HOW YOUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES VOTED
For the week that ended October 22
Contact your legislators at the U.S. Capitol ZIP codes: House 20515, Senate 20510 Capitol operator: (202) 224-3121
By Targeted News Service
VETERANS EVENT FEES: The House has passed the Free Veterans from Fees Act (H.R. 1029), sponsored by Rep. Gregory W. Steube, R-Fla., to waive special use permit fees for military veterans events at war memorials on federal land in the Washington, D.C., area. The vote, on Oct. 19, was 421 yeas to 3 nays.
YEAS: Melanie Stansbury, D-1, Yvette Herrell, R-2, Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-3
RENTAL CARS AND TERRORISM: The House has passed the Darren Drake Act (H.R. 4089), sponsored by Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., to require the Homeland Security Department to issue guidelines to car rental companies on strategies for preventing acts of terrorism that use vehicles they rent to individuals. The vote, on Oct. 19, was 379 yeas to 51 nays.
NAYS: Herrell
YEAS: Stansbury, Leger Fernandez
MAKING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS: The House has passed the National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act (H.R. 4369), sponsored by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J. The bill would have the Food and Drug Administration designate and fund certain colleges and universities as centers for the development of continuous manufacturing of pharmaceutical drugs. The vote, on Oct. 19, was 368 yeas to 56 nays.
NAYS: Herrell
YEAS: Stansbury, Leger Fernandez
OPIOID PREVENTION GRANTS: The House has passed the State Opioid Response Grant Authorization Act (H.R. 2379), sponsored by Rep. David J. Trone, D-Md., to reauthorize through 2027 the federal government’s opioid response program for sending grant money to states, and expand the program to include both opioid and other forms of substance abuse. The vote, on Oct. 20, was 380 yeas to 46 nays.
NAYS: Herrell
YEAS: Stansbury, Leger Fernandez
DRUG PREVENTION FUNDING: The House has passed the Drug-Free Communities Pandemic Relief Act (H.R. 654), sponsored by Rep. David P. Joyce, R-Ohio, to provide for waiving requirements local governments must meet to receive federal matching funding under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program. The vote, on Oct. 20, was 395 yeas to 30 nays.
NAYS: Herrell
YEAS: Stansbury, Leger Fernandez
MEDICAL STOCKPILES: The House has passed the Strengthening Americas Strategic National Stockpile Act (H.R. 3635), sponsored by Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mo. The bill would change operation of the federal government’s stockpile of equipment and drugs for use in medical emergencies, including setting out required stockpiling levels and plans for distribution. The vote, on Oct. 20, was 397 yeas to 22 nays.
NAYS: Herrell
YEAS: Stansbury
NOT VOTING: Leger Fernandez
WIRELESS NETWORKS: The House has passed the Open RAN Outreach Act (H.R. 4032), sponsored by Rep. Colin Z. Allred, D-Texas, to require the federal government to work with small telecommunications providers on their deployment of Open Radio Access Network (RAN) wireless technology to their customers. The vote, on Oct. 20, was 410 yeas to 17 nays.
YEAS: Stansbury, Herrell, Leger Fernandez
TELECOMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY: The House has passed the Information and Communication Technology Strategy Act (H.R. 4028), sponsored by Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., to require the Commerce Department to create a government-wide strategy for improving the U.S. information and communications technology sector. The vote, on Oct. 20, was 413 yeas to 14 nays.
YEAS: Stansbury, Herrell, Leger Fernandez
STEVE BANNON SUBPOENA: The House has passed a resolution (H. Res. 730), sponsored by Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Miss., to find Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress for declining to obey a subpoena issued by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol. The vote, on Oct. 21, was 229 yeas to 202 nays.
NAYS: Herrell
YEAS: Stansbury, Leger Fernandez
APPEALS COURT JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Gustavo A. Gelpi to serve as a judge on the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals. Gelpi has been a federal district judge in Puerto Rico since 2006. The vote, on Oct. 18, was 52 yeas to 41 nays.
YEAS: Martin Heinrich, D
NOT VOTING: Ben Ray Luján, D
NEW JERSEY DISTRICT JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Christine P. O’Hearn to serve as a judge on the U.S. District Court for New Jersey. O’Hearn has been a private practice lawyer in Camden since 1993, specializing in labor and employment law. The vote, on Oct. 19, was 53 yeas to 44 nays.
YEAS: Heinrich, Luján
CIVIL RIGHTS: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Catherine Lhamon to be assistant secretary for civil rights at the Education Department. Lhamon served in the same post during President Obama’s second term, is a former chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and, since 2019, has been California’s legal affairs secretary. The vote, on Oct. 20, was 50 yeas to 50 nays, with Vice President Harris casting a 51st yea vote.
YEAS: Heinrich, Luján
ELECTIONS LAW: The Senate has rejected a cloture motion to end debate on a motion to consider the Freedom to Vote Act (S. 2747), sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. The bill would make numerous changes to voting and election procedures, including declaring Election Day in November as a federal holiday, stipulating that only felons currently under sentence can be deemed ineligible to vote due to criminal offenses, and establishing new criminal offenses for hindering people from voting. The vote, on Oct. 20, was 49 yeas to 51 nays.
YEAS: Heinrich, Luján
WASHINGTON DISTRICT JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Tana Lin to serve as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the western district of Washington. Lin has been a private practice lawyer at a Seattle law firm since 2004. The vote, on Oct. 21, was 52 yeas to 45 nays.
YEAS: Heinrich, Luján