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Fully KeptImmigration / government funding

Pledged not to vote to fund the federal government until the southern border is secured, and urged other members of Congress to make the same commitment.

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Fully KeptFact-checker reviewConfidence: 82%

All three cited sources were reachable via WebFetch and each supports the outcome for this promise. (1) Senate Vote #84 confirms H.R. 4366 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024) passed 75-22 on March 8, 2024, with Lee (R-UT) voting Nay — quote verified. (2) Senate Vote #114 confirms the H.R. 2882 vehicle (Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024) passed 74-24 on March 23, 2024, with Lee voting Nay — tally and Lee's Nay verified. (3) Deseret News confirms Lee voted against the stopgap CR, which passed 77-13 with Lee among the 13 dissenters — quote verified. After pledging (~Jan 2024) not to vote to fund the government until the southern border is secured, Lee voted Nay on every FY2024 funding measure, fulfilling the substantive commitment; the border was never certified secured, so the condition that would test a reversal never arose. FULL (not CHAMPIONED) is correct — the pledge campaign was authored by an outside group (Immigration Accountability Project), not Lee, so no leadership prong applies. Slightly reduced confidence because the 'urged other members' prong is asserted via a Jan 2024 press conference but not directly documented in the cited sources; however that prong is part of the promise's own recorded text and the load-bearing, verifiable behavior (refusing to vote for funding) is fully corroborated by primary Senate records. The rating does not overstate the evidence.

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