{"id":20334,"date":"2026-09-27T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/?p=20334"},"modified":"2026-09-27T16:31:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:31:57","slug":"fulcher-announces-26-million-returned-to-idahoans-through-casework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/fulcher-announces-26-million-returned-to-idahoans-through-casework\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulcher Announces $26 Million Returned to Idahoans Through Casework"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 24, 2026<br>CONTACT: <a href=\"mailto:Nikki.gooden@mail.house.gov\">Nikki.gooden@mail.house.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (Idaho-01) announced that $26,414,108 has been returned to Idahoans through casework. This is money owed to constituents that was being held by a federal agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through his constituent services casework team, Congressman Fulcher\u2019s office has closed more than 7,592 cases, with agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Social Security Administration, and Department of Veterans Affairs most often involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSince arriving in Congress, I\u2019m proud to share that through my office\u2019s casework efforts, we have helped return more than $26 million to hardworking Idahoans in the First Congressional District,\u201d said Congressman Fulcher. \u201cIt is an honor to serve the people of the First District and work alongside my team to help constituents navigate issues with federal agencies. I am proud of the work our team does to make the everyday lives of Idahoans better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Residents of the First District are encouraged to contact Congressman Fulcher\u2019s office at (208) 888-3188 or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/fulcher.house.gov\/services\/help-with-a-federal-agency\/\">https:\/\/fulcher.house.gov\/services\/help-with-a-federal-agency\/<\/a> if they are having trouble getting a timely response from a federal agency or feel they have been treated unfairly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 24, 2026CONTACT: Nikki.gooden@mail.house.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (Idaho-01) announced that $26,414,108 has been returned to Idahoans through casework. This is money owed to constituents that was being held by a federal agency. Through his constituent services casework team, Congressman Fulcher\u2019s office has closed more than 7,592 cases, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":20335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[243],"tags":[285,824],"class_list":["post-20334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinions-op-eds","tag-congress","tag-press-release","cat-243-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20336,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20334\/revisions\/20336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}