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Kansas Congressional Votes for the Week ending 2026-09-18
by Arne Christensen
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how Kansas members of Congress voted over the previous week.
HOUSE VOTES:
House Vote 1:
INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditions ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how Kansas members of Congress voted over the previous week. HOUSE VOTES: House Vote 1: INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditionsacross the National Wildlife Refuge System." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 371 yeas to 33 nays.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd)
NOT VOTING: Estes R-KS (4th), Mann R-KS (1st)
NAYS: Schmidt R-KS (2nd)
House Vote 2:
PROTECTING URBAN BIRDS: The House has passed the Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act (H.R. 3276), sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., to authorize the Urban Bird Treaty program at the Fish and Wildlife Service agency. The program covers federal agreements with individual U.S. cities for aiding local birds. Dingell said: "Supporting parks and greenways and reducing urban hazards can make a real difference for migrating and nesting birds and protect bird populations for generations to come." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 345 yeas to 60 nays.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd)
NOT VOTING: Estes R-KS (4th), Mann R-KS (1st)
NAYS: Schmidt R-KS (2nd)
House Vote 3:
IMPEACHMENT: The House has tabled a bill (H. Res. 1486), sponsored by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, that would have impeached President Trump for allegedly administering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agencies in violation of the First, Fourth, and Fifth Constitutional amendments. The vote to table, on Sept. 15, was 232 yeas to 147 nays, with 47 voting present.
PRESENT: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd)
YEAS: Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 4:
FINANCIAL FRAUD GRANTS: The House has passed the Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act (H.R. 2978), sponsored by Rep. Zachary Nunn, R-Iowa, to authorize the issuance of grants to sub-federal law enforcement agencies for investigating various types of financial fraud. Nunn said the grant authority was needed because currently, "criminals on the other side of the world are stealing the life savings of people in our own communities, and the local officers who answer those calls oftentimes can't even do anything about it." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 414 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd), Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 5:
FINANCIAL REGULATORY PRACTICES: The House has passed the Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act (H.R. 8278), sponsored by Rep. Marlin A. Stutzman, R-Ind., to require various financial regulatory agencies to evaluate their use of technology in regulations and purchasing. Stutzman called the bill "a straightforward, commonsense, and bipartisan step to address the critical technology challenges facing our regulators." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 417 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd), Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 6:
HOUSING WHISTLEBLOWERS: The House has passed the Whistleblower Protection Act (H.R. 4646), sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, to extend broader federal government whistleblower protections to those revealing misdeeds involving money provided under contracts from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). De La Cruz said removing existing time limits on the protections was needed because many HUD contracts last for decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was unanimous with 424 yeas.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd), Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 7:
DIESEL ENGINE AIR EMISSIONS: The House has passed the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (H.R. 2140), sponsored by Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., to reauthorize through fiscal 2029 an Environmental Protection Agency program for subsidizing ways to cut emissions from diesel engines. Matsui said: "Replacing older diesel vehicles and engines has meaningfully reduced pollution in communities across the country and delivered billions of dollars in public health benefits." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 343 yeas to 79 nays.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd), Estes R-KS (4th)
NAYS: Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 8:
TAXES AND FRAUD: The House has passed the Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act (H.R. 9500), sponsored by Rep. Max L. Miller, R-Ohio, to change the tax code in various ways to benefit those who have been victims of theft by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, including by increasing the tax deduction for those losses. Miller said relief was needed because "right now, if a scammer steals your life savings through a romance scam, a fake investment scheme, or a business email fraud, the federal tax code adds insult to injury." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 408 yeas to 17 nays.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd), Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 9:
CALIFORNIA SHIP EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 210), sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., that would revoke Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorization for California to require reductions in air emissions from ocean-going ships. Fong said "California should not be able to impose costly shipping mandates that drive up prices across the nation, disrupt our supply chain, and put our energy security at risk." An opponent, Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., said: "Nullifying this waiver does nothing to save Americans money. It drives up toxic diesel pollution that endangers the public health of our communities." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 216 yeas to 211 nays.
NAYS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd)
YEAS: Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 10:
IRAN WAR AUTHORIZATION: The House has passed a bill (H. Con. Res. 93), sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., that would require the cessation of U.S. military hostilities against Iran absent a Congressional authorization or declaration of war. Moulton said: "Never before has Iran controlled the world economy, brought the world economy to its heels, by closing the Strait of Hormuz as a result of this war not only failing but backfiring." An opponent, Rep. Brian J. Mast, R-Fla., cited the need to respond to lethal attacks against the U.S. by Iran over the past five decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was 220 yeas to 204 nays.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd)
NAYS: Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 11:
SANCTIONING IRAN AND RUSSIA: The House has agreed to the Senate's amended version of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (H.R. 5334). The bill would authorize imposing secondary tariffs on imports from countries that import fossil fuels from Russia, adopt a variety of sanctions against Russia, and extend expiring sanctions on Iran. A supporter. Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, said: "This bill leverages our economic strength to make it harder for these regimes to finance aggression." An opponent, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., said the bill "does not give the Ukrainians what they need at this moment" to oppose Russian aggression. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 262 yeas to 159 nays.
NAYS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd)
YEAS: Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 12:
FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS: The House has passed the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act (H.R. 9576), sponsored by Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minn., to authorize the recently established National Fraud Enforcement Division at the Justice Department. A supporter, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., said it was important to have a "single dedicated division at Main Justice waking up every single day with the sole mission of protecting the public" from fraud. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 352 yeas to 72 nays.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd), Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 13:
FRAUD COLLABORATION WITH STATES: The House has passed the Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act (H.R. 10326), sponsored by Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., to require states to send information in response to Justice Department requests that deal with suspected fraud in Medicaid and other federal social welfare programs. Van Drew said: "Sophisticated fraud rings intentionally scatter their operations across state lines because they know individual state databases do not talk to each other, and they also know they can hide behind local bureaucratic red tape." A bill opponent, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said it was hastily written and "overthrows the longstanding privacy safeguards governing these programs and all the general privacy laws enacted by Congress to protect our personal data from unwarranted government surveillance and collection." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 217 yeas to 207 nays.
NAYS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd)
YEAS: Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 14:
CALIFORNIA BOAT EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 213), sponsored by Rep. James Gallagher, R-Calif., to cancel an Environmental Protection Agency waiver rule allowing California to issue its own regulations for air emissions from commercial boats. Gallagher said maintaining the rule would allow California "to impose burdensome and unrealistic zero-emission requirements on commercial harbor craft," with up to $2.5 billion of resulting costs. An opponent, Rep. Luz M. Rivas, D-Calif., called the bill "an illegal attack on California's work to set vital health protections at a time when Republicans have gutted Americans' healthcare and have done nothing to lower their cost of living." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 214 yeas to 208 nays.
