Heritage Action for America: SCOTUS Earthquake/ Reconciliation/Farm Bill
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 The Supreme Court dropped the long-awaited decision in Louisiana v. Callais, and we’re already seeing its impact. |
SCOTUS Earthquake This week, the Supreme Court delivered an important decision in Louisiana v. Callais, ruling that Louisiana’s congressional map unlawfully relied on race when drawing district lines. For years, the Left has used the Voting Rights Act as a weapon to pressure states into race-based redistricting schemes, even when doing so conflicts with the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. This only serves to distort representation and further divide the country. The Court rejected that approach and clarified that race cannot be the primary factor in drawing congressional districts absent evidence of intentional, current discrimination. |
The decision is a major reminder that election maps should be drawn around communities, geography, and legitimate state interests—not racial quotas or partisan demands disguised as civil rights enforcement. Heritage Action supports efforts to protect election integrity, restore constitutional limits, and ensure that voters are represented as citizens—not sorted into districts based on race. We are glad to see that states are already taking action to use this ruling to redraw maps to better represent their citizens. Read our official statement: |
Reconciliation Update Both the House and Senate have adopted a budget resolution, which unlocks the budget reconciliation process to end the Democrats' shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. But there’s a catch. The current plan would finally end the blockade on ICE and CBP funding; however, it would also show Democrats that their obstructionist tactics can be successful. That only serves to encourage Chuck Schumer and his radical left base to continue their shenanigans. That’s why Congress should also move a more comprehensive reconciliation package that aggressively reduces federal deficits and scores key wins on a whole host of conservative priorities. The reconciliation process is inherently complex and difficult to execute. That’s why after funding ICE and CBP, Republicans must immediately prepare reconciliation 3.0 before the 4th of July. Reconciliation should be leveraged to meaningfully advance conservative priorities like eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse from government programs. Greater fiscal discipline must remain a central objective of any reconciliation proposal. |
KEY VOTE: Farm Bill Edition This week Heritage Action issued a Key Vote in support of an amendment that prevents SNAP recipients from purchasing soda with your tax dollars. |
More than 11% of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, aka food stamps) goes toward unhealthy food and sugary drinks. If that’s what “nutrition assistance” means, we might as well set up the Administration for Roast Beef and Yellow-cake-uranium Sandwiches (ARBY’S). We could even bring back Richard “Rachel” Levine to be the agency head! All joking aside, soft drinks alone were purchased to the tune of $8.9 billion with SNAP funds in 2025. That is the largest category purchased on SNAP behind the meat, poultry, and seafood category—the centerpiece of a traditional meal. Wild stuff. The American taxpayer is funding America’s sugar addiction, putting Americans at an increased risk of health problems. It is already bad enough that our tax dollars created the problem, but our taxes also pay for the “solution.” Most SNAP recipients are also on Medicaid or another government healthcare program. Since sugary food and drinks like soda lead to adverse health effects such as obesity, diabetes, and heart problems, we are essentially paying for SNAP users to drink their soda and develop diabetes too. To us, that is not stewarding taxpayer dollars well. Heritage Action Key Voted Representative Keith Self’s (R-TX) Farm Bill amendment to add soda to the list of ineligible products for purchase with SNAP funds; however, it failed to pass. View our scorecard to see how your representative voted and hold them accountable for their actions. |
Thank you, Karen! |
After 13 incredible years with Heritage Action, our beloved State Director based in Florida, Karen Jaroch, is retiring! Karen has embodied the joyful warrior spirit in her work alongside Sentinels and advocating in state legislatures in the Gulf of America states. Karen is looking forward to spending time with her grandchildren and influencing the next generation. She will also continue her activism with Heritage Action as a Sentinel. Thank you for all your contributions to the Republic, Karen! - The Heritage Action Team |
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