Josh Hawley said he wouldn’t vote for Medicaid cuts. Then he voted for the bill.
- 26 FEB 2025SAID
- 1 JUL 2025≠ VOTED
- JUL 2025EXPLAINED
≠ What he said and how he voted don’t match
1 · SAID · 26 FEB 2025
“I’m not gonna vote for Medicaid cuts, benefit cuts. Work requirements, fine. But 21% of the residents of my state receive Medicaid or CHIP. That’s a lot of people.”
To reporters in the Capitol. Same answer, moments later: “anything that slashes into benefits for people who are working, I’m not gonna be for.”
2 · ≠ VOTED · 1 JUL 2025
| Measure | H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act |
|---|---|
| Question | On passage of the bill, as amended |
| Result | Passed 50–50, Vice President Vance voting yea |
| Hawley | YEA |
| Medicaid impact | CBO: $911 billion less federal Medicaid spending over 2025–2034 |
3 · EXPLAINED · JUL 2025
“The provider cuts that are now not going to affect Missouri until the 2030s, my goal is to make sure those never take effect.” … “Got to take the wins that you can.”
HOW WE CHECKED THIS
Quotes were transcribed from the original video and cut at sentence boundaries. The vote was read on senate.gov on 21 Oct 2026. Nothing here says why he voted the way he did; the timeline shows what happened, in order. Spot an error? Tell us, and we’ll correct it in public.