How Kansas & Missouri reps voted on Trump’s spending bill as it passes US House
Kansas and Missouri lawmakers voted along party lines as the U.S. House on Thursday passed President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending bill that would slash taxes and severely cut social safety net programs.
All nine Republican House lawmakers from both states supported the bill, which the Republican president has called his “big, beautiful bill.” The three Democrats from Kansas and Missouri voted against the legislation, which passed the House on a vote on 218 to 214.
The legislation, a key policy initiative for Trump, now heads to the president’s desk for his nearly certain signature.
The spending bill has faced sharp criticism — even among some Republicans — for its expected impact on the federal debt. The legislation is also poised to slash social safety net programs, such as Medicaid, which could lead to thousands of Americans losing health insurance.
Under the bill, Missouri could lose roughly 14% — or $17 billion — of its federal Medicaid funding in the next decade, according to KFF, a nonprofit that researches health policy. Kansas could lose approximately 11% or $4 billion, according to the organization.
In an effort to delay Thursday’s vote, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat, spoke against the legislation for nearly nine hours, breaking a record for the longest House floor speech.
The House vote came after the bill narrowly passed through the Senate on Tuesday on a vote of 51 to 50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tiebreaking vote. Every senator from both states supported the bill and helped move it across the finish line.
House lawmakers from both states and parties immediately weighed in after the final vote on Thursday.
On the Missouri side, for example, Republican Rep. Mark Alford issued a statement calling the vote “a watershed moment for the American people.” Alford touted the bill’s tax cuts, among other issues, saying he was proud to support it.
Meanwhile, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a Missouri Democrat, referred to the legislation as “Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill.” Cleaver, a United Methodist pastor, said it was “morally reprehensible and supremely sinful to take from the poor to give more handouts to the richest among us.”
In Kansas, Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids criticized the bill on social media, saying “Trump’s budget hurts everyone who isn’t already a billionaire.”
On the other side of the aisle, Rep. Derek Schmidt, a Kansas Republican, celebrated the bill’s passage while adding that it contained “some provisions I don’t support and omits others I favor, but its benefits to the Kansans I represent easily exceed its shortcomings.”
How They Voted:
A yes vote means the lawmakers voted to pass Trump’s spending bill.
Kansas
Rep. Sharice Davids (D) —No
Rep. Ron Estes (R) — Yes
Rep. Tracey Mann (R) — Yes
Rep. Derek Schmidt (R) — Yes
Missouri
Rep. Mark Alford (R) — Yes
Rep. Wesley Bell (D) — No
Rep. Eric Burlison (R) — Yes
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) — No
Rep. Sam Graves (R) — Yes
Rep. Bob Onder (R) — Yes
Rep. Jason Smith (R) — Yes
Rep. Ann Wagner (R) — Yes
