Cut government spending and red tape to reduce inflation and lower gas, grocery, and housing costs.

Ryan Zinke on the other hand has a proven track record of supporting legislation to cut spending and red tape, which will get inflation down and lower costs at the pump, at checkout, and for housing.

Zinke's campaign site presents his support for legislation cutting spending and red tape as the approach that will reduce inflation and lower household costs.

Issues Archive – Ryan Zinke for U.S. Congress | RyanZinke.com
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Latest Action: 07/04/2025 Became Public Law No: 119-21. CRS summary: This act reduces taxes, reduces or increases spending for various federal programs, increases the statutory debt limit, and otherwise addresses agencies and programs throughout the federal government.

A major 2025 reconciliation law was enacted during Zinke's relevant House term. It included spending cuts in some programs but also spending increases, tax cuts, and a debt-limit increase, so it only partially matches the promise to cut spending.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.1 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): One Big Beautiful Bill Act
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Vote Question: On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment. One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Status: Passed. Aye: 218; No: 214. Zinke Republican Montana MT Aye.

Zinke voted aye on final House concurrence for H.R. 1, the reconciliation law containing spending and tax provisions. This is concrete legislative effort toward the spending portion of the promise.

partial same_term A for effort

Roll Call 190 | Bill Number: H. R. 1
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CBO estimates that Public Law 119-21 will result in a net increase in the unified budget deficit totaling $3.4 trillion over the 2025-2034 period... That increase in the deficit is estimated to result from a decrease in direct spending of $1.1 trillion and a decrease in revenues of $4.5 trillion.

CBO found enacted law cut direct spending by $1.1 trillion, but more than offset that with revenue losses, increasing deficits by $3.4 trillion. That undercuts full fulfillment of a promise framed around cutting government spending to reduce inflation.

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Estimated Budgetary Effects of Public Law 119-21, to Provide for Reconciliation Pursuant to Title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Relative to CBO's January 2025 Baseline
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Latest Action: 05/09/2025 Became Public Law No: 119-6. This act nullifies the rule titled Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters and submitted by the Department of Energy.

Congress enacted a deregulatory Congressional Review Act resolution nullifying a DOE appliance-efficiency rule. This delivers a discrete red-tape reduction, but it is narrow and does not by itself prove broad reductions in gas, grocery, or housing costs.

partial same_term A for effort

H.J.Res.20 - Providing for congressional disapproval... Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters
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Vote Question: On Passage. Providing for congressional disapproval... Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters. Status: Passed. yea: 221; nay: 198. Zinke Republican Montana MT Yea.

Zinke voted yea on a House-passed deregulatory measure that later became law, showing concrete action on the red-tape component of the promise.

partial same_term A for effort

Roll Call 53 | Bill Number: H. J. Res. 20
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The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 0.5 percent in May... Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 4.2 percent. The energy index increased 23.5 percent... gasoline rose 40.5 percent... food index increased 3.1 percent... shelter index increased 3.4 percent over the last year.

As of the latest CPI release before 2026-07-03, overall inflation and key household cost categories were still rising, with gasoline sharply higher. This is evidence against the promise being fully fulfilled by lowering gas, grocery, and housing costs.

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Consumer Price Index Summary - May 2026
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BEA reported that the May 2026 PCE price index increased 0.4 percent from the prior month and 4.1 percent from a year earlier; core PCE increased 3.4 percent year over year.

A second official inflation measure released within the lookback window shows consumer prices still rising as of May 2026, undermining full delivery of the promise to reduce inflation and lower household costs.

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Personal Income and Outlays, May 2026
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EIA's June 30, 2026 update listed U.S. regular gasoline at $3.831 per gallon for 06/29/26, down $0.083 from the prior week but up $0.667 from a year earlier.

Official EIA data in the lookback window show gasoline prices had eased week over week but remained materially above the prior-year level, so the gas-cost part of the promise was not fully delivered.

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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update
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Congress.gov's 119th Congress public-laws list showed enacted bills and joint resolutions, with the top listed law PL 119-79 dated 02/18/2026 and no law in the last 30-day lookback window.

The official public-laws list did not show a new enacted spending-cut or deregulatory law during the June 7-July 6, 2026 lookback window, leaving the broader commitment unresolved in the refresh period.

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Public Laws | 119th Congress
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Congress.gov lists H.R. 4 as becoming Public Law No. 119-28 on July 24, 2025. CRS summarized the bill as rescinding $9.4 billion in unobligated funds.

The enacted Rescissions Act is a concrete spending-cut measure in Zinke's same House term, but its scale and subject matter are narrow relative to the broader promise to reduce inflation and lower gas, grocery, and housing costs.

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H.R.4 - Rescissions Act of 2025
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The House Clerk recorded Roll Call 168 on H.R. 4, Rescissions Act, as passed 214-212; Zinke, Republican of Montana, voted Yea.

Zinke personally voted for the Rescissions Act, showing concrete legislative effort toward cutting federal spending, though it only partially addresses the broader cost-of-living promise.

partial same_term A for effort

Roll Call 168 | Bill Number: H. R. 4
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