Continue championing the People's Border Wall Fund Act to create a Treasury fund for privately donated money used solely to build a wall on the southern border.

Glenn Grothman · Wisconsin · Republican

spending impact 0.82 specificity 0.95 extraction confidence 97%

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That is why I will continue to champion my bill, the People’s Border Wall Fund Act, which will create a special fund within the U.S. Treasury that will be able to accept privately donated funds for the sole purpose of building a wall along our southern border.

Candidate pledges to keep promoting a specific bill that would fund construction of a southern border wall with private donations.

Immigration | U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman
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"That is why I will continue to champion my bill, the People’s Border Wall Fund Act, which will create a special fund within the U.S. Treasury that will be able to accept privately donated funds for the sole purpose of building a wall along our southern border."

Grothman’s official House issue page says he would continue to champion the People’s Border Wall Fund Act, showing explicit advocacy for the proposal.

partial same_term A for effort

Immigration | U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman
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"Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (Introduced 01/04/2019)" and "Latest Action: House - 01/04/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means." The tracker lists the bill status as "Introduced."

The official bill record shows Grothman introduced the People's Border Wall Fund Act, but it only received a committee referral and did not advance further.

never same_term A for effort

H.R.256 - People's Border Wall Fund Act | Congress.gov
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Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (Introduced 01/04/2019). Latest Action: House - 01/04/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. This bill has the status Introduced. The CRS summary says the bill would authorize Treasury to accept gifts of money and establish the Border Wall Fund for a U.S.-Mexico border barrier, with funds appropriated to DHS and barred from other uses.

Grothman did introduce the specific People's Border Wall Fund Act in the 116th Congress, but the official record shows it stopped at committee referral and remained only introduced, so the Treasury fund was not created.

never same_term A for effort

H.R.256 - People's Border Wall Fund Act | Congress.gov
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Grothman's official House immigration page says: "That is why I will continue to champion my bill, the People’s Border Wall Fund Act, which will create a special fund within the U.S. Treasury that will be able to accept privately donated funds for the sole purpose of building a wall along our southern border."

Grothman's own House issue page confirms he continued to publicly advocate the People's Border Wall Fund Act and described the promised Treasury fund, but advocacy alone did not enact the fund.

partial same_term A for effort

Immigration | U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman
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Congress.gov states that enacted bills and joint resolutions appear on the public laws list after NARA assigns public law numbers. The 116th Congress public-law list contains enacted measures with public law numbers, while the People's Border Wall Fund Act/H.R.256 does not appear as an enacted public law.

The official public-law list corroborates that H.R.256 was not enacted during the relevant Congress; no public law created the promised dedicated Treasury fund from this bill.

never same_term A for effort

Public Laws | 116th Congress | Congress.gov
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never same_term A for effort

Grothman publicly championed and sponsored the People's Border Wall Fund Act, including introducing H.R.256 in the 116th Congress to create a Treasury fund for private donations dedicated to a southern border wall. However, the bill was only referred to the House Ways and Means Committee, remained at introduced status, and was not enacted as a public law. Because he made a serious legislative effort but the promised Treasury fund was not created, the promise was not delivered, with effort credit.

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never same_term A for effort

Grothman did continue advocating for the People’s Border Wall Fund Act and introduced H.R.256 in the 116th Congress, which is a serious legislative attempt. However, the bill was only referred to committee on January 4, 2019 and remained introduced, so the promised Treasury fund for private donations to build a southern border wall was not created.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%