Fix the broken economy.

Jack Bergman · Michigan · Republican

policy impact 3.00 specificity 3.00 extraction confidence 90%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Occurrences

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.

about
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

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.

about
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): 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'.

partial same_term

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 91%

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unverified · Source version 18435 · locator unknown

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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): 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
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 86%

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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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): 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.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Jack Bergman Recent Votes
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 80%

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unverified · Source version 18436 · locator unknown

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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): 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
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 86%

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unverified · Source version 30942 · locator unknown

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

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This is a concrete June economic-policy vote, but it does not show delivery of the broad promise to fix the economy.

unresolved same_term

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 94%

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unverified · Source version 8346 · locator unknown

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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): 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
campaign · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

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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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): 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
campaign · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 84%

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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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): 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.

partial same_term

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 190
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

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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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): 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
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): CBO's official fiscal analysis undercuts any simple claim that the major economic bill fully fixed the economy or fiscal outlook.

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Congressional Budget Office - Effects on Deficits and the Debt of Enacting H.R. 1
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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unverified · Source version 40202 · locator unknown

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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): 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
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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unverified · Source version 18434 · locator unknown

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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): 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%

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unverified · Source version 30942 · locator unknown

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

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): 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
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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unverified · Source version 55912 · locator unknown

Bergman | Bergman | Republican | MI | Yea

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Bergman voted yea on final House concurrence for H.R. 6500, an economic and appropriations-related measure that passed the House during the lookback window.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

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verified · Source version 55914 · locator 3100

On Wednesday, September 2, 2026, the President signed into law: H.R. 6500

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The White House confirms H.R. 6500 became law shortly after Bergman's yea vote, supporting partial credit for enacted economic/government-funding legislation rather than full delivery of a broad economy-wide promise.

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Congressional Bill H.R. 6500 Signed into Law – The White House
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%

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Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 162,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official labor data show job growth and stable unemployment, but this is mixed outcome evidence and does not establish that the economy was fixed.

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Employment Situation News Release - 2026 M08 Results
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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unverified · Source version 55918 · locator unknown

The federal budget deficit totaled $2.0 trillion in the first 11 months of fiscal year 2026

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): CBO's deficit estimate undercuts a finding that the broad economic promise was fully delivered, despite discrete legislative activity.

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Monthly Budget Review: August 2026
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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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

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Inflation rose during the lookback window, which weighs against treating the broad claim to fix the economy as delivered.

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Consumer Price Index News Release - 2026 M08 Results
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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verified · Source version 55922 · locator 4260

Real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.1 percent from July to August

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Real hourly earnings declined in the latest BLS release, reinforcing that the promise remains only partially supported by policy actions and not fully achieved as an economic outcome.

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Real Earnings Summary - 2026 M08 Results
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): 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%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): 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%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): 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%