NAYS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd)
YEAS: Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 15:
ELECTRICITY COSTS AND RATES: The House has passed the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340), sponsored by Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., to require state regulators to consider implementation of a federal standard for assigning electrical generation and grid costs to large-load customers. Evans said the bill "keeps costs low for Americans and helps us build the energy backbone required to compete and win in the AI race and to keep Americans' digital information here in the United States, not in China." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 417 yeas to 3 nays.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd), Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 16:
WATER PROJECTS: The House has passed the Water Resources Development Act (H.R. 9497), sponsored by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., to authorize water infrastructure projects at the Army Corps of Engineers. Graves said it "streamlines Corps processes by empowering the local communities and enhancing infrastructure resilience across the nation. This bill makes historic investments in both our inland and coastal water systems." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 415 yeas to 9 nays.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd), Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 17:
PRIVATE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS: The House has passed the Retire through Ownership Act (S. 2403), sponsored by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., to allow fiduciaries for employee stock ownership plans at a given private company to use a valuation given by an outside expert in order to determine how much shares in the company are worth. A supporter, Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Ga., said that currently, "in too many cases, these plans face unnecessary risk due to the lack of a clear regulatory framework for valuing employee stock." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 401 yeas to 14 nays.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd), Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
SENATE VOTES:
Senate Vote 1:
OHIO JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Matthew Byrne to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Byrne has been a state appeals court judge in Ohio for five years, following about fifteen years at two different Cincinnati law firms and a stint as a White House staffer during the George W. Bush administration. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said: "In his public commentary and his judicial decisions, Judge Byrne has repeatedly demonstrated his extreme views and how he will rule if he is confirmed to the federal bench." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 52 yeas to 45 nays.
YEAS: Moran R-KS, Marshall R-KS
Senate Vote 2:
BLOCKCHAIN DIGITAL ASSETS: The Senate has rejected cloture on a motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633), sponsored by Rep. J. French Hill, R-Ark. The bill would assign the Commodity Futures Trading Commission responsibility for most regulation of markets in digital commodities that utilize blockchains, and establish various regulatory requirements for digital commodity markets. A supporter, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said that by creating regulatory certainty for blockchains, the bill "provides everyday Americans with the information they need to make investment decisions, prevents value manipulation schemes, and ensures that law enforcement has the tools that it needs to go after bad actors and fraud." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 49 yeas to 50 nays.
NAYS: Moran R-KS
YEAS: Marshall R-KS
Senate Vote 3:
REGULATING COLLEGE SPORTS: The Senate has approved a motion to proceed to consideration of the Protect College Sports Act (S. 4668), sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The bill would establish various measures controlling name, image, or likeness (NIL) contracts in college sports. Cruz said it would remedy a situation in which "for years, court decisions, litigation, conflicting state laws, unlimited transfers, eligibility issues, and inconsistent enforcement have chipped away at the foundation of college athletics." An opponent, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said: "This bill does not do enough to protect college athletes' health and safety and well-being." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 77 yeas to 22 nays.
NOT VOTING: Moran R-KS
YEAS: Marshall R-KS
Senate Vote 4:
TEXAS JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Kasdin Mitchell to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Mitchell, currently a lawyer at the Kirkland & Ellis law firm, spent a year as an assistant solicitor general for the Alabama government and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., claimed Mitchell has prioritized corporate interests in her legal career, and cited her "strong ties to the Federalist Society and other rightwing organizations." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 49 yeas to 45 nays.
NOT VOTING: Moran R-KS, Marshall R-KS
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HOUSE VOTES:
House Vote 1:
INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditions ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how Kansas members of Congress voted over the previous week. HOUSE VOTES: House Vote 1: INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditionsacross the National Wildlife Refuge System." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 371 yeas to 33 nays.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd)
NOT VOTING: Estes R-KS (4th), Mann R-KS (1st)
NAYS: Schmidt R-KS (2nd)
House Vote 2:
PROTECTING URBAN BIRDS: The House has passed the Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act (H.R. 3276), sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., to authorize the Urban Bird Treaty program at the Fish and Wildlife Service agency. The program covers federal agreements with individual U.S. cities for aiding local birds. Dingell said: "Supporting parks and greenways and reducing urban hazards can make a real difference for migrating and nesting birds and protect bird populations for generations to come." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 345 yeas to 60 nays.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd)
NOT VOTING: Estes R-KS (4th), Mann R-KS (1st)
NAYS: Schmidt R-KS (2nd)
House Vote 3:
IMPEACHMENT: The House has tabled a bill (H. Res. 1486), sponsored by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, that would have impeached President Trump for allegedly administering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agencies in violation of the First, Fourth, and Fifth Constitutional amendments. The vote to table, on Sept. 15, was 232 yeas to 147 nays, with 47 voting present.
PRESENT: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd)
YEAS: Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 4:
FINANCIAL FRAUD GRANTS: The House has passed the Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act (H.R. 2978), sponsored by Rep. Zachary Nunn, R-Iowa, to authorize the issuance of grants to sub-federal law enforcement agencies for investigating various types of financial fraud. Nunn said the grant authority was needed because currently, "criminals on the other side of the world are stealing the life savings of people in our own communities, and the local officers who answer those calls oftentimes can't even do anything about it." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 414 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd), Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 5:
FINANCIAL REGULATORY PRACTICES: The House has passed the Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act (H.R. 8278), sponsored by Rep. Marlin A. Stutzman, R-Ind., to require various financial regulatory agencies to evaluate their use of technology in regulations and purchasing. Stutzman called the bill "a straightforward, commonsense, and bipartisan step to address the critical technology challenges facing our regulators." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 417 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd), Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 6:
HOUSING WHISTLEBLOWERS: The House has passed the Whistleblower Protection Act (H.R. 4646), sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, to extend broader federal government whistleblower protections to those revealing misdeeds involving money provided under contracts from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). De La Cruz said removing existing time limits on the protections was needed because many HUD contracts last for decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was unanimous with 424 yeas.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd), Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 7:
DIESEL ENGINE AIR EMISSIONS: The House has passed the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (H.R. 2140), sponsored by Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., to reauthorize through fiscal 2029 an Environmental Protection Agency program for subsidizing ways to cut emissions from diesel engines. Matsui said: "Replacing older diesel vehicles and engines has meaningfully reduced pollution in communities across the country and delivered billions of dollars in public health benefits." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 343 yeas to 79 nays.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd), Estes R-KS (4th)
NAYS: Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 8:
TAXES AND FRAUD: The House has passed the Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act (H.R. 9500), sponsored by Rep. Max L. Miller, R-Ohio, to change the tax code in various ways to benefit those who have been victims of theft by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, including by increasing the tax deduction for those losses. Miller said relief was needed because "right now, if a scammer steals your life savings through a romance scam, a fake investment scheme, or a business email fraud, the federal tax code adds insult to injury." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 408 yeas to 17 nays.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd), Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 9:
CALIFORNIA SHIP EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 210), sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., that would revoke Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorization for California to require reductions in air emissions from ocean-going ships. Fong said "California should not be able to impose costly shipping mandates that drive up prices across the nation, disrupt our supply chain, and put our energy security at risk." An opponent, Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., said: "Nullifying this waiver does nothing to save Americans money. It drives up toxic diesel pollution that endangers the public health of our communities." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 216 yeas to 211 nays.
