For the lowest-income households, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act means about $1,200 a year less in resources, and the richest tenth gain $13,600 a year, in the Congressional Budget Office's distributional estimate. David Rouzer of North Carolina's 7th District was an aye at final passage on July 3, 2025, following a May 22 aye the House version needed, since it won 215 to 214.
In February 2025, Rouzer's deciding budget vote gave Energy and Commerce a deficit-reduction target of $880 billion and the Agriculture Committee one of at least $230 billion. The final law he voted for in July 2025 ends SNAP's time-limit exemption for homeless people, and it reaches the 253,600 Medicaid enrollees in his district.
David Rouzer's Votes on Help for Low-Income and Homeless People
- A $1,200 Yearly Loss at the Bottom and a $13,600 Gain at the Top Follow From the Law Rouzer Voted For. Rouzer's aye on May 22, 2025 kept the House version alive at 215 to 214, and on July 3, 2025 he joined the 218-to-214 majority for the final text. Medicaid and SNAP cuts are a large factor in the losses at the bottom, Thomson Reuters reported from CBO's analysis, while the top tenth of households collects roughly $13,600 a year. On SNAP alone the reduction is $187 billion through 2034, more than any prior cut, according to CBPP.
- Rouzer's Decisive February 2025 Vote Set $230 Billion and $880 Billion Savings Targets for SNAP's and Medicaid's Committees. At 217 to 215 on February 25, 2025, the House budget resolution, H.Con.Res. 14, had no votes to spare; without Rouzer it ties and falls. It told Agriculture, the SNAP committee, to reduce the deficit by at least $230 billion and Energy and Commerce, the Medicaid committee, by at least $880 billion. The final law of July 3, 2025, which Rouzer voted for, ends the shield that kept SNAP's three-month cutoff from applying to people without housing, to veterans and to former foster youth, and the Congressional Budget Office projects that SNAP participation in those groups drops by a net 300,000 people.
What David Rouzer's Votes Cost Low-Income and Homeless North Carolinians
- 253,600 people in North Carolina's 7th District, 85,400 of them children, rely on Medicaid. Medicaid covered 253,600 residents of North Carolina's 7th District in 2025, 85,400 of them children, by KFF's count. For low-income families, losing coverage turns a medical bill into rent money spent, and CBPP notes that "Three in four households with rental assistance include a person who receives health coverage through Medicaid or a related program."
- The law alone leaves 300,000 more North Carolinians uninsured by 2034. KFF projects the law alone leaves 300,000 more North Carolinians without health insurance in 2034, people who then face medical debt or skip care, the kind of shock that pushes a family behind on rent.
- North Carolina's SNAP rolls are down more than 110,000 people as pantries strain. More than 110,000 North Carolinians left SNAP between September 2025 and August 2026, NC Health News found, and nonprofits warned that charity can fill only a small fraction of the gap left when food aid ends.
Frequently Asked Questions About David Rouzer on Homelessness and poverty
What is David Rouzer's record on homelessness and poverty under Trump?
David Rouzer's record on poverty under Trump includes the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, under which the poorest households lose about $1,200 a year while the top tenth gain $13,600, the Congressional Budget Office estimates. Rouzer cast a deciding vote for the House version in May 2025 and voted for the final law that July. The February 2025 budget resolution his aye decided set the targets for the food-aid and health cuts that are a large factor in those losses.
Did David Rouzer vote to end food aid exemptions for homeless people?
Yes. Under the July 3, 2025 law that got David Rouzer's vote, a homeless adult on SNAP must log 80 hours a month of work or training or lose food aid after three months, unless another exemption applies; veterans and former foster youth lost the same protection. In those groups, SNAP enrollment falls by 300,000 people on net, CBO projects.
What does David Rouzer's vote cost the poorest families in southeastern North Carolina?
Nationally, the lowest-income households lose an average of about $1,200 a year under the law David Rouzer voted for, with Medicaid and SNAP cuts a large factor, by CBO's estimate as reported by Thomson Reuters. The Medicaid side of that reaches 253,600 enrollees in North Carolina's 7th District, and the SNAP side shows in a statewide caseload already down over 110,000 since September 2025.
Last updated: 2026-10-27