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On Friday, September 19, 2025, I joined the majority of the House of Representatives in voting for a short-term continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government open through November 21, 2025, giving Congress time to negotiate full-year funding legislation.
Liberals in D.C. flatly rejected this commonsense measure—at the very same spending levels they themselves supported just months ago. Instead, they chose political theater, demanding extreme policy concessions unrelated to funding the government, including:
WASHINGTON – Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) called on congressional Democrats to work with Republicans to reopen the government. On Friday, September 19, 2025, Rep. Smucker and a majority of the House of Representatives voted in favor of a short-term continuing resolution to keep government funded through November 21, 2025, to allow for negotiations on full-year funding legislation.
WASHINGTON—Legislation introduced by Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) has received approval in the House Ways and Means Committee and now heads to the House of Representatives for consideration.
Rep. Smucker’s Social Security Child Protection Act, Claiming Age Clarity Act, and the bipartisan Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act, co-led with Reps. Vern Buchanan (FL-16) and Dwight Evans (PA-03), were advanced today during markup with strong bipartisan support.
Washington—Reps. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) and Don Beyer (VA-08), members of the House Ways and Means Committee, have introduced the Claiming Age Clarity Act to help seniors better understand how the timing of their decision to claim Social Security affects their monthly benefit.
The legislation would modernize the Social Security Administration’s terminology, so it more clearly explains how retirement age affects monthly benefits.
Wrightsville, PA—Representative Lloyd Smucker (PA-11), a senior member of the tax-writing Committee on Ways and Means, joined small businesses in Wrightsville for a roundtable discussion on federal tax policy and how the newly enacted One Big Beautiful Bill will drive investment and growth in the local economy.
WASHINGTON — Reps. Lloyd Smucker and Vern Buchanan, Chair of the Health Subcommittee on Ways and Means, announced that he introduced the Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act alongside Dwight Evans (D-Pa.). Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) introduced companion legislation in the Senate.
WASHINGTON—Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) voted in favor of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It was approved for final passage in the House by a vote of 218to 214.
Rep. Smucker released the following statement after voting in favor of the legislation:
WASHINGTON—37 Members of the House Republican Conference, led by Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) Vice Chair of the Budget Committee, are calling for the Senate to pass reconciliation legislation that upholds the fiscal discipline of the House’s framework. The Members write: “As the Senate considers changes, we remain unequivocal in our position that any additional tax cuts must be matched dollar-for-dollar by real, enforceable spending reductions. That union is the cornerstone of the House framework adopted in Section 4001 of H.Con.Res.
WASHINGTON—Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) voted in favor of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It was approved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 215-214.