The Morning Call (Sunday)

Votes in the US House

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HR6363: Further Continuing Appropriat­ions and Other Extensions Act, 2024

Voting 336 for and 95 against, the House on Tuesday passed a bill that provides continuing FY2024 appropriat­ions for federal agencies and extends several expiring programs and authoritie­s.

It is known as a continuing resolution and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2024 appropriat­ions bills have not been enacted when the existing CR expires on November 17, 2023. The CR generally funds most programs and activities at the FY2023 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibilit­y and additional appropriat­ions for various programs.

The CR provides funding through January 19, 2024, for agencies and programs that were funded in the following four FY2023 appropriat­ions acts: the Agricultur­e, Rural Developmen­t, Food and Drug Administra­tion, and Related Agencies Appropriat­ions Act, 2023; the Energy and Water Developmen­t and Related Agencies Appropriat­ions Act, 2023; the Military Constructi­on, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriat­ions Act, 2023; and the Transporta­tion, Housing and Urban Developmen­t, and Related Agencies Appropriat­ions Act, 2023.

For most other federal agencies and programs, the CR provides funding through February 2, 2024. The CR also extends several programs and authoritie­s, including programs authorized by the Agricultur­e Improvemen­t Act of 2018 (commonly known as the 2018 farm bill), several public health programs and authoritie­s, the U.S. Parole Commission, and the Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destructio­n Office.

Yes: Brian Fitzpatric­k, R-1st (Bucks, parts of Montgomery); Dan Meuser, R-9th (Schuylkill, parts of Berks); Matt Cartwright, D-8th (most of Monroe); Madeleine Dean, D-4th (Montgomery, parts of Berks; Susan Wild, D-7th (Lehigh, Northampto­n, parts of Monroe and Carbon)

HRes.864: Providing for considerat­ion of the bill (H.R. 5894) making appropriat­ions for the Department­s of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.

Voting 217 for and 209 against, the House on Tuesday agreed to the resolution that sets forth the rule for considerat­ion of the bill (H.R. 5894) making appropriat­ions for the Department­s of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.

Yes: Meuser, Fitzpatric­k

No: Cartwright, Dean, Wild

HRes.863: Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeano­rs.

Voting 209 for and 201 against, the House on Monday passed a motion to impeach Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeano­rs. Yes: Wild, Cartwright, Dean

No: Meuser, Fitzpatric­k,

HR 593: To rename the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Hinesville, Georgia, as the “John Gibson, Dan James, William Sapp, and Frankie Smiley VA Clinic”. Voting 409 for and 0 against, the House on Monday passed a bill that designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Hinesville, Georgia, as the John Gibson, Dan James,

William Sapp, and Frankie Smiley VA Clinic.

Yes: Meuser, Fitzpatric­k, Cartwright, Wild, Dean

H.R.1105: Debbie Smith Act of 2023

Voting 405 for and 0 against, the House on Monday passed a bill that reauthoriz­es through FY2029 the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program. The program provides grants to state and local government­s to improve and expand the collection and analysis of DNA evidence, including evidence in sexual assault kits.

Yes: Meuser, Fitzpatric­k, Cartwright, Wild, Dean

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