NAYS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd)
YEAS: Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 10:
IRAN WAR AUTHORIZATION: The House has passed a bill (H. Con. Res. 93), sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., that would require the cessation of U.S. military hostilities against Iran absent a Congressional authorization or declaration of war. Moulton said: "Never before has Iran controlled the world economy, brought the world economy to its heels, by closing the Strait of Hormuz as a result of this war not only failing but backfiring." An opponent, Rep. Brian J. Mast, R-Fla., cited the need to respond to lethal attacks against the U.S. by Iran over the past five decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was 220 yeas to 204 nays.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd)
NAYS: Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 11:
SANCTIONING IRAN AND RUSSIA: The House has agreed to the Senate's amended version of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (H.R. 5334). The bill would authorize imposing secondary tariffs on imports from countries that import fossil fuels from Russia, adopt a variety of sanctions against Russia, and extend expiring sanctions on Iran. A supporter. Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, said: "This bill leverages our economic strength to make it harder for these regimes to finance aggression." An opponent, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., said the bill "does not give the Ukrainians what they need at this moment" to oppose Russian aggression. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 262 yeas to 159 nays.
NAYS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd)
YEAS: Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 12:
FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS: The House has passed the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act (H.R. 9576), sponsored by Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minn., to authorize the recently established National Fraud Enforcement Division at the Justice Department. A supporter, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., said it was important to have a "single dedicated division at Main Justice waking up every single day with the sole mission of protecting the public" from fraud. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 352 yeas to 72 nays.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd), Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 13:
FRAUD COLLABORATION WITH STATES: The House has passed the Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act (H.R. 10326), sponsored by Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., to require states to send information in response to Justice Department requests that deal with suspected fraud in Medicaid and other federal social welfare programs. Van Drew said: "Sophisticated fraud rings intentionally scatter their operations across state lines because they know individual state databases do not talk to each other, and they also know they can hide behind local bureaucratic red tape." A bill opponent, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said it was hastily written and "overthrows the longstanding privacy safeguards governing these programs and all the general privacy laws enacted by Congress to protect our personal data from unwarranted government surveillance and collection." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 217 yeas to 207 nays.
NAYS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd)
YEAS: Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 14:
CALIFORNIA BOAT EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 213), sponsored by Rep. James Gallagher, R-Calif., to cancel an Environmental Protection Agency waiver rule allowing California to issue its own regulations for air emissions from commercial boats. Gallagher said maintaining the rule would allow California "to impose burdensome and unrealistic zero-emission requirements on commercial harbor craft," with up to $2.5 billion of resulting costs. An opponent, Rep. Luz M. Rivas, D-Calif., called the bill "an illegal attack on California's work to set vital health protections at a time when Republicans have gutted Americans' healthcare and have done nothing to lower their cost of living." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 214 yeas to 208 nays.
NAYS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd)
YEAS: Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 15:
ELECTRICITY COSTS AND RATES: The House has passed the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340), sponsored by Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., to require state regulators to consider implementation of a federal standard for assigning electrical generation and grid costs to large-load customers. Evans said the bill "keeps costs low for Americans and helps us build the energy backbone required to compete and win in the AI race and to keep Americans' digital information here in the United States, not in China." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 417 yeas to 3 nays.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd), Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 16:
WATER PROJECTS: The House has passed the Water Resources Development Act (H.R. 9497), sponsored by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., to authorize water infrastructure projects at the Army Corps of Engineers. Graves said it "streamlines Corps processes by empowering the local communities and enhancing infrastructure resilience across the nation. This bill makes historic investments in both our inland and coastal water systems." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 415 yeas to 9 nays.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd), Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
House Vote 17:
PRIVATE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS: The House has passed the Retire through Ownership Act (S. 2403), sponsored by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., to allow fiduciaries for employee stock ownership plans at a given private company to use a valuation given by an outside expert in order to determine how much shares in the company are worth. A supporter, Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Ga., said that currently, "in too many cases, these plans face unnecessary risk due to the lack of a clear regulatory framework for valuing employee stock." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 401 yeas to 14 nays.
YEAS: Davids (KS) D-KS (3rd), Estes R-KS (4th), Schmidt R-KS (2nd), Mann R-KS (1st)
SENATE VOTES:
Senate Vote 1:
OHIO JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Matthew Byrne to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Byrne has been a state appeals court judge in Ohio for five years, following about fifteen years at two different Cincinnati law firms and a stint as a White House staffer during the George W. Bush administration. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said: "In his public commentary and his judicial decisions, Judge Byrne has repeatedly demonstrated his extreme views and how he will rule if he is confirmed to the federal bench." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 52 yeas to 45 nays.
YEAS: Moran R-KS, Marshall R-KS
Senate Vote 2:
BLOCKCHAIN DIGITAL ASSETS: The Senate has rejected cloture on a motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633), sponsored by Rep. J. French Hill, R-Ark. The bill would assign the Commodity Futures Trading Commission responsibility for most regulation of markets in digital commodities that utilize blockchains, and establish various regulatory requirements for digital commodity markets. A supporter, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said that by creating regulatory certainty for blockchains, the bill "provides everyday Americans with the information they need to make investment decisions, prevents value manipulation schemes, and ensures that law enforcement has the tools that it needs to go after bad actors and fraud." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 49 yeas to 50 nays.
NAYS: Moran R-KS
YEAS: Marshall R-KS
Senate Vote 3:
REGULATING COLLEGE SPORTS: The Senate has approved a motion to proceed to consideration of the Protect College Sports Act (S. 4668), sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The bill would establish various measures controlling name, image, or likeness (NIL) contracts in college sports. Cruz said it would remedy a situation in which "for years, court decisions, litigation, conflicting state laws, unlimited transfers, eligibility issues, and inconsistent enforcement have chipped away at the foundation of college athletics." An opponent, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said: "This bill does not do enough to protect college athletes' health and safety and well-being." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 77 yeas to 22 nays.
NOT VOTING: Moran R-KS
YEAS: Marshall R-KS
Senate Vote 4:
TEXAS JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Kasdin Mitchell to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Mitchell, currently a lawyer at the Kirkland & Ellis law firm, spent a year as an assistant solicitor general for the Alabama government and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., claimed Mitchell has prioritized corporate interests in her legal career, and cited her "strong ties to the Federalist Society and other rightwing organizations." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 49 yeas to 45 nays.
