Marie Gluesenkamp Perez ran as a moderate Democrat, but her voting record demonstrates how out of step she is with the conservatives of Washington’s Third District. She votes in line with the Biden Administration’s radical agenda to increase inflation, weaken our national defense, and open our borders.
U.S. BORDER AND IMMIGRATION
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Cosponsored a Bill to Protect Other Country’s Borders and Not Our Own.
Marie cosponsored a fake “border security bill” that gives $66 billion to foreign countries and does nothing to stop illegal immigration or secure our border (118th Congress, H.R. 7372).
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Voted Against Securing Our Southern Border.
While our southern border is wide open to fentanyl, crime, and the cartels, Marie voted against the “Secure the Border Act” which would have enforced immigration laws, mandated completion of the border wall, and provided resources to Border Patrol agents (118th Congress, H.R. 2).
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Voted for More Wasteful Spending and to Subsidize Illegal Aliens.
Marie voted for a bill that expands welfare, including for illegal aliens, while inflation is at an all-time high (118th Congress, H.R. 7024).
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Voted Against Impeaching Mayorkas for the Border Crisis.
Marie voted against impeaching the DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his role in worsening the border crisis (118th Congress, H. Res. 863). Mayorkas violated U.S. law and opened our border, enabling the cartels to traffic lethal drugs like fentanyl into the U.S. interior.
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Votes to Give Illegal Immigrants Representation in D.C.
Marie voted against the Republican Bill which mandated that only U.S. citizens are counted in the census which directly impacts the allocation of U.S. house seats and electoral votes.
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Votes in support of using U.S. Taxpayer dollars to bring unvetted Palestinian refugees to Washington State.
Marie voted against Part B Amendment No. 8 in the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8070) to prohibit Department of Defense funds from being used for the operation of aircraft to transport Palestinian refugees to the United States.
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Voted in support of sending more money to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, one of the UN agencies responsible for helping fund the migrant movement to the US.
Marie voted against amendment No 35 in part B of The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8771) to prohibit funds made available by this Act from being obligated, expended, or otherwise made available to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
ECONOMY
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Voted Against American Energy, Farmers, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Marie has consistently sided with Biden’s climate agenda at the expense of her constituents. She voted against the “2024 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill” that rolled back Biden’s red tape, cut billions in Green New Deal Spending, and included funding for district projects (118th Congress, H.R. 4394). This bill repealed Biden’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) regulations, which gave control of our waterways to bureaucrats and burdens ranchers, landowners, and farmers. This bill also provides funding for the Corp of Engineers, a group that is critical in mitigating flooding in the Third District.
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Voted to Give More Power to Unelected Bureaucrats.
Marie voted against the REINS Act, which would have returned power to the people by establishing a congressional approval process for a major rule imposed by federal agencies (118th Congress, H.R. 277). Instead of voting to repeal red tape that hurts local industries, Marie voted to give more power to federal agencies and the executive branch.
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Voted Against American Manufacturing.
Marie voted in support of Biden’s waiver of “Buy America” requirements for electric vehicle chargers (118th Congress, S. J. Res. 38). Marie voted to support China instead of American manufacturing.
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Voted Against Spending Reforms, Saving Taxpayer Dollars, and Repealing Red Tape.
Marie voted against the “Limit, Save, Grow Act,” which saves $4.5 trillion and creates economic growth by prioritizing fiscal responsibility (118th Congress, H.R. 2811). Marie voted for H.R. 1 “Lower Energy Costs Act,” but that vote is meaningless because the Limit, Save, Grow Act would have put H.R. 1 into effect.
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Voted for $4 Trillion in New Spending.
Marie voted to suspend the debt ceiling and authorize spending that is contributing to the record inflation stealing Americans’ wages.
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Voted For Far-Left ESG Regulations on Retirement Accounts.
The Biden Administration is pushing Environmental, Social, and Governance regulations on American retirement accounts, and Marie voted against blocking this rule (118th Congress, H.J. Res. 30).
