I’ve signed the pledge to vote against any government funding bill which doesn’t include the Hyde Amendment.
Vote against any government funding bill that does not include the Hyde Amendment.
Occurrences
Evidence
Kelly’s current pro-life issue page says he has signed the pledge to vote against any government funding bill that does not include the Hyde Amendment.
Kelly said he and House Republicans voted to fund DHS and to end the shutdown, showing continued support for government funding measures in the current Congress.
Kelly's official press release says the House passed a measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security by voice vote and states that he voted to fund DHS.
The enacted text of H.R. 7147 is the Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026, and a text search of the bill finds no Hyde Amendment language.
Assessments
As a sitting U.S. representative, Mike Kelly can be judged directly on his own House voting record. The pledge was to vote against any government funding bill lacking Hyde Amendment language. The strongest evidence here shows he supported the 2026 DHS continuing appropriations measure and that the enacted text of H.R. 7147 did not contain Hyde Amendment language. That is a direct same-term exception to the promise, and the record provided does not show a countervailing fulfilled pattern that would outweigh it. Because he did not merely try and fail but instead backed a non-Hyde funding bill, this is best scored as not delivered rather than failed-after-serious-effort.
The evidence shows Kelly continues to publicly assert the Hyde Amendment pledge, but it does not establish a completed delivery event or a comprehensive voting record showing he voted against every government funding bill lacking Hyde language. The April 2026 DHS funding statement shows support for a funding measure, but the record provided does not show whether that bill lacked Hyde language or conflicted with the pledge. Because the claim is an ongoing voting commitment and the available evidence does not prove either compliance or breach, the outcome remains unresolved.