NOT VOTING: Moran R-KS, Marshall R-KS
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Indiana Congressional Votes for the Week ending 2026-09-18
by Arne Christensen
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how Indiana members of Congress voted over the previous week.
HOUSE VOTES:
House Vote 1:
INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditions ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how Indiana members of Congress voted over the previous week. HOUSE VOTES: House Vote 1: INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditionsacross the National Wildlife Refuge System." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 371 yeas to 33 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
House Vote 2:
PROTECTING URBAN BIRDS: The House has passed the Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act (H.R. 3276), sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., to authorize the Urban Bird Treaty program at the Fish and Wildlife Service agency. The program covers federal agreements with individual U.S. cities for aiding local birds. Dingell said: "Supporting parks and greenways and reducing urban hazards can make a real difference for migrating and nesting birds and protect bird populations for generations to come." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 345 yeas to 60 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
House Vote 3:
IMPEACHMENT: The House has tabled a bill (H. Res. 1486), sponsored by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, that would have impeached President Trump for allegedly administering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agencies in violation of the First, Fourth, and Fifth Constitutional amendments. The vote to table, on Sept. 15, was 232 yeas to 147 nays, with 47 voting present.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
NAYS: Carson D-IN (7th)
PRESENT: Mrvan D-IN (1st)
House Vote 4:
FINANCIAL FRAUD GRANTS: The House has passed the Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act (H.R. 2978), sponsored by Rep. Zachary Nunn, R-Iowa, to authorize the issuance of grants to sub-federal law enforcement agencies for investigating various types of financial fraud. Nunn said the grant authority was needed because currently, "criminals on the other side of the world are stealing the life savings of people in our own communities, and the local officers who answer those calls oftentimes can't even do anything about it." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 414 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
House Vote 5:
FINANCIAL REGULATORY PRACTICES: The House has passed the Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act (H.R. 8278), sponsored by Rep. Marlin A. Stutzman, R-Ind., to require various financial regulatory agencies to evaluate their use of technology in regulations and purchasing. Stutzman called the bill "a straightforward, commonsense, and bipartisan step to address the critical technology challenges facing our regulators." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 417 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
House Vote 6:
HOUSING WHISTLEBLOWERS: The House has passed the Whistleblower Protection Act (H.R. 4646), sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, to extend broader federal government whistleblower protections to those revealing misdeeds involving money provided under contracts from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). De La Cruz said removing existing time limits on the protections was needed because many HUD contracts last for decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was unanimous with 424 yeas.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
House Vote 7:
DIESEL ENGINE AIR EMISSIONS: The House has passed the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (H.R. 2140), sponsored by Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., to reauthorize through fiscal 2029 an Environmental Protection Agency program for subsidizing ways to cut emissions from diesel engines. Matsui said: "Replacing older diesel vehicles and engines has meaningfully reduced pollution in communities across the country and delivered billions of dollars in public health benefits." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 343 yeas to 79 nays.
NAYS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Houchin R-IN (9th)
YEAS: Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd)
House Vote 8:
TAXES AND FRAUD: The House has passed the Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act (H.R. 9500), sponsored by Rep. Max L. Miller, R-Ohio, to change the tax code in various ways to benefit those who have been victims of theft by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, including by increasing the tax deduction for those losses. Miller said relief was needed because "right now, if a scammer steals your life savings through a romance scam, a fake investment scheme, or a business email fraud, the federal tax code adds insult to injury." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 408 yeas to 17 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
House Vote 9:
CALIFORNIA SHIP EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 210), sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., that would revoke Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorization for California to require reductions in air emissions from ocean-going ships. Fong said "California should not be able to impose costly shipping mandates that drive up prices across the nation, disrupt our supply chain, and put our energy security at risk." An opponent, Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., said: "Nullifying this waiver does nothing to save Americans money. It drives up toxic diesel pollution that endangers the public health of our communities." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 216 yeas to 211 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
NAYS: Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st)
House Vote 10:
IRAN WAR AUTHORIZATION: The House has passed a bill (H. Con. Res. 93), sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., that would require the cessation of U.S. military hostilities against Iran absent a Congressional authorization or declaration of war. Moulton said: "Never before has Iran controlled the world economy, brought the world economy to its heels, by closing the Strait of Hormuz as a result of this war not only failing but backfiring." An opponent, Rep. Brian J. Mast, R-Fla., cited the need to respond to lethal attacks against the U.S. by Iran over the past five decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was 220 yeas to 204 nays.
NAYS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
YEAS: Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st)
House Vote 11:
SANCTIONING IRAN AND RUSSIA: The House has agreed to the Senate's amended version of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (H.R. 5334). The bill would authorize imposing secondary tariffs on imports from countries that import fossil fuels from Russia, adopt a variety of sanctions against Russia, and extend expiring sanctions on Iran. A supporter. Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, said: "This bill leverages our economic strength to make it harder for these regimes to finance aggression." An opponent, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., said the bill "does not give the Ukrainians what they need at this moment" to oppose Russian aggression. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 262 yeas to 159 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
NAYS: Carson D-IN (7th)
House Vote 12:
FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS: The House has passed the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act (H.R. 9576), sponsored by Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minn., to authorize the recently established National Fraud Enforcement Division at the Justice Department. A supporter, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., said it was important to have a "single dedicated division at Main Justice waking up every single day with the sole mission of protecting the public" from fraud. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 352 yeas to 72 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
NAYS: Carson D-IN (7th)
House Vote 13:
FRAUD COLLABORATION WITH STATES: The House has passed the Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act (H.R. 10326), sponsored by Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., to require states to send information in response to Justice Department requests that deal with suspected fraud in Medicaid and other federal social welfare programs. Van Drew said: "Sophisticated fraud rings intentionally scatter their operations across state lines because they know individual state databases do not talk to each other, and they also know they can hide behind local bureaucratic red tape." A bill opponent, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said it was hastily written and "overthrows the longstanding privacy safeguards governing these programs and all the general privacy laws enacted by Congress to protect our personal data from unwarranted government surveillance and collection." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 217 yeas to 207 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
NAYS: Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st)
House Vote 14:
CALIFORNIA BOAT EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 213), sponsored by Rep. James Gallagher, R-Calif., to cancel an Environmental Protection Agency waiver rule allowing California to issue its own regulations for air emissions from commercial boats. Gallagher said maintaining the rule would allow California "to impose burdensome and unrealistic zero-emission requirements on commercial harbor craft," with up to $2.5 billion of resulting costs. An opponent, Rep. Luz M. Rivas, D-Calif., called the bill "an illegal attack on California's work to set vital health protections at a time when Republicans have gutted Americans' healthcare and have done nothing to lower their cost of living." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 214 yeas to 208 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
NAYS: Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st)
House Vote 15:
ELECTRICITY COSTS AND RATES: The House has passed the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340), sponsored by Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., to require state regulators to consider implementation of a federal standard for assigning electrical generation and grid costs to large-load customers. Evans said the bill "keeps costs low for Americans and helps us build the energy backbone required to compete and win in the AI race and to keep Americans' digital information here in the United States, not in China." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 417 yeas to 3 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
House Vote 16:
WATER PROJECTS: The House has passed the Water Resources Development Act (H.R. 9497), sponsored by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., to authorize water infrastructure projects at the Army Corps of Engineers. Graves said it "streamlines Corps processes by empowering the local communities and enhancing infrastructure resilience across the nation. This bill makes historic investments in both our inland and coastal water systems." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 415 yeas to 9 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
House Vote 17:
PRIVATE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS: The House has passed the Retire through Ownership Act (S. 2403), sponsored by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., to allow fiduciaries for employee stock ownership plans at a given private company to use a valuation given by an outside expert in order to determine how much shares in the company are worth. A supporter, Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Ga., said that currently, "in too many cases, these plans face unnecessary risk due to the lack of a clear regulatory framework for valuing employee stock." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 401 yeas to 14 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
SENATE VOTES:
Senate Vote 1:
OHIO JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Matthew Byrne to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Byrne has been a state appeals court judge in Ohio for five years, following about fifteen years at two different Cincinnati law firms and a stint as a White House staffer during the George W. Bush administration. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said: "In his public commentary and his judicial decisions, Judge Byrne has repeatedly demonstrated his extreme views and how he will rule if he is confirmed to the federal bench." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 52 yeas to 45 nays.
