Defend the 2nd Amendment
Defend the Second Amendment.
Occurrences
Evidence
The conference package "maintains the longstanding Dickey Amendment which prevents the use of federal funds to restrict Second Amendment rights."
The enacted appropriations package "maintains the longstanding Dickey Amendment which prevents the use of federal funds to restrict Second Amendment rights."
Assessments
Fedorchak took a concrete pro-Second Amendment action in office by voting for an appropriations package that maintained the Dickey Amendment rider preventing federal funds from being used to restrict Second Amendment rights. That is a direct, same-term legislative contribution consistent with the broad promise to defend the Second Amendment.
Fedorchak, as a sitting U.S. Representative, voted for a federal appropriations package that maintained the Dickey Amendment language preventing federal funds from being used to restrict Second Amendment rights. For a broad campaign promise to defend the Second Amendment, this is a concrete same-term federal legislative action aligned with the promised outcome. The evidence is narrower than a major standalone gun-rights bill, so confidence is moderate rather than high.