Fix the broken economy.

Jack Bergman · Michigan · Republican

policy impact 3.00 specificity 3.00 extraction confidence 90%

Occurrences

Find solutions to fix our broken economy.

Bergman promises to find solutions to fix the economy.

New TV ad highlighting Jack Bergman's plan to make America better and stronger - NRCC
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From day one, I've been fighting for accountability, lower taxes, regulatory reform, and a renewed focus on the American worker.

Committed to continue advocating lower taxes, regulatory reform, and support for American workers.

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I'm committed to continuing the fight to stand for our freedom, our families, and our way of life.

Generic commitment to keep fighting for broadly defined priorities; treated as rhetoric rather than a concrete promise.

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Evidence

Roll Call 164 on May 13, 2026 records Jack Bergman voting Yea on H.R. 1346, the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act, which the House passed 218-203.

Recent pro-market, consumer-choice vote tied to fuel retail regulation, but it is only one step and does not demonstrate that the broader economy was 'fixed'.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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Bergman announced the PLOW Storms Act to address diesel emissions systems that can sideline snowplows, saying the bill restores flexibility and reliability for road commissions during severe winter weather.

Concrete legislative effort to reduce a regulatory burden affecting local public works and transportation operations, but it is still an introduction, not enacted economic reform.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Bergman's PLOW Storms Act Prioritizes Public Safety Over Burdensome Federal Regulations | U.S. Representative Jack Bergman
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The Clerk's recent-votes page shows Bergman voting Yea on H.R. 8469 on May 15, 2026, which passed the House, and lists additional May votes including H.R. 1346 and H.R. 6260.

Confirms Bergman has been actively participating in recent House votes, including measures with regulatory and spending implications, but the record does not show comprehensive economic delivery.

unresolved same_term

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Jack Bergman Recent Votes
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The Clerk's recent-votes page for Jack Bergman now lists June 9, 2026 votes, including H.R. 5408 (Faster Labor Contracts Act), H.Res. 1140, S. 2, and H.Res. 1345, plus June 8 votes on H.R. 8428 and H.R. 8466.

Bergman was active in June House voting, but the record shows only discrete legislative actions and no evidence that the broader economy was fixed.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Jack Bergman Recent Votes
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Roll Call 216 records Bergman voting Nay on H.R. 5408, the Faster Labor Contracts Act, while the House passed the bill 230-193.

This is a concrete June economic-policy vote, but it does not show delivery of the broad promise to fix the economy.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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Bergman's campaign site presents an economic-adjacent message, including a video titled "KEEP THE ECONOMY GOING" and says he has fought for reining in wasteful Washington spending.

The official campaign material shows a broad economic promise/theme, but it does not define a measurable endpoint for having fixed the economy.

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Home
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The campaign issues page says Bergman supports pro-growth agriculture policy, opposes burdensome anti-growth regulations, cites USMCA, Ocean Shipping Reform Act work, and support for legislation addressing H-2A wage rates.

The campaign platform ties Bergman's economic approach to trade, regulation, agriculture, and labor costs, but remains a set of discrete policy positions rather than proof that the economy was fixed.

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Issues
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Roll Call 190 records the House passing the motion to concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, 218-214; Bergman voted Aye.

Bergman supported final House passage of a major tax-and-spending bill in the same congressional term, a concrete economic-policy action but not proof of the broad outcome.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 190
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GovInfo records Public Law 119-21, enacted July 4, 2025, as H.R. 1 and lists provisions including tax relief, no tax on tips and overtime, business expensing, domestic research expensing, energy provisions, SNAP changes, and other budget measures.

The major economic legislation Bergman voted for became law, supporting partial action on taxes and spending but not establishing that the economy was fixed.

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Public Law 119-21, 119th Congress
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CBO estimated that H.R. 1 as passed by the House would increase deficits over 2025-2034 by $2.4 trillion excluding macroeconomic or debt-service effects; making specified tax provisions permanent would raise the cumulative deficit effect to $4.5 trillion.

CBO's official fiscal analysis undercuts any simple claim that the major economic bill fully fixed the economy or fiscal outlook.

unresolved same_term

Congressional Budget Office - Effects on Deficits and the Debt of Enacting H.R. 1
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BLS reported June 2026 nonfarm payroll employment up 57,000 and unemployment at 4.2 percent; labor force participation fell to 61.5 percent, long-term unemployment was 1.9 million, and April-May payroll gains were revised down by 74,000.

Current official labor data show mixed economic conditions, not a clear fulfilled outcome for a broad promise to fix the economy.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Employment Situation Summary, June 2026
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Roll Call 164 records Bergman voting Yea on H.R. 1346, the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act; the House passed it 218-203.

This is a concrete vote on fuel-market regulation, relevant to economic policy, but it is only one House-passed measure and does not deliver the broad promise.

partial same_term

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

Roll Call 216 records Bergman voting Nay on H.R. 5408, the Faster Labor Contracts Act; the House passed the bill 230-193.

This recent economic and labor-policy vote shows continued activity in Congress, but it does not show the promised economy-wide result was achieved.

unresolved same_term

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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Assessments

partial same_term

The promise to "fix the broken economy" is broad and not tied to a measurable endpoint, so the available record does not support full delivery. Bergman did take and support concrete federal economic-policy actions in the same term, including voting for H.R. 1, which became Public Law 119-21, and supporting other tax, spending, regulation, trade, agriculture, and fuel-market measures. However, mixed labor data and CBO deficit concerns undercut a finding that the economy was actually fixed. This merits partial credit for materially supporting enacted economic legislation, not full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

unresolved unknown

The evidence shows Bergman taking discrete economic and regulatory actions in office, including votes on House bills and introducing the narrow PLOW Storms Act, but it does not show that the broad promised outcome of 'fix[ing] the broken economy' was achieved. Because he is still serving and the record provided reflects limited, piecemeal actions rather than a clear completed outcome or a definitive failed end state, the promise is best scored as unresolved rather than delivered or never.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 84%

partial same_term

The promise to "fix the broken economy" is broad and outcome-focused. The evidence shows Bergman taking same-term economic or regulatory actions, including voting for H.R. 1346 and introducing the PLOW Storms Act, but these are limited policy efforts and do not establish that the overall economy was fixed or that a comprehensive economic repair was delivered. Because there is some candidate action tied to economic policy, partial credit is more appropriate than never, but the promised outcome was not fully delivered.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%