HOW YOUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES VOTED
For the week ending June 8
Contact your legislators at the U.S. Capitol Zip codes: House 20515, Senate 20510 Capitol operator: (202) 224-3121
By Voterama In Congress
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HOUSE
$145.4 BILLION SPENDING PACKAGE: Voting 235 for and 179 against, the House on June 8 approved a $145.4 billion package that includes three of the 12 appropriations bills that will fund the government in fiscal 2019, which starts Oct. 1. In part, the bill (HR 5895) would provide $72.1 billion to fund health care for seven million veterans; $24.8 billion for other veterans’ programs; $10.3 billion for construction projects at military bases; $7.28 billion for Army Corps of Engineers public-works projects and $3.8 billion for operating the House and congressional support agencies including a boost in funding to defend Capitol Hill against mounting cyberattacks. The bill increases funding for fossil-fuel technologies while cutting energyefficiency and renewable-energy programs. In policy directives, it would allow firearms to be carried at Army Corps of Engineers sites, fund development of a nuclear-waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada and exempt most farmland from regulation under the Clean Water Act.
A yes vote was to pass the bill.
YES: PEARCE NO: LUJAN GRISHAM, LUJÁN
AUDIT OF ROBERT MUELLER`S OFFICE: Voting 207 for and 201 against, the House on June 8 amended HR 5895 (above) to require the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, to conduct semi-annual audits of the office of United States Special Counsel Robert Mueller, which is probing any ties between President Trump’s White House campaign and Russian interests, among other areas of inquiry.
A yes vote was to require congressional audits of Mueller’s office.
YES: PEARCE NO: LUJAN GRISHAM, LUJÁN
SOCIAL COST OF CARBON: Voting 212 for and 201 against, the House on June 8 amended HR 5895 (above) to prohibit any funds in the bill from being spent on programs that would regulate or provide guidance on the social cost of carbon.
A yes vote was to oppose regulations putting a social cost on carbon emissions.
YES: PEARCE NO: LUJAN GRISHAM, LUJÁN
DEMOCRATIC SPOTLIGHT ON INFRASTRUCTURE: Voting 224 for and 176 against, the House on June 6 blocked a Democratic bid for floor debate on a measure putting a spotlight on infrastructure, an issue President Trump and the GOP-controlled 115th Congress have not yet addressed. Had Democrats prevailed on this vote, the House would have considered their nonbinding 10-point plan (H Con Res 63) for “creating millions of new jobs through investments in roads, bridges, and 21st century projects” that are “not paid for at the expense of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, or any other vital program.”
A yes vote was to block an advisory measure on infrastructure.
YES: PEARCE NO: LUJAN GRISHAM, LUJÁN
RECLAIMING UNSPENT FUNDS: Voting 210 for and 206 against, the House on June 7 passed a GOP-drafted bill (HR 3) that would claw back $14.5 billion in unspent appropriations from previous years. For technical budgetary reasons, the measure would reduce budget deficits by no more than $1.2 billion over 10 years. The rescissions would reduce budget authority for numerous domestic programs, with the Children’s Health Insurance Program receiving the largest single cut, about $7 billion. No children would lose CHIP coverage, according to the Congressional Budget Office, but the move would prevent reallocations to children`s programs including expanded early childhood education.
A yes vote was to send the bill to the Senate.
YES: PEARCE NO: LUJAN GRISHAM, LUJÁN
SENATE
KENNETH MARCUS, ASSISTANT EDUCATION SECRETARY: Voting 50 for and 46 against, the Senate on June 7 confirmed Kenneth L. Marcus as assistant secretary of education for civil rights, a post he held in the George W. Bush administration. Marcus was employed most recently as head of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law in Washington.