YEAS: Young R-IN, Banks R-IN
Senate Vote 2:
BLOCKCHAIN DIGITAL ASSETS: The Senate has rejected cloture on a motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633), sponsored by Rep. J. French Hill, R-Ark. The bill would assign the Commodity Futures Trading Commission responsibility for most regulation of markets in digital commodities that utilize blockchains, and establish various regulatory requirements for digital commodity markets. A supporter, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said that by creating regulatory certainty for blockchains, the bill "provides everyday Americans with the information they need to make investment decisions, prevents value manipulation schemes, and ensures that law enforcement has the tools that it needs to go after bad actors and fraud." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 49 yeas to 50 nays.
YEAS: Young R-IN, Banks R-IN
Senate Vote 3:
REGULATING COLLEGE SPORTS: The Senate has approved a motion to proceed to consideration of the Protect College Sports Act (S. 4668), sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The bill would establish various measures controlling name, image, or likeness (NIL) contracts in college sports. Cruz said it would remedy a situation in which "for years, court decisions, litigation, conflicting state laws, unlimited transfers, eligibility issues, and inconsistent enforcement have chipped away at the foundation of college athletics." An opponent, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said: "This bill does not do enough to protect college athletes' health and safety and well-being." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 77 yeas to 22 nays.
YEAS: Young R-IN, Banks R-IN
Senate Vote 4:
TEXAS JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Kasdin Mitchell to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Mitchell, currently a lawyer at the Kirkland & Ellis law firm, spent a year as an assistant solicitor general for the Alabama government and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., claimed Mitchell has prioritized corporate interests in her legal career, and cited her "strong ties to the Federalist Society and other rightwing organizations." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 49 yeas to 45 nays.
YEAS: Young R-IN, Banks R-IN
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HOUSE VOTES:
House Vote 1:
INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditions ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how Indiana members of Congress voted over the previous week. HOUSE VOTES: House Vote 1: INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditionsacross the National Wildlife Refuge System." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 371 yeas to 33 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
House Vote 2:
PROTECTING URBAN BIRDS: The House has passed the Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act (H.R. 3276), sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., to authorize the Urban Bird Treaty program at the Fish and Wildlife Service agency. The program covers federal agreements with individual U.S. cities for aiding local birds. Dingell said: "Supporting parks and greenways and reducing urban hazards can make a real difference for migrating and nesting birds and protect bird populations for generations to come." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 345 yeas to 60 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
House Vote 3:
IMPEACHMENT: The House has tabled a bill (H. Res. 1486), sponsored by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, that would have impeached President Trump for allegedly administering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agencies in violation of the First, Fourth, and Fifth Constitutional amendments. The vote to table, on Sept. 15, was 232 yeas to 147 nays, with 47 voting present.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
NAYS: Carson D-IN (7th)
PRESENT: Mrvan D-IN (1st)
House Vote 4:
FINANCIAL FRAUD GRANTS: The House has passed the Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act (H.R. 2978), sponsored by Rep. Zachary Nunn, R-Iowa, to authorize the issuance of grants to sub-federal law enforcement agencies for investigating various types of financial fraud. Nunn said the grant authority was needed because currently, "criminals on the other side of the world are stealing the life savings of people in our own communities, and the local officers who answer those calls oftentimes can't even do anything about it." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 414 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
House Vote 5:
FINANCIAL REGULATORY PRACTICES: The House has passed the Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act (H.R. 8278), sponsored by Rep. Marlin A. Stutzman, R-Ind., to require various financial regulatory agencies to evaluate their use of technology in regulations and purchasing. Stutzman called the bill "a straightforward, commonsense, and bipartisan step to address the critical technology challenges facing our regulators." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 417 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
House Vote 6:
HOUSING WHISTLEBLOWERS: The House has passed the Whistleblower Protection Act (H.R. 4646), sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, to extend broader federal government whistleblower protections to those revealing misdeeds involving money provided under contracts from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). De La Cruz said removing existing time limits on the protections was needed because many HUD contracts last for decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was unanimous with 424 yeas.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
House Vote 7:
DIESEL ENGINE AIR EMISSIONS: The House has passed the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (H.R. 2140), sponsored by Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., to reauthorize through fiscal 2029 an Environmental Protection Agency program for subsidizing ways to cut emissions from diesel engines. Matsui said: "Replacing older diesel vehicles and engines has meaningfully reduced pollution in communities across the country and delivered billions of dollars in public health benefits." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 343 yeas to 79 nays.
