HOW YOUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES VOTED

For the week that ended December 1

Contact your legislators at the U.S. Capitol ZIP codes: House 20515, Senate 20510 Capitol operator: (202) 224-3121

HOUSE

Melanie Stansbury (D) Teresa Leger Fernández (D) Gabe Vasquez (D)

ISRAELI HOSTAGES AND HAMAS: The House has passed a resolution

(H. Res. 793), sponsored by Rep. Haley M. Stevens, D-Mich., calling for Hamas to immediately release the hostages it took in its attack on Israel in October. The vote, on Nov. 28, was unanimous with 414 yeas.

YEAS: Stansbury, D-1, Vasquez, D-2, Leger Fernández, D-3

ISRAEL RESOLUTION: The House has passed a resolution (H. Res. 888), sponsored by Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., to reaffirm Israel’s right to exist, condemn Hamas’s attack on Israel, and deem the denial of Israel’s right to exist a form of anti-Semitism. The vote, on Nov. 28, was 412 yeas to 1 nay, with 1 voting present.

YEAS: Stansbury, Vasquez, Leger Fernández

CONDEMNING HOUTHIS: The House has passed an amendment sponsored by Rep. Andrew Ogles, R-Tenn., to the No Funds for Iranian Terrorism Act (H.R. 5961), to criticize the Biden administration for failing to unequivocally condemn the Houthi group in Yemen, which is supported by Iran. The vote, on Nov. 30, was 226 yeas to 199 nays, with 1 voting present.

NAYS: Stansbury, Vasquez, Leger Fernández

IRAN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS: The House has passed the No Funds for Iranian Terrorism Act (H.R. 5961), sponsored by Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, to require sanctions against foreign financial firms that attempt to help Iran transfer $6 billion that had been held in restricted accounts in South Korea but were de-restricted to facilitate the release of five U.S. citizens detained in Iran. The vote, on Nov. 30, was 307 yeas to 119 nays, with 1 voting present.

NAYS: Stansbury

YEAS: Vasquez, Leger Fernández

IMMIGRANTS AND FEDERAL LANDS: The House has passed the Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act (H.R. 5283), sponsored by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., to bar the federal government from using various federal lands to house foreign alien nationals not authorized to be in the U.S. The vote, on Nov. 30, was 224 yeas to 203 nays, with 1 voting present.

NAYS: Stansbury, Vasquez, Leger Fernández

SENATE

Martin Heinrich (D) Ben Ray Luján (D)

MINNESOTA JUDGE:

The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Jeffrey M. Bryan to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for Minnesota. For the past decade, Bryan has been a district court and appeals court judge in Minnesota; previously, he was a federal prosecutor in the state. The vote, on Nov. 28, was 49 yeas to 46 nays.

YEAS: Heinrich, D, Luján, D

NEW YORK JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Margaret M. Garnett to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Over the past two decades, Garnett has variously been a private practice lawyer, prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District, and lawyer for the New York and New York City governments. The vote, on Nov. 28, was 49 yeas to 46 nays.

YEAS: Heinrich, Luján

LABOR APPOINTEE: The Senate has rejected a cloture motion to end debate on the nomination of Jose Javier Rodriguez to be the Labor Department’s Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training. Rodriguez is a private practice lawyer in Miami, specializing in employment law; he was, for eight years, a member of the Florida state legislature. The vote, on Nov. 28, was 44 yeas to 51 nays.

YEAS: Heinrich, Luján

HAWAII JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Micah Smith to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for Hawaii. Since 2012, Smith has been a federal prosecutor in U.S. Attorney’s Offices in first New York and then Hawaii. The vote, on Nov. 29, was 57 yeas to 41 nays.

YEAS: Heinrich, Luján

NEW JERSEY JUDGE:

The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Jamel Semper to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for New Jersey. A state prosecutor for most of the 2010s, Semper has, since 2018, been a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Jersey. The vote, on Nov. 29, was 54 yeas to 44 nays.

YEAS: Heinrich, Luján

SECOND HAWAII JUDGE:

The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Shanlyn Park to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for Hawaii. Park has been a circuit court judge in Hawaii’s government since 2021; previously, she had been a private practice lawyer, and was a federal public defender in the state for two decades. The vote, on Nov. 30, was 53 yeas to 45 nays.