On July 1, 2025, Jon Husted cast one of the 50 votes that passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, after voting against amendments to keep its clean-energy tax credits. Energy Innovation projects the law and related federal energy actions will cost Ohio's economy 6,800 jobs a year over the next decade, on top of 9,500 Ohio clean-energy jobs already lost since January 2025.
Husted cast one of the votes that defeated, 49 to 49, a resolution to end the emergency behind the global tariffs, and voted against ending the Brazil, Canada and global tariff emergencies again in October 2025. He voted to confirm the trade and homeland security officials who imposed new tariffs and the $100,000 H-1B fee.
Jon Husted's Votes on Jobs, Tariffs and the Economy
- Husted Cast a Deciding Vote for a Law Projected to Cost 760,000 Jobs by 2030 in July 2025. On July 1, 2025, Jon Husted voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which passed 50 to 50 with the Vice President's vote, so it would have failed without his. The law ended clean-energy tax credits on a schedule running through 2027. Energy Innovation projects "760,000 lost jobs by 2030" nationally from the law's energy provisions, and the Congressional Budget Office estimates the law raises federal interest costs by $405 billion through 2034 because it pushes interest rates up.
- Husted Voted Against Keeping the Clean-Energy Tax Credits in July 2025. On July 1, 2025, Husted voted no on an amendment to repeal the termination of clean-energy credits, rejected 49 to 51, on an amendment to modify the end of the residential clean energy credit, rejected 48 to 52, and on an amendment "to maintain parity for wind and solar facilities," which all 53 Republicans opposed. Energy Innovation projects the law and related federal energy actions will cost Ohio's economy 6,800 jobs per year on average over the next decade, in addition to the 9,500 clean energy jobs lost in Ohio since January 2025.
- Husted Cast One of the Votes That Kept the Global Tariffs in April 2025. On April 30, 2025, Husted voted no on S.J.Res. 49, which would have ended the national emergency behind the global tariffs; it was defeated 49 to 49, so his vote was one it could not lose. He voted against ending the Brazil, Canada and global tariff emergencies again on October 28, October 29 and October 30, 2025. Ohio farmers lost nearly $76 million of their exports to China in 2025, a 74 percent drop that the Ohio Capital Journal reported was due largely to the tariffs and China's retaliation.
- Husted Voted Against Rehiring Fired Federal Workers in Early 2025. On February 20, 2025, Husted voted no on a budget amendment for reinstating fired employees of the Forest Service, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management, and on March 14, 2025 he voted no on making veterans dismissed from federal jobs without cause eligible for reinstatement. Federal payroll employment has fallen by 336,000 jobs since January 2025.
- Husted Voted to Confirm the Trade Officials Whose Tariffs Remain in Force. Husted voted to confirm Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary on February 18, 2025 and Jamieson Greer as trade representative on February 26, 2025. Greer's office imposed 10 or 12.5 percent tariffs on 60 economies in July 2026, and more than four in ten small employers reported tariff costs as a financial challenge in the Federal Reserve's 2026 survey.
- Husted Voted to Confirm the Officials Who Ran the $100,000 H-1B Fee and the New Visa Lottery. Husted voted to confirm Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary on January 25, 2025 and Joseph Edlow as director of the federal immigration benefits agency, USCIS, on July 15, 2025. Their agencies enforced a $100,000 payment on new H-1B petitions from September 2025 until a federal judge struck it down on June 8, 2026, and adopted a wage-weighted lottery that the Department of Homeland Security estimates will cut entry-level H-1B petitions by 10,099 a year.
What the Policies Jon Husted Voted For Cost Ohio's Economy
- Tariff costs. The National Taxpayers Union Foundation's tracker estimates the tariffs imposed since January 2025 have cost Ohio $11 billion through mid-2026, equivalent to $2,274 per Ohio household, with auto parts the hardest-hit category.
- Economic output. Energy Innovation projects Ohio's economy will lose $920 million in GDP in 2030 from the law and related federal energy actions.
Frequently Asked Questions About Jon Husted on Economy and jobs
What is Jon Husted's record on the economy and jobs under Trump?
Jon Husted voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on July 1, 2025, whose energy provisions and related federal actions Energy Innovation projects will cost Ohio thousands of jobs a year, and voted against keeping its clean-energy credits. Husted cast one of the votes that kept the global tariffs in a 49-49 vote and voted to confirm the officials who carried out the tariffs and the H-1B fee.
Does the Big Beautiful Bill Jon Husted voted for raise interest rates?
Yes: the Congressional Budget Office estimates the law Jon Husted voted for will push interest rates up, which by its count adds $405 billion to federal interest costs through 2034. Its February 2026 update puts the law's total addition to the debt at $4.7 trillion through 2035.
Did Jon Husted vote to bring back fired federal workers?
No. Jon Husted voted against a February 20, 2025 budget amendment for reinstating fired employees of four federal land agencies and against a March 14, 2025 amendment to let veterans dismissed without cause return to federal jobs. Both failed.
Last updated: 2026-10-25