Opportunity Wisconsin releases district-by-district analysis of the real-world impact of Trump administration policies that have been rubber-stamped by Congressmen Steil and Van Orden
MADISON, Wis. — As President Trump prepares to deliver the State of the Union Address to Congress, Opportunity Wisconsin today released new reports documenting how Reps. Bryan Steil and Derrick Van Orden’s support for Trump administration policies is driving up costs for families, seniors, veterans, and small businesses across Wisconsin’s 1st and 3rd Congressional Districts.
The reports, Paying the Price, finds that since the last State of the Union Address, both congressmen voted for the Republican Tax Law — which made the largest cuts to Medicaid and SNAP in history — and have backed sweeping tariffs that independent economists say are raising costs for Wisconsin households and businesses. Together, these policies are squeezing district families from both sides: cuts to the programs they depend on, and higher prices on the goods they buy every day.
Read Opportunity Wisconsin’s Report on the 1st Congressional District
Read Opportunity Wisconsin’s Report on the 3rd Congressional District
“While Rep. Steil and Rep. Van Orden have voted to cut health care and SNAP for their own constituents, they’ve stood firmly behind tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy and tariffs that are hitting Wisconsin families and businesses hard,” said Meghan Roh, Program Director of Opportunity Wisconsin. “As President Trump addresses Congress tomorrow night, we want Wisconsinites to know exactly what their representatives have chosen — and what it’s costing them.”
Reps. Steil and Van Orden have the opportunity to reverse course and undo the damage they have caused by restoring Medicaid and SNAP funding, bringing back the health care tax credits their constituents depend on, and standing up against tariffs that are raising costs across Wisconsin.
