HOW NM’S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES VOTED
For the week that ended October 29
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By Targeted News Service
BREAST MILK AT WORK: The House has passed the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act (H.R.
3110), sponsored by Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., to extend requirements for an employer to accommodate women to pump their breast milk at work. The vote, on Oct. 22, was 276 yeas to 149 nays.
NAYS: Yvette Herrell, R-2
YEAS: Melanie Stansbury, D-1, Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-3
GUIDANCE ON SOVEREIGN DEBT: The House has passed the Sovereign Debt Contract Capacity Act (H.R. 4111), sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. The bill would require the U.S. representative at the International Monetary Fund to urge the Fund to help member countries evaluate the terms of their sovereign debt contracts. The vote, on Oct. 25, was 391 yeas to 29 nays.
NAYS: Herrell
YEAS: Stansbury, Leger Fernandez
FINANCIAL DATA: The House has passed the Financial Transparency Act (H.R. 2989), sponsored by Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., to establish transparency standards for data submitted to federal financial regulators. The vote, on Oct. 25, was 400 yeas to 19 nays. NAYS: Herrell
YEAS: Stansbury, Leger Fernandez
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: The House has passed the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act (H.R. 2119), sponsored by Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., to reauthorize through fiscal 2026 and modify the Family Violence and Prevention Services program for victims of domestic violence, including emergency shelters for abuse victims. The vote, on Oct. 26, was 228 yeas to 200 nays. NAYS: Herrell
YEAS: Stansbury, Leger Fernandez
FIRST RESPONDER DISABILITIES: The House has passed the Protecting America’s First Responders Act (S. 1511), sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, to provide payments, under the Justice Department’s Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program, to police officers and other first responder workers who have been permanently disabled by jobrelated injuries. The vote, on Oct. 27, was 420 yeas to 3 nays.
YEAS: Stansbury, Herrell, Leger Fernandez