Find solutions to fix our broken economy.
Fix the broken economy.
Occurrences
From day one, I've been fighting for accountability, lower taxes, regulatory reform, and a renewed focus on the American worker.
I'm committed to continuing the fight to stand for our freedom, our families, and our way of life.
Evidence
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Roll Call 216 records Bergman voting Nay on H.R. 5408, the Faster Labor Contracts Act; the House passed the bill 230-193.
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On Wednesday, September 2, 2026, the President signed into law: H.R. 6500
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Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 162,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent
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The federal budget deficit totaled $2.0 trillion in the first 11 months of fiscal year 2026
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The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.4 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in August
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Real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.1 percent from July to August
Assessments
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.
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.
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.