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Voted Against Washington Farmers and American Families.
Marie voted against a Farm Bill in the House Agricultural Committee that would prevent the CCP from buying farmland, ensure SNAP funding went toward nutritional food, and support bipartisan conservation programs, among other provisions (118th Congress, H.R. 8467). Four House Democrats voted with Republicans to help American farmers and families, but Marie was not one of them.
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Co-sponsored legislation that supports VP Kamala Harris' government-mandated price controls.
Marie sided yet again with Biden economic policies. Marie wants to impose government-mandated price controls which have historically caused: costly shortages, low quality goods, inefficiently allocated goods & services, misallocated resources, and wasted products & goods.
PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN
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Voted Against Protecting Women’s and Girl’s Sports.
Marie voted to allow biological males to participate in female sports and access women’s and girls’ locker rooms and bathrooms (118th Congress, H.R. 734). Marie voted against protecting women and girls from biological males.
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Voted to Support the Invasion of Women's Spaces by Biological Males.
Marie voted against a bill that would preserve the original intent of the landmark civil rights law, Title IX: protecting biological girls and women on the basis of biological sex and not gender identity.
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Voted Against Parent’s Rights in Education.
“The Parent’s Bill of Rights” would have required schools to publish their curriculum, mandate that parents be able to meet their child’s teacher, and require parents to have input into school policies (118th Congress, H.R. 5).
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Votes to allow pornographic material in schools.
Marie voted against Part B Amendment No. 46 in the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8070) to prohibit the Department of Defense Education Activity from purchasing, displaying, or maintaining material that promotes gender ideology or pornographic content.
WOKE & WEAPONIZED GOVERNMENT
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Voted for 87k Armed IRS Agents.
The “Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act” repeals funding for 87,000 new armed IRS agents that would go after hard working Americans, and Marie voted against rescinding this funding (118th Congress, H.R. 23).
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Votes in support of using U.S. Taxpayer dollars to fund gender reassignment surgeries and hormone therapy.
Marie voted against Part B Amendment No. 52 in the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8070) to prohibit TRICARE and the Department of Defense from furnishing gender transition surgeries and gender hormone treatments for individuals who identify as transgender.
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Votes in support of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) hiring in the Department of Defense.
Marie voted against Part B Amendment No. 41 in the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8070) to establish a permanent hiring freeze for diversity, equity, and inclusion jobs in the Department of Defense.
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Votes in support of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the military.
Marie voted against Part B Amendment No. 42 in the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8070) to eliminate any offices of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within the Armed Forces and Department.
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Voted to allow taxpayer-funded gender transition procedures for military family members, including irreversible surgeries on children.
Marie voted against Part B Amendment No. 53 in the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8070) to prohibit the provision of gender transition procedures, including surgery or medication, through the Exceptional Family Medical Program.
ABORTION
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Voted Against Medical Care for Abortion Survivors.
Marie voted against the “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act,” which mandates that doctors provide care for survivors of abortion and protect babies born alive (118th Congress, H.R. 26).
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Voted to Fund Abortions in the Military.
Marie voted against the Jackson/Roy Amendment to the NDAA, which would have prohibited taxpayer funds from paying for abortion-related expenses in the military (118th Congress, H.R. 2670).
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Voted Against Supporting Pregnant Women.
Marie voted against the “Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act,” which ensures crisis pregnancy centers receive essential funding to deliver medical care and support to pregnant women (118th Congress, H.R. 6918).
VIOLATION OF CIVIL LIBERTIES
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Voted For Woke Policies in the Military and Warrantless Surveillance.
Marie voted for the Fiscal Year 2024 NDAA, which does not sufficiently protect our national security but instead funds a Pentagon that promotes woke racial policies and sex reassignment surgeries (118th Congress, H.R. 2670). It also includes a provision to expand the warrantless FISA surveillance of Americans.
FOREIGN POLICY
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Votes to sell more weapons to Ukraine.
