In yet another stunning display of Uniparty betrayal, the House of Representatives has voted to continue funneling taxpayer dollars to the shadowy National Endowment for Democracy (NED) – a globalist NGO notorious for meddling in foreign elections, fueling censorship worldwide, and even pushing domestic propaganda right here at home.
By a lopsided 127–291 vote, lawmakers rejected an amendment offered by Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) to prohibit $315 million in funding for the NED as part of the FY2026 spending package.
Following the vote, a disgusted Rep. Eli Crane took to X to vent his frustrations with the rot inside the halls of Congress.
“The swamp is real. But we did pass the Shower Act this week. I could use one after spending so much time in this awful place,” Crane wrote.
The swamp is real.
But we did pass the Shower Act this week.
I could use one after spending so much time in this awful place. https://t.co/L1ypBBldSw
— Rep. Eli Crane (@RepEliCrane) January 14, 2026
He followed up with a stinging rebuke of the 81 Republicans who turned their backs on the base:
“Tonight, the Uniparty rejected my amendment to defund NED. 81 ‘Republicans’ voted with Democrats to fund this rogue organization that fuels global censorship and domestic propaganda. We will keep fighting.”
Tonight, the Uniparty rejected my amendment to defund NED.
81 ‘republicans’ voted with democrats to fund this rogue organization that fuels global censorship and domestic propaganda.
To see how your representative voted, visit: https://t.co/yXw10mNBiO pic.twitter.com/Vv9CABqpoV
— Rep. Eli Crane (@RepEliCrane) January 14, 2026
Here are the 81 Republicans who voted to KEEP funding the National Endowment for Democracy (NED):
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Robert Aderholt (R-AL)
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Mark Alford (R-MO)
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Don Bacon (R-NE)
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Jim Baird (R-IN)
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Michael Baumgartner (R-WA)
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Cliff Bentz (R-OR)
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Stephanie Bice (R-OK)
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Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)
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Rob Bresnahan Jr. (R-PA)
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Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
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Ken Calvert (R-CA)
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Mike Carey (R-OH)
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John Carter (R-TX)
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Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ)
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Tom Cole (R-OK)
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Rick Crawford (R-AR)
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Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL)
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Chuck Edwards (R-NC)
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Jake Ellzey (R-TX)
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Ron Estes (R-KS)
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Gabe Evans (R-CO)
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Randy Feenstra (R-IA)
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Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
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Mike Flood (R-NE)
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Scott Franklin (R-FL)
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Andrew Garbarino (R-NY)
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Carlos A. Giménez (R-FL)
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Craig Goldman (R-TX)
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Brett Guthrie (R-KY)
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Mike Haridopolos (R-FL)
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French Hill (R-AR)
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Ashley Hinson (R-IA)
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Bill Huizenga (R-MI)
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Jeff Hurd (R-CO)
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Darrell Issa (R-CA)
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Dusty Johnson (R-SD)
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David Joyce (R-OH)
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Thomas Kean Jr. (R-NJ)
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Mike Kelly (R-PA)
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Jen Kiggans (R-VA)
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Kevin Kiley (R-CA)
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Young Kim (R-CA)
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Kimberley King-Hinds (R-MP)
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Darin LaHood (R-IL)
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Nick LaLota (R-NY)
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Bob Latta (R-OH)
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Mike Lawler (R-NY)
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Frank Lucas (R-OK)
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Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA)
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Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)
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Celeste Maloy (R-UT)
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Brian Mast (R-FL)
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Michael McCaul (R-TX)
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Dan Meuser (R-PA)
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John Moolenaar (R-MI)
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Blake Moore (R-UT)
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Nathaniel Moran (R-TX)
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Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
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Zach Nunn (R-IA)
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Jay Obernolte (R-CA)
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August Pfluger (R-TX)
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Hal Rogers (R-KY)
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Mike Rogers (R-AL)
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John Rutherford (R-FL)
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Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL)
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Mike Simpson (R-ID)
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Adrian Smith (R-NE)
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Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)
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Elise Stefanik (R-NY)
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Dale Strong (R-AL)
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David Taylor (R-OH)
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Claudia Tenney (R-NY)
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Mike Turner (R-OH)
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David Valadao (R-CA)
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Ann Wagner (R-MO)
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Tim Walberg (R-MI)
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Daniel Webster (R-FL)
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Bruce Westerman (R-AR)
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Joe Wilson (R-SC)
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Rob Wittman (R-VA)
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Steve Womack (R-AR)
The Gateway Pundit reported back in February 2025 that President Trump significantly cut funding to the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), essentially “starving” the organization.
The National Endowment for Democracy is a “CIA cutout” according to former State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary and founder of Foundation for Freedom Online Mike Benz. It was started in November 1983 and is funded directly by Congress. Under the guise of “promoting democracy,” what once was considered covert actions have now become overt. According to a 1991 opinion piece in the Washington Post:
The sugar daddy of overt operations has been the National Endowment for Democracy, a quasi-private group headed by Carl Gershman that is funded by the U.S. Congress. Through the late 1980s, it did openly what had once been unspeakably covert — dispensing money to anti-communist forces behind the Iron Curtain.
As with many government-funded non-profits and cutouts, what started as a possibly ‘good intentioned’ has turned into an imperialistic disaster. NED’s publication, the Journal for Democracy called for the arrest of Poland’s PiS party to “ensure that populism does not return,” comparing it to the “crimes of communism.”
In September 2023, NED welcomed Victoria Nuland to its Board of Directors, a former State Department official and the maestro behind the 2014 colour revolution in Ukraine known as the Maidan Revolution. Nuland had previously worked under the Bush and Obama administrations, sitting out Trump’s first term, and then rejoining during the Biden ‘administration.’
During the Maidan, NED funded over 60 projects in Ukraine to ‘promote democracy,’ mostly civil society groups that were involved in the protests that eventually unconstitutionally overthrew Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych.
NED is also alleged to have supported an unsuccessful coup against Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez in 2002 and funded opposition groups in 2019 to undermine the Venezuelan government. The Center for Economic and Policy Research wrote in 2004.
The list of countries that NED has been accused of meddling in regime change is vast. It includes Ukraine and Venezuela, as mentioned, but also Nicaragua with the election of Violeta Chamorro in 1990 and again in 2018. They meddled in Belarus in 2020 by backing opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. NED funded organizations such as Universal Rights Supporting Families of Political Prisoners and other civil society groups and ‘independent media.’ They were involved in the 2001 coup in Haiti against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. They also meddled in Bolivia, Cuba, Libya, Georgia, Serbia, Mongolia, and Kyrgyzstan.
NED brags on its website that it has, and likely still has, 330 projects in 11 countries with $38.5 million in funds in Central and Eastern Europe for FY2023. From their website:
While many post-communist countries in Eastern Europe have undergone democratic transformations and have become European Union (EU) and NATO members, the dream of a unified, peaceful, and democratic Europe remains unfulfilled. This aspiration is being challenged by the rise of autocratic models of governance, populism and nationalism, erosion of information integrity and sharp political polarization, as well as unresolved issues from the past.
The names of the 81 Republicans who voted with the Democrats should be remembered. The betrayal is total.
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