HOW YOUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES VOTED
For the week that ended January 14
Contact your legislators at the U.S. Capitol ZIP codes: House 20515, Senate 20510 Capitol operator: (202) 224-3121
By Targeted News Service
GI BILL EDUCATION AID: The House has passed the Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act (H.R. 1836), sponsored by Rep. Mike Levin, D-Calif. The bill would include service time in the National Guard or the military’s reserves as counting toward a military member’s eligibility to receive funds to help pay for the member’s education. The vote, on Wednesday, was 287 yeas to 135 nays.
YEAS: Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-1, Rep. Yvette Herrell, R-2, Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-3
FEDERAL ELECTION PROCEDURES:
The House has passed the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act (H.R. 5746), sponsored by Rep. Donald S. Beyer Jr., D-Va. The bill would make numerous changes to voting and election procedures for federal offices, including making the November election day a legal holiday and requiring that formerly imprisoned criminals be able to vote. The vote, on Thursday, was 220 yeas to 203 nays.
NAYS: Herrell
YEAS: Stansbury, Leger Fernandez
DIGITAL ECONOMY: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Alan Davidson to serve as the Commerce Department’s assistant secretary for communications and information. Davidson was a lobbyist for Google from 2005 to 2012, then was a senior official at the Commerce Department and at the Mozilla Foundation. The vote, on Tuesday, was 60 yeas to 31 nays.
YEAS: Sen. Martin Heinrich, D, Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D
RAILROADS:
The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Amitabha Bose to serve as administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration. Bose has been a senior official at the FRA and the Transportation Department, and before that, the New Jersey government. The vote, on Wednesday, was 68 yeas to 29 nays.
YEAS: Heinrich, Luján
APPEALS COURT JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Gabriel Sanchez to serve as a judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. A California state appeals court judge since 2018, Sanchez was previously a legal affairs official in that state’s gubernatorial branch and a private practice lawyer. The vote, on Wednesday, was 52 yeas to 47 nays.
YEAS: Heinrich, Luján
GAS PIPELINE SANCTIONS: The Senate has rejected the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Implementation Act (S. 3436), sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The bill would have required the imposition of sanctions against entities building the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, which would carry gas from Russia to Germany. Cruz said that by helping block the pipeline, the sanctions would aid Ukraine in its struggle to prevent domination and possible invasion by Russia. The vote, on Thursday, was 55 yeas to 44 nays, with a three-fifths majority required for approval.
NAYS: Heinrich, Luján