HOW LEHIGH VALLEY-AREA LAWMAKERS VOTED LAST WEEK
Votes in the US House
HR302: To direct the Secretary of Energy to provide financial assistance to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers pursuing certain courses of study relating to cybersecurity and energy infrastructure, and for other purposes.
Voting 357 for and 56 against, the House on Monday passed a bill that requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish an Energy Cybersecurity University Leadership Program. Under the program, DOE must provide financial assistance to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers pursuing a course of study that integrates cybersecurity competencies within disciplines associated with energy infrastructure needs. In addition, DOE must provide the students and researches supported under the program with research and training experiences at its National Laboratories and utilities.
Yes: Brian Fitzpatrick, R-1st (Bucks, parts of Montgomery); Madeleine Dean, D-4th (Montgomery, parts of Berks); Susan Wild, D-7th (Lehigh, Northampton, parts of Monroe and Carbon); Matt Cartwright, D-8th (most of Monroe); Dan Meuser, R-9th (Schuylkill, parts of Berks).
HRes.97: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 185) to terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 24) disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022; and providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 26) disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022.
Voting 217 for and 208 against, the House on Tuesday set forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 185) to terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 24) disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022; and providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 26) disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022.
Yes: Fitzpatrick, Meuser
No: Dean, Wild, Cartwright HR 185: To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes.
Voting 227 for and 201 against, the House on Wednesday, this bill nullifies the order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention titled Amended Order Implementing Presidential Proclamation on Advancing the Safe Resumption of Global Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic and published on April 7, 2022. (The order restricts the entry of noncitizens who are not immigrants into the United States by air travel unless they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or otherwise attest that they will take public health measures to prevent the spread of the disease.) The bill also nullifies any successor or subsequent orders that require foreign persons traveling by air to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of entry and prohibits the use of federal funds to administer or enforce such a requirement. Yes: Fitzpatrick, Meuser
No: Dean, Wild, Cartwright HRes.104: Condemning the Chinese Communist Party’s use of a high-altitude surveillance balloon over United States territory as a brazen violation of United States sovereignty. Voting 419 for and 0 against, the House on Thursday passed a legislative analyst in the Congressional Research Service that will begin analyzing this legislation after text becomes available.
Yes: Fitzpatrick, Meuser, Dean, Wild,
Cartwright HJRes.24: Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022.
Voting 260 for and 162 against, the House on Thursday passed a joint resolution that nullifies the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022, enacted by the council of the District of Columbia. The act allows noncitizens who meet residency and other requirements to vote in local elections in the district.
Yes: Fitzpatrick, Meuser, Cartwright No: Dean, Wild HJRes.26: Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022. Voting 250 for and 173 against, the House on Thursday passed a joint resolution that nullifies the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022, enacted by the council of the District of Columbia (DC). The act makes a variety of changes to DC criminal laws, including by providing statutory definitions for various elements of criminal offenses, modifying sentencing guidelines and penalties, and expanding the right to a jury trial for certain misdemeanor crimes.
Yes: Fitzpatrick, Meuser,
No: Cartwright, Dean, Wild
Votes in the US Senate
DeAndrea Gist Benjamin, The Judiciary Voting 53 for and 44 against, the Senate on Thursday confirmed DeAndrea Gist Benjamin, of South Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, vice Henry F. Floyd, retired.
Yes: Bob Casey (D)
Not Voting: John Fetterman (D) Cindy K. Chung, The Judiciary Voting 52 for and 46 against, the Senate on Thursday confirmed Cindy K. Chung, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, vice D. Brooks Smith, retired. Yes: Casey (D)
Not Voting: Fetterman (D)