Expand free, fair trade.

Mike Flood · Nebraska · Republican

policy impact 5.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 98%

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Occurrences

In Congress, I’ll have their backs, working to expand free, fair trade, support family farming and ranching, oppose anti-competitive behavior in meatpacking, and fight the farm-killing Green New Deal.

Flood commits to expanding free and fair trade policy.

Representative Mike Flood – SenGov
primary · other · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

During the lookback window, USTR listed actions on China market access, USMCA review talks with Mexico, and a Mexico labor-rights review request.

Official trade-agency activity shows concrete movement on expanded market access and fair-trade enforcement, but it was executive-branch action rather than Mike Flood legislation.

partial same_term

2026 Press Releases | United States Trade Representative
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 73%

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The White House announced updated tariffs on steel, aluminum, copper, and some industrial equipment during the lookback window.

The federal trade posture still included new or expanded tariffs as of June 2026, which undercuts a finding that free trade was fully expanded.

unresolved same_term

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Updates Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum, and Copper Imports
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 72%

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Flood said H.R. 7567 passed the House and that the 2026 Farm Bill protects and expands programs including market access.

This is direct member evidence of Flood supporting a House-passed bill with agricultural market-access provisions, a partial step toward expanded trade.

partial same_term A for effort

Congressman Flood Celebrates Farm Bill’s House Passage: 'The Farm Bill Not Only Modernizes Key Ag Programs, it Also Invests in the Future of Our Ag Economy’ | Congressman Mike Flood
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

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House Roll Call 154 recorded passage of H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act, on April 30, 2026; Flood was recorded as voting Yea.

Flood took concrete legislative action for a bill connected to agricultural market access, but House passage alone is not final enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 80%

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Congress.gov text for H.R. 7567 includes agricultural trade provisions such as promotion of agricultural exports to emerging markets.

The bill text ties Flood’s supported Farm Bill action to trade expansion, but it does not itself prove final delivery of a broad free-and-fair-trade promise.

partial same_term A for effort

Text - H.R.7567 - Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%

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Flood’s office summarized his tariff statement after the Supreme Court decision and said Congress must continue progress on trading relationships.

Flood publicly engaged on tariff authority and trade relationships, showing effort, while leaving the promise unresolved pending congressional or executive outcomes.

unresolved same_term A for effort

What Rep. Flood is doing to grow American agriculture and energy
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 70%

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The Supreme Court held that IEEPA did not authorize the President to impose the challenged tariffs.

A major tariff-based trade approach was blocked by the Court, reinforcing that the broader promise remained unsettled and dependent on lawful congressional or executive action.

unresolved same_term

Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, 607 U.S. ___ (2026)
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

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Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

Flood materially supported trade-expansion measures, including voting for a House-passed farm bill with agricultural export and market-access provisions, and he publicly engaged on tariff and trade-relationship issues during the same federal term. But the cited bill had only passed the House, broader free-trade expansion was not enacted, and contemporaneous tariff actions undercut a finding of full delivery. The best judgment is partial credit for concrete same-term advancement, not full fulfillment.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 79%