J. D. Vance Wants to Gut Biden’s Consumer Protections

J. D. Vance has cosponsored 24 GOP attempts to gut Biden administration consumer protections, from air quality standards to cracking down on junk fees. His voting record offers a glimpse of what's to come under a potential second Trump administration.

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Sen. J. D. Vance during a hearing on Capitol Hill on May 16, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images)


Since the start of his term in Congress, Ohio senator and now-Republican vice presidential nominee J. D. Vance has sponsored two dozen GOP attempts to kill rules pushed by the Biden administration — fighting policies and protections on everything from new corporate climate disclosure rules to student loan forgiveness.

Vance’s voting record is a preview of the path the vice president might chart under a second Trump administration — and a reminder of the vulnerability of some of the Biden administration’s key successes, like consumer and worker protections issued by agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission and the National Labor Relations Board.

Vance, who former president Donald Trump selected as his running mate on July 15, cosponsored twenty-four bills to repeal Biden administration rules and consumer protections. He also voted in favor of nine other similar bills in the Senate, according to the Lever’s analysis of the dozens of GOP attempts to kill consumer safeguards over the last two years.

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