Will work to stop taxpayer funding for abortion services and focus on life-saving resources for mothers and children.

Tracey Mann · Kansas · Republican

spending impact 0.70 specificity 0.65 extraction confidence 86%

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I believe it is time to stop using taxpayer dollars to fund abortion services and focus on life-saving resources that value the life of both the mother and the child.

Mann says taxpayer dollars should stop funding abortion services and should instead focus on life-saving resources for mothers and children.

Life | Representative Tracey Mann
secondary · other · model gpt-5.5

Evidence

H.R.7 was introduced January 9, 2023, with Rep. Mann listed among the original sponsors/cosponsors. The bill text states: "To prohibit taxpayer funded abortions" and would bar federal funds from being spent for abortion or health benefits coverage that includes abortion, with exceptions for rape, incest, or life of the mother.

Mann took concrete legislative action by joining H.R.7, a broad bill to prohibit taxpayer-funded abortions, but the bill did not become law in the 118th Congress.

partial later_term A for effort

Text - H.R.7 - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2023
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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Congress.gov lists Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1] as an original cosponsor of H.R.7 on 01/09/2023. The bill status shown is Introduced, with latest action on 12/17/2024 referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

This confirms Mann supported the broad taxpayer-funded-abortion ban, but it stalled at introduction/referral status and therefore did not fully deliver the promised policy.

partial later_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.7 - 118th Congress: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2023
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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Congress.gov lists Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1] as an original cosponsor of H.R.7 on 01/22/2025. The bill status shown is Introduced, with latest action referral to House committees on 01/22/2025.

Mann continued advancing the same broad anti-taxpayer-funding abortion bill in a later Congress, but as of the evidence reviewed it remained introduced, not enacted.

partial later_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.7 - 119th Congress: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

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Congress.gov says H.R.6918 passed the House on January 18, 2024 by 214-208. The CRS summary says the bill would protect certain pregnancy-center expenditures for centers that support protecting the life of the mother and unborn child and offer resources such as prenatal and pregnancy education, pregnancy testing, diapers, baby clothes, or material supports.

This directly addresses the promise's second part about life-saving resources for mothers and children. It passed the House but did not become law.

partial later_term A for effort

H.R.6918 - Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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The House Clerk records Roll Call 17 on H.R.6918, Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act, as On Passage, Status: Passed, 214 yea to 208 nay. The all-votes table records Mann, Republican, Kansas, voting Yea.

Mann voted for House passage of a bill supporting pregnancy centers and material resources for mothers and families, satisfying an effort component but not final enactment.

partial later_term A for effort

Roll Call 17 | Bill Number: H.R.6918
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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Congress.gov shows H.R.1 became Public Law No. 119-21 on 07/04/2025. It passed the House on 05/22/2025, passed the Senate on 07/01/2025, and the House agreed to the Senate amendment on 07/03/2025.

A later-term law was enacted containing a targeted, one-year restriction on federal Medicaid payments to certain abortion-providing entities. This is partial delivery, not a universal stop to taxpayer funding for abortion services.

partial later_term A for effort

H.R.1 - 119th Congress: An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

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Section 71113, Federal Payments to Prohibited Entities, states that no federal direct-spending Medicaid funds shall be used to make payments to a prohibited entity for items and services during the one-year period beginning on enactment. A prohibited entity includes certain nonprofit essential community providers primarily engaged in family planning, reproductive health, and related care that provide abortions outside rape, incest, or life-endangerment exceptions and exceeded $800,000 in Medicaid expenditures in FY2023.

The enacted law temporarily blocks federal Medicaid direct spending to a category of abortion-providing entities, showing partial fulfillment of the funding promise but not a comprehensive or permanent ban.

partial later_term A for effort

Text - H.R.1 - Public Law No. 119-21
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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The House Clerk records Roll Call 145 on H.R.1, Vote Question: On Passage, Status: Passed, 215 yea, 214 nay, 1 present. The all-votes table records Mann, Republican, Kansas, voting Yea.

Mann voted for the initial House-passed reconciliation bill that later became the vehicle for Public Law 119-21, which included the one-year prohibited-entity Medicaid funding restriction.

partial later_term A for effort

Roll Call 145 | Bill Number: H.R.1
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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The House Clerk records Roll Call 190 on H.R.1, Vote Question: On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment, Status: Passed, 218 Aye to 214 No. The all-votes table records Mann, Republican, Kansas, voting Aye.

Mann voted for final House agreement to the Senate amendment before enactment of Public Law 119-21, supporting the partial federal-funding restriction that became law.

partial later_term A for effort

Roll Call 190 | Bill Number: H.R.1
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

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Assessments

partial later_term A for effort

Mann materially supported the promised policy direction by cosponsoring broad No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion legislation in the 118th and 119th Congresses, voting for H.R.6918 to support pregnancy-center resources for mothers and children, and voting for H.R.1, which became Public Law 119-21 in 2025. That enacted law included a targeted one-year Medicaid direct-spending restriction for certain abortion-providing entities, so there was a real later-term policy result tied to his vote. However, it was temporary and limited, while the broader permanent ban on taxpayer funding for abortion and the mothers-and-children resource bill did not become law. This supports partial fulfillment rather than full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%