the deduction for small-business income. Limit: Both laws did much else besides. This card tests only the direction of his tax votes, not who gained most.
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Scott Perry: Matches stated direction
He has introduced his own balanced budget amendment in every Congress since 2013 and voted for one that failed in 2018; none of his versions left committee.
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His campaign says he will keep fighting for a Balanced Budget Amendment. He has introduced his own balanced budget amendment in every Congress since 2013, seven in all. The current one, H.J.Res. 11, would bar spending above revenue in any year unless three-fifths of each House votes otherwise. In 2018 he voted for a balanced budget amendment that got a floor vote and failed 233-184, short of two-thirds. Limit: None of his own versions got past committee. The record shows the proposal, not whether he has worked to balance any actual budget.
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Sources8 source records
- Janelle Stelson for Congress, prioritieshttps://janellestelson.com/priorities/
Friends of Janelle Stelson · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Captured 2026-10-01; about 3,000 words under eleven headings. Much of it is about Perry, which is out of scope here.
candidate statement
For: Janelle Stelson: campaign position
- Patriots for Perry, issueshttps://patriotsforperry.com/issues/
Patriots for Perry · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Captured 2026-10-01; 1,060 words under twelve headings. Undated; several passages still refer to the Biden-Harris administration.
candidate statement
For: Scott Perry: campaign position; Scott Perry: Matches stated direction
- House roll call 699, 2017 (document)
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
On the motion to concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, 2017-12-20. Passed 224-201. Perry (P000605) recorded Yea. Became Public Law 115-97.
official legislative record
For: Scott Perry: Matches stated direction
- House roll call 190, 2025 (document)
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
On the motion to concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, 2025-07-03. Passed 218-214. Perry (P000605) recorded Aye. Became Public Law 119-21. He had voted Yea on House passage on 2025-05-22 (roll 145), which carried 215-214.
official legislative record
For: Scott Perry: Matches stated direction
- Public Law 119-21 (the One Big Beautiful Bill Act)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Approved July 4, 2025. Section 70101 extends the 2017 lower individual tax rates; section 70105 extends the qualified business income deduction; section 71113 bars Medicaid payments for one year to a class of nonprofit family-planning providers that perform abortions other than in cases of rape, incest or danger to the woman's life. The law does not name Planned Parenthood. Section 90001 funds border infrastructure and wall; section 90003 funds immigration detention capacity. Section 71201 limits Medicare to citizens, permanent residents, Cuban and Haitian entrants and people living here under a Compact of Free Association.
official legislative record
For: Scott Perry: Matches stated direction
- H.J.Res. 11, balanced budget amendment (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/11
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Introduced 2025-01-03 by Rep. Perry with three original cosponsors; referred to the Judiciary Committee. He introduced the same proposal in every Congress since 2013: H.J.Res. 36 (113th), 28 (114th), 18 (115th), 50 (116th), 13 (117th) and 19 (118th). None got past committee.
official legislative record
For: Scott Perry: Matches stated direction
- H.J.Res. 11, as introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hjres11ih/html/BILLS-119hjres11ih.htm
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Section 1 reads: total outlays for any fiscal year shall not exceed total receipts for that fiscal year, unless three-fifths of each House votes for a specific excess.
official legislative record
For: Scott Perry: Matches stated direction
- House roll call 138, 2018 (document)
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
On the motion to suspend the rules and pass H.J.Res. 2, a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, 2018-04-12. Failed 233-184; two-thirds were needed. Perry (P000605) recorded Yea.
official legislative record
For: Scott Perry: Matches stated direction