VOTES IN THE U.S. HOUSE

H RES 72: REMOVING MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE FROM COMMITTEES

Voting 230 for and 198 against, the House on Thursday removed Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., from the Budget and the Education and Labor committees as punishment for her string of false, shocking and violent public comments and Facebook postings in recent years, including her endorsement of calls for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to be shot and former President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to be lynched. Greene has claimed that an airplane never struck the Pentagon on 9/11, the Clintons were behind the plane crash that killed John F. Kennedy Jr., the Sandy Hook and Parkland school shootings never occurred and a Jewish-guided laser beam caused California wildfires. She aligned herself as recently as July with the conspiracy cult QAnon. This vote left the first-term lawmaker from Georgia’s 14th Congressional District with no committee assignments. The measure was backed by all Democrats who voted and 11 Republicans. A yes vote was to strip Greene of her committee assignments.

Yes: Brian Fitzpatrick, R-1st (Bucks, parts of Montgomery and Philadelphia); Madeleine Dean, D-4th (Montgomery, parts of Berks); Susan Wild, D-7th (Lehigh,

Northampton, parts of Monroe); Matt Cartwright, D-8th, (most of Monroe)

No: Dan Meuser, R-9th, (Schuylkill, parts of Carbon and Berks)

H CON RES 11: ADVANCING PLAN FOR BUDGET RECONCILIATION

Voting 218 for and 212 against, the House on Wednesday adopted a fiscal 2021 budget resolution that would allow President Biden’s $1.9 trillion package of COVID-19 relief measures to pass the Senate on a simple majority vote in coming weeks. The resolution triggers the “budget reconciliation” process that protects specified measures from filibusters. Reconciliation is used to expedite complex legislation that affects spending and revenue levels and the national debt. Reconciliation can be used once per fiscal year. The current fiscal year began last Oct. 1, and another budget resolution for fiscal 2022 is due this spring. A yes vote was to adopt the budget resolution.

Yes: Dean, Wild, Cartwright,

No: Fitzpatrick, Meuser

HR 447: EXPANDING FEDERALLY FUNDED APPRENTICESHIPS

Voting 247 for and 173 against, the House on Friday passed a bill that would authorize $3.5 billion over five years to expand federally funded apprenticeship programs. While the bill would prepare workers for employment in traditional industries such as manufacturing and construction, it also would fund apprenticeships in specialized fields including early childhood education, advanced health care and green energy. In addition, the bill would promote work opportunities for persons with diverse backgrounds and criminal records traditionally left out of apprenticeship programs. The bill drew Republican opposition, in part, because it quashed the Trump administration’s Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAPs), which receive federal funding but operate with few regulations and are unwelcoming to unions. A yes vote was to send the bill to the Senate.

Yes: Fitzpatrick, Dean, Wild, Cartwright

No: Meuser

Reconciliation can be used once per fiscal year. The current fiscal year began last Oct. 1, and another budget resolution for fiscal 2022 is due this spring. A yes vote was to advance the administration’s pandemic-relief legislation.

Yes: Bob Casey, D

No: Pat Toomey, R CONFIRMING ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS FOR HOMELAND SECURITY

Voting 56 for and 43 against, the Senate on Tuesday confirmed Alejandro N. Mayorkas, 61, as secretary of homeland security. The son of a Holocaust survivor and native of Cuba, he is the first Latino and immigrant to hold the position. Mayorkas was deputy DHS secretary and director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under former President Barack Obama. A yes vote was to confirm Mayorkas.

Yes: Casey

Not voting: Toomey CONFIRMING PETE BUTTIGIEG AS TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY

Voting 86 for and 13 against, the Senate on Tuesday approved the nomination of Pete Buttigieg, 39, as secretary of transportation, making him the first openly gay person to be confirmed to a Cabinet post in U.S. history. The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, was a Democratic presidential candidate in 2020. A yes vote was to confirm Buttigieg.

Yes: Casey

Not voting: Toomey

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