NAYS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Houchin R-IN (9th)
YEAS: Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd)
House Vote 8:
TAXES AND FRAUD: The House has passed the Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act (H.R. 9500), sponsored by Rep. Max L. Miller, R-Ohio, to change the tax code in various ways to benefit those who have been victims of theft by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, including by increasing the tax deduction for those losses. Miller said relief was needed because "right now, if a scammer steals your life savings through a romance scam, a fake investment scheme, or a business email fraud, the federal tax code adds insult to injury." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 408 yeas to 17 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
House Vote 9:
CALIFORNIA SHIP EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 210), sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., that would revoke Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorization for California to require reductions in air emissions from ocean-going ships. Fong said "California should not be able to impose costly shipping mandates that drive up prices across the nation, disrupt our supply chain, and put our energy security at risk." An opponent, Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., said: "Nullifying this waiver does nothing to save Americans money. It drives up toxic diesel pollution that endangers the public health of our communities." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 216 yeas to 211 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
NAYS: Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st)
House Vote 10:
IRAN WAR AUTHORIZATION: The House has passed a bill (H. Con. Res. 93), sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., that would require the cessation of U.S. military hostilities against Iran absent a Congressional authorization or declaration of war. Moulton said: "Never before has Iran controlled the world economy, brought the world economy to its heels, by closing the Strait of Hormuz as a result of this war not only failing but backfiring." An opponent, Rep. Brian J. Mast, R-Fla., cited the need to respond to lethal attacks against the U.S. by Iran over the past five decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was 220 yeas to 204 nays.
NAYS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
YEAS: Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st)
House Vote 11:
SANCTIONING IRAN AND RUSSIA: The House has agreed to the Senate's amended version of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (H.R. 5334). The bill would authorize imposing secondary tariffs on imports from countries that import fossil fuels from Russia, adopt a variety of sanctions against Russia, and extend expiring sanctions on Iran. A supporter. Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, said: "This bill leverages our economic strength to make it harder for these regimes to finance aggression." An opponent, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., said the bill "does not give the Ukrainians what they need at this moment" to oppose Russian aggression. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 262 yeas to 159 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
NAYS: Carson D-IN (7th)
House Vote 12:
FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS: The House has passed the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act (H.R. 9576), sponsored by Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minn., to authorize the recently established National Fraud Enforcement Division at the Justice Department. A supporter, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., said it was important to have a "single dedicated division at Main Justice waking up every single day with the sole mission of protecting the public" from fraud. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 352 yeas to 72 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
NAYS: Carson D-IN (7th)
House Vote 13:
FRAUD COLLABORATION WITH STATES: The House has passed the Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act (H.R. 10326), sponsored by Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., to require states to send information in response to Justice Department requests that deal with suspected fraud in Medicaid and other federal social welfare programs. Van Drew said: "Sophisticated fraud rings intentionally scatter their operations across state lines because they know individual state databases do not talk to each other, and they also know they can hide behind local bureaucratic red tape." A bill opponent, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said it was hastily written and "overthrows the longstanding privacy safeguards governing these programs and all the general privacy laws enacted by Congress to protect our personal data from unwarranted government surveillance and collection." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 217 yeas to 207 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
NAYS: Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st)
House Vote 14:
CALIFORNIA BOAT EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 213), sponsored by Rep. James Gallagher, R-Calif., to cancel an Environmental Protection Agency waiver rule allowing California to issue its own regulations for air emissions from commercial boats. Gallagher said maintaining the rule would allow California "to impose burdensome and unrealistic zero-emission requirements on commercial harbor craft," with up to $2.5 billion of resulting costs. An opponent, Rep. Luz M. Rivas, D-Calif., called the bill "an illegal attack on California's work to set vital health protections at a time when Republicans have gutted Americans' healthcare and have done nothing to lower their cost of living." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 214 yeas to 208 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
NAYS: Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st)
House Vote 15:
ELECTRICITY COSTS AND RATES: The House has passed the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340), sponsored by Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., to require state regulators to consider implementation of a federal standard for assigning electrical generation and grid costs to large-load customers. Evans said the bill "keeps costs low for Americans and helps us build the energy backbone required to compete and win in the AI race and to keep Americans' digital information here in the United States, not in China." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 417 yeas to 3 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
House Vote 16:
WATER PROJECTS: The House has passed the Water Resources Development Act (H.R. 9497), sponsored by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., to authorize water infrastructure projects at the Army Corps of Engineers. Graves said it "streamlines Corps processes by empowering the local communities and enhancing infrastructure resilience across the nation. This bill makes historic investments in both our inland and coastal water systems." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 415 yeas to 9 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
House Vote 17:
PRIVATE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS: The House has passed the Retire through Ownership Act (S. 2403), sponsored by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., to allow fiduciaries for employee stock ownership plans at a given private company to use a valuation given by an outside expert in order to determine how much shares in the company are worth. A supporter, Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Ga., said that currently, "in too many cases, these plans face unnecessary risk due to the lack of a clear regulatory framework for valuing employee stock." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 401 yeas to 14 nays.
YEAS: Spartz R-IN (5th), Baird R-IN (4th), Messmer R-IN (8th), Shreve R-IN (6th), Stutzman R-IN (3th), Carson D-IN (7th), Mrvan D-IN (1st), Yakym R-IN (2nd), Houchin R-IN (9th)
SENATE VOTES:
Senate Vote 1:
OHIO JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Matthew Byrne to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Byrne has been a state appeals court judge in Ohio for five years, following about fifteen years at two different Cincinnati law firms and a stint as a White House staffer during the George W. Bush administration. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said: "In his public commentary and his judicial decisions, Judge Byrne has repeatedly demonstrated his extreme views and how he will rule if he is confirmed to the federal bench." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 52 yeas to 45 nays.
YEAS: Young R-IN, Banks R-IN
Senate Vote 2:
BLOCKCHAIN DIGITAL ASSETS: The Senate has rejected cloture on a motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633), sponsored by Rep. J. French Hill, R-Ark. The bill would assign the Commodity Futures Trading Commission responsibility for most regulation of markets in digital commodities that utilize blockchains, and establish various regulatory requirements for digital commodity markets. A supporter, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said that by creating regulatory certainty for blockchains, the bill "provides everyday Americans with the information they need to make investment decisions, prevents value manipulation schemes, and ensures that law enforcement has the tools that it needs to go after bad actors and fraud." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 49 yeas to 50 nays.
YEAS: Young R-IN, Banks R-IN
Senate Vote 3:
REGULATING COLLEGE SPORTS: The Senate has approved a motion to proceed to consideration of the Protect College Sports Act (S. 4668), sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The bill would establish various measures controlling name, image, or likeness (NIL) contracts in college sports. Cruz said it would remedy a situation in which "for years, court decisions, litigation, conflicting state laws, unlimited transfers, eligibility issues, and inconsistent enforcement have chipped away at the foundation of college athletics." An opponent, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said: "This bill does not do enough to protect college athletes' health and safety and well-being." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 77 yeas to 22 nays.
YEAS: Young R-IN, Banks R-IN
Senate Vote 4:
TEXAS JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Kasdin Mitchell to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Mitchell, currently a lawyer at the Kirkland & Ellis law firm, spent a year as an assistant solicitor general for the Alabama government and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., claimed Mitchell has prioritized corporate interests in her legal career, and cited her "strong ties to the Federalist Society and other rightwing organizations." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 49 yeas to 45 nays.
YEAS: Young R-IN, Banks R-IN
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Hawaii Congressional Votes for the Week ending 2026-09-18
by Arne Christensen
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how Hawaii members of Congress voted over the previous week.