Marie voted against Amendment No. 14 in part B of The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8771) to prohibit funds to approve of Foreign Military Sales to Ukraine.
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Votes to send more money to Ukraine twice.
Marie voted against Amendments No. 15 and 19 in part B of The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8771). Marie voted against Amendment 15 to prohibit funds for the Bilateral Security Agreement Between the United States of America and Ukraine. Marie also voted against Amendment No. 19 to prohibit funding for Ukraine.
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Votes to spend money on Ukraine Economic Recovery.
Marie voted against Amendment No. 16 in part B of The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8771) to prohibit funds for the Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery.
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Voted to fund the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which is responsible for wasting billions of taxpayer dollars.
Marie voted against Amendment No. 20 in part B of The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8771) to prohibit funding for USAID.
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Voted in support of funding the CCP-led United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Marie voted against Amendment No. 21 in part B of The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8771) to prohibit funds for the Food and Agriculture Organization.
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Voted in support of prioritizing International Disaster assistance funding over US citizens.
Marie voted against amendment No. 54 in part B of The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8771) to strike International Disaster Assistance funding.
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Voted to prioritize the United Nations over the United States.
Marie voted against amendment No. 59 in part B of The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8771) to prohibit funding for the United Nations unless specifically authorized by Congress.
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Voted in support of US contributions to the United Nations and their affiliated agencies.
Marie voted against amendment No. 68 in part B of The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8771) to prohibit funds from being used to pay any United States contribution to the United Nations or any affiliated agency of the United Nations.
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Voted in support of wasting more US taxpayer dollars on the dangerous and failed Gaza pier.
Marie voted against amendment No. 72 in part B of The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8771) to prohibit funds from this Act from being used to support the Gaza pier.
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Votes in support of sending U.S. Taxpayer dollars to fund foreign wars.
Marie voted against Part B Amendment No. 37 in the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8070) to provide that none of the funds made available by this Act may be used for assistance to Ukraine.
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Votes in support of her Military Industrial Complex donors, supporting cluster munitions.
Marie voted against Part B Amendment No. 40 in the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8070) to prohibit the transfer of cluster munitions.
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Votes in support of the U.S. maintaining the lopsided funding of NATO.
Marie voted against Part B Amendment No. 36 in the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8070) to prohibit the use of funds for any project or activity related to NATO until the SECDEF certifies to the congressional defense committees that each member country of NATO has spent 2 percent of the respective GDP on defense expenditures.
VETERANS
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Voted to Make Millions of Americans Felons for Owning a Pistol Brace.
Marie voted against repealing the ATF’s unconstitutional pistol brace ban (118th Congress, H.J. Res. 44). Injured veterans rely on stabilizing pistol braces to exercise their Second Amendment rights.
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Voted to Defund the V.A.
In July, Marie voted against fully funding the Department of Veterans Affairs (V.A.) along with every other House Democrat (118th Congress, H.R. 4366). She previously claimed that we needed a “fully funded V.A. dedicated to serving veterans first,” but this proved to be a lie. Marie would not cross party lines to ensure our nation’s veterans receive the healthcare they deserve.
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Voted in support of partisan Democrat federal election overreach.
Marie voted against amendment No. 63 in part B of The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8771) to prohibit funding for Executive Order 14019, relating to Promoting Access to Voting.
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Openly Supports Tolls and Light Rail on the I-5 Bridge.
Clark County voted down light rail three different times. Marie supports light rail and tolling on the I-5 Bridge. She stated of light rail: “Addressing congestion and increasing transportation choices is not just a transportation issue, it’s part of improving our carbon footprint and reducing our emissions” (The Columbian, 2022).
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Lied About Taking Corporate PAC Money.
Marie campaigned on being a working-class Democrat who refuses corporate PAC donations – but that was a lie. She receives corporate PAC money routed through other PACs. This includes the Blue Dog PAC, which accepts donations from pharmaceutical companies and defense contractors.
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