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Fully KeptTaxes / spending

On Tax Day, pledged to continue standing against 'business as usual' spending in Washington.

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Fully KeptFact-checker reviewConfidence: 72%

The pledge is an ongoing-posture commitment (from Schmitt's April 18, 2023 Tax Day statement, where he vowed to 'continue to stand against business as usual in Washington'). His 2023 record consistently matches: he voted AGAINST the bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act debt-ceiling deal (June 1, 2023), publicly stating the bill 'does neither' rein in spending nor enact structural reform; and he was one of only nine Republican senators who voted AGAINST the 45-day continuing resolution (Sept 30, 2023) that kept FY2023 spending levels. No evidence was found of him supporting a 'business as usual' omnibus in 2023, so the posture was maintained. I REVISE rather than CONFIRM because the prior rating's sourcing was defective: (1) it misattributed the quote 'America can't afford to continue these spending levels for one more day, let alone, 45' to Schmitt, when that statement was actually made by Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) — Washington Examiner and multiple outlets note most of the nine dissenting senators, including Schmitt, offered no statement on the CR vote; and (2) the GovTrack source's quoted sentence about Schmitt urging 'regular order' does not match GovTrack's content (voting statistics, not narrative) and appears fabricated. Both defects are corrected here. The underlying outcome remains FULL because the posture pledge was verifiably and consistently upheld by two documented no-votes on major 2023 spending/debt bills, with confidence trimmed to reflect the inherent vagueness of a posture pledge. Fairness check: a member of either party with this consistent record of voting against major spending packages after such a pledge would warrant the same high positive rating.

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