HOUSE VOTES:
House Vote 1:
INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditions ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how Hawaii members of Congress voted over the previous week. HOUSE VOTES: House Vote 1: INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditionsacross the National Wildlife Refuge System." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 371 yeas to 33 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 2:
PROTECTING URBAN BIRDS: The House has passed the Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act (H.R. 3276), sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., to authorize the Urban Bird Treaty program at the Fish and Wildlife Service agency. The program covers federal agreements with individual U.S. cities for aiding local birds. Dingell said: "Supporting parks and greenways and reducing urban hazards can make a real difference for migrating and nesting birds and protect bird populations for generations to come." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 345 yeas to 60 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 3:
IMPEACHMENT: The House has tabled a bill (H. Res. 1486), sponsored by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, that would have impeached President Trump for allegedly administering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agencies in violation of the First, Fourth, and Fifth Constitutional amendments. The vote to table, on Sept. 15, was 232 yeas to 147 nays, with 47 voting present.
PRESENT: Case D-HI (1st)
NAYS: Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 4:
FINANCIAL FRAUD GRANTS: The House has passed the Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act (H.R. 2978), sponsored by Rep. Zachary Nunn, R-Iowa, to authorize the issuance of grants to sub-federal law enforcement agencies for investigating various types of financial fraud. Nunn said the grant authority was needed because currently, "criminals on the other side of the world are stealing the life savings of people in our own communities, and the local officers who answer those calls oftentimes can't even do anything about it." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 414 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 5:
FINANCIAL REGULATORY PRACTICES: The House has passed the Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act (H.R. 8278), sponsored by Rep. Marlin A. Stutzman, R-Ind., to require various financial regulatory agencies to evaluate their use of technology in regulations and purchasing. Stutzman called the bill "a straightforward, commonsense, and bipartisan step to address the critical technology challenges facing our regulators." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 417 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 6:
HOUSING WHISTLEBLOWERS: The House has passed the Whistleblower Protection Act (H.R. 4646), sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, to extend broader federal government whistleblower protections to those revealing misdeeds involving money provided under contracts from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). De La Cruz said removing existing time limits on the protections was needed because many HUD contracts last for decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was unanimous with 424 yeas.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 7:
DIESEL ENGINE AIR EMISSIONS: The House has passed the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (H.R. 2140), sponsored by Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., to reauthorize through fiscal 2029 an Environmental Protection Agency program for subsidizing ways to cut emissions from diesel engines. Matsui said: "Replacing older diesel vehicles and engines has meaningfully reduced pollution in communities across the country and delivered billions of dollars in public health benefits." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 343 yeas to 79 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 8:
TAXES AND FRAUD: The House has passed the Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act (H.R. 9500), sponsored by Rep. Max L. Miller, R-Ohio, to change the tax code in various ways to benefit those who have been victims of theft by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, including by increasing the tax deduction for those losses. Miller said relief was needed because "right now, if a scammer steals your life savings through a romance scam, a fake investment scheme, or a business email fraud, the federal tax code adds insult to injury." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 408 yeas to 17 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 9:
CALIFORNIA SHIP EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 210), sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., that would revoke Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorization for California to require reductions in air emissions from ocean-going ships. Fong said "California should not be able to impose costly shipping mandates that drive up prices across the nation, disrupt our supply chain, and put our energy security at risk." An opponent, Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., said: "Nullifying this waiver does nothing to save Americans money. It drives up toxic diesel pollution that endangers the public health of our communities." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 216 yeas to 211 nays.
NAYS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 10:
IRAN WAR AUTHORIZATION: The House has passed a bill (H. Con. Res. 93), sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., that would require the cessation of U.S. military hostilities against Iran absent a Congressional authorization or declaration of war. Moulton said: "Never before has Iran controlled the world economy, brought the world economy to its heels, by closing the Strait of Hormuz as a result of this war not only failing but backfiring." An opponent, Rep. Brian J. Mast, R-Fla., cited the need to respond to lethal attacks against the U.S. by Iran over the past five decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was 220 yeas to 204 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 11:
SANCTIONING IRAN AND RUSSIA: The House has agreed to the Senate's amended version of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (H.R. 5334). The bill would authorize imposing secondary tariffs on imports from countries that import fossil fuels from Russia, adopt a variety of sanctions against Russia, and extend expiring sanctions on Iran. A supporter. Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, said: "This bill leverages our economic strength to make it harder for these regimes to finance aggression." An opponent, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., said the bill "does not give the Ukrainians what they need at this moment" to oppose Russian aggression. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 262 yeas to 159 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 12:
FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS: The House has passed the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act (H.R. 9576), sponsored by Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minn., to authorize the recently established National Fraud Enforcement Division at the Justice Department. A supporter, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., said it was important to have a "single dedicated division at Main Justice waking up every single day with the sole mission of protecting the public" from fraud. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 352 yeas to 72 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st)
NAYS: Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 13:
FRAUD COLLABORATION WITH STATES: The House has passed the Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act (H.R. 10326), sponsored by Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., to require states to send information in response to Justice Department requests that deal with suspected fraud in Medicaid and other federal social welfare programs. Van Drew said: "Sophisticated fraud rings intentionally scatter their operations across state lines because they know individual state databases do not talk to each other, and they also know they can hide behind local bureaucratic red tape." A bill opponent, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said it was hastily written and "overthrows the longstanding privacy safeguards governing these programs and all the general privacy laws enacted by Congress to protect our personal data from unwarranted government surveillance and collection." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 217 yeas to 207 nays.
NAYS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 14:
CALIFORNIA BOAT EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 213), sponsored by Rep. James Gallagher, R-Calif., to cancel an Environmental Protection Agency waiver rule allowing California to issue its own regulations for air emissions from commercial boats. Gallagher said maintaining the rule would allow California "to impose burdensome and unrealistic zero-emission requirements on commercial harbor craft," with up to $2.5 billion of resulting costs. An opponent, Rep. Luz M. Rivas, D-Calif., called the bill "an illegal attack on California's work to set vital health protections at a time when Republicans have gutted Americans' healthcare and have done nothing to lower their cost of living." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 214 yeas to 208 nays.
