Consistently vote against any additional budget funding for ICE.

Peter Welch · Vermont · Democratic

spending impact 3.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 90%

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Occurrences

Welch said the Senate voted to fund government functions "without funding for ICE and parts of Customs and Border Protection" and that "this unanimous vote by the Senate to fund everything but ICE delivers on that promise."

Welch commits to funding government operations while excluding funding for ICE and parts of Customs and Border Protection, saying the Senate vote fulfills that promise.

Welch Statement on Government Funding
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Evidence

Sen. Peter Welch announced he opposes any government funding package that would provide additional funding for ICE and stated he "will not vote to give DHS any more federal funds" until accountability is established.

Official press release (Jan 22, 2026) in which Senator Welch publicly pledged to oppose additional budget funding for ICE and said he would withhold DHS funding until ICE and leadership were held accountable.

partial same_term A for effort

Welch Announces Opposition to Funding ICE in Upcoming Government Appropriations Bill
secondary · model gpt-5-mini · confidence 87%

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After the Senate voted to fund TSA, Coast Guard, CISA, and FEMA "without funding for ICE," Welch released a statement saying the unanimous vote "to fund everything but ICE delivers on that promise" and reiterated opposition to ICE funding.

Official statement (Mar 27, 2026) where Welch celebrated Senate action that funded most DHS components while excluding ICE, and reaffirmed his stance against providing additional ICE budget funding.

partial same_term A for effort

Welch Statement on Government Funding
primary · model gpt-5-mini · confidence 82%

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Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

Public record shows Senator Welch publicly pledged (Jan 22, 2026) to oppose additional ICE funding and celebrated a Senate funding action (Mar 27, 2026) that funded DHS components while excluding ICE. That demonstrates he opposed and acted in at least one major appropriations action consistent with the promise. However, the promise requires consistent votes against any additional ICE funding; available evidence documents only these instances and does not establish a sustained, across-the-board pattern of voting against all ICE funding. Therefore this is partial fulfillment in the same term, with clear active effort.

provider openai · model gpt-5-mini · confidence 84%