NAYS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 15:
ELECTRICITY COSTS AND RATES: The House has passed the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340), sponsored by Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., to require state regulators to consider implementation of a federal standard for assigning electrical generation and grid costs to large-load customers. Evans said the bill "keeps costs low for Americans and helps us build the energy backbone required to compete and win in the AI race and to keep Americans' digital information here in the United States, not in China." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 417 yeas to 3 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 16:
WATER PROJECTS: The House has passed the Water Resources Development Act (H.R. 9497), sponsored by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., to authorize water infrastructure projects at the Army Corps of Engineers. Graves said it "streamlines Corps processes by empowering the local communities and enhancing infrastructure resilience across the nation. This bill makes historic investments in both our inland and coastal water systems." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 415 yeas to 9 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 17:
PRIVATE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS: The House has passed the Retire through Ownership Act (S. 2403), sponsored by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., to allow fiduciaries for employee stock ownership plans at a given private company to use a valuation given by an outside expert in order to determine how much shares in the company are worth. A supporter, Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Ga., said that currently, "in too many cases, these plans face unnecessary risk due to the lack of a clear regulatory framework for valuing employee stock." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 401 yeas to 14 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
SENATE VOTES:
Senate Vote 1:
OHIO JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Matthew Byrne to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Byrne has been a state appeals court judge in Ohio for five years, following about fifteen years at two different Cincinnati law firms and a stint as a White House staffer during the George W. Bush administration. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said: "In his public commentary and his judicial decisions, Judge Byrne has repeatedly demonstrated his extreme views and how he will rule if he is confirmed to the federal bench." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 52 yeas to 45 nays.
NAYS: Schatz D-HI, Hirono D-HI
Senate Vote 2:
BLOCKCHAIN DIGITAL ASSETS: The Senate has rejected cloture on a motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633), sponsored by Rep. J. French Hill, R-Ark. The bill would assign the Commodity Futures Trading Commission responsibility for most regulation of markets in digital commodities that utilize blockchains, and establish various regulatory requirements for digital commodity markets. A supporter, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said that by creating regulatory certainty for blockchains, the bill "provides everyday Americans with the information they need to make investment decisions, prevents value manipulation schemes, and ensures that law enforcement has the tools that it needs to go after bad actors and fraud." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 49 yeas to 50 nays.
NAYS: Schatz D-HI, Hirono D-HI
Senate Vote 3:
REGULATING COLLEGE SPORTS: The Senate has approved a motion to proceed to consideration of the Protect College Sports Act (S. 4668), sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The bill would establish various measures controlling name, image, or likeness (NIL) contracts in college sports. Cruz said it would remedy a situation in which "for years, court decisions, litigation, conflicting state laws, unlimited transfers, eligibility issues, and inconsistent enforcement have chipped away at the foundation of college athletics." An opponent, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said: "This bill does not do enough to protect college athletes' health and safety and well-being." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 77 yeas to 22 nays.
YEAS: Schatz D-HI, Hirono D-HI
Senate Vote 4:
TEXAS JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Kasdin Mitchell to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Mitchell, currently a lawyer at the Kirkland & Ellis law firm, spent a year as an assistant solicitor general for the Alabama government and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., claimed Mitchell has prioritized corporate interests in her legal career, and cited her "strong ties to the Federalist Society and other rightwing organizations." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 49 yeas to 45 nays.
NAYS: Schatz D-HI, Hirono D-HI
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HOUSE VOTES:
House Vote 1:
INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditions ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how Hawaii members of Congress voted over the previous week. HOUSE VOTES: House Vote 1: INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditionsacross the National Wildlife Refuge System." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 371 yeas to 33 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 2:
PROTECTING URBAN BIRDS: The House has passed the Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act (H.R. 3276), sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., to authorize the Urban Bird Treaty program at the Fish and Wildlife Service agency. The program covers federal agreements with individual U.S. cities for aiding local birds. Dingell said: "Supporting parks and greenways and reducing urban hazards can make a real difference for migrating and nesting birds and protect bird populations for generations to come." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 345 yeas to 60 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 3:
IMPEACHMENT: The House has tabled a bill (H. Res. 1486), sponsored by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, that would have impeached President Trump for allegedly administering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agencies in violation of the First, Fourth, and Fifth Constitutional amendments. The vote to table, on Sept. 15, was 232 yeas to 147 nays, with 47 voting present.
PRESENT: Case D-HI (1st)
NAYS: Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 4:
FINANCIAL FRAUD GRANTS: The House has passed the Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act (H.R. 2978), sponsored by Rep. Zachary Nunn, R-Iowa, to authorize the issuance of grants to sub-federal law enforcement agencies for investigating various types of financial fraud. Nunn said the grant authority was needed because currently, "criminals on the other side of the world are stealing the life savings of people in our own communities, and the local officers who answer those calls oftentimes can't even do anything about it." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 414 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 5:
FINANCIAL REGULATORY PRACTICES: The House has passed the Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act (H.R. 8278), sponsored by Rep. Marlin A. Stutzman, R-Ind., to require various financial regulatory agencies to evaluate their use of technology in regulations and purchasing. Stutzman called the bill "a straightforward, commonsense, and bipartisan step to address the critical technology challenges facing our regulators." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 417 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 6:
HOUSING WHISTLEBLOWERS: The House has passed the Whistleblower Protection Act (H.R. 4646), sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, to extend broader federal government whistleblower protections to those revealing misdeeds involving money provided under contracts from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). De La Cruz said removing existing time limits on the protections was needed because many HUD contracts last for decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was unanimous with 424 yeas.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 7:
DIESEL ENGINE AIR EMISSIONS: The House has passed the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (H.R. 2140), sponsored by Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., to reauthorize through fiscal 2029 an Environmental Protection Agency program for subsidizing ways to cut emissions from diesel engines. Matsui said: "Replacing older diesel vehicles and engines has meaningfully reduced pollution in communities across the country and delivered billions of dollars in public health benefits." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 343 yeas to 79 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 8:
TAXES AND FRAUD: The House has passed the Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act (H.R. 9500), sponsored by Rep. Max L. Miller, R-Ohio, to change the tax code in various ways to benefit those who have been victims of theft by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, including by increasing the tax deduction for those losses. Miller said relief was needed because "right now, if a scammer steals your life savings through a romance scam, a fake investment scheme, or a business email fraud, the federal tax code adds insult to injury." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 408 yeas to 17 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 9:
CALIFORNIA SHIP EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 210), sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., that would revoke Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorization for California to require reductions in air emissions from ocean-going ships. Fong said "California should not be able to impose costly shipping mandates that drive up prices across the nation, disrupt our supply chain, and put our energy security at risk." An opponent, Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., said: "Nullifying this waiver does nothing to save Americans money. It drives up toxic diesel pollution that endangers the public health of our communities." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 216 yeas to 211 nays.
NAYS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 10:
IRAN WAR AUTHORIZATION: The House has passed a bill (H. Con. Res. 93), sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., that would require the cessation of U.S. military hostilities against Iran absent a Congressional authorization or declaration of war. Moulton said: "Never before has Iran controlled the world economy, brought the world economy to its heels, by closing the Strait of Hormuz as a result of this war not only failing but backfiring." An opponent, Rep. Brian J. Mast, R-Fla., cited the need to respond to lethal attacks against the U.S. by Iran over the past five decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was 220 yeas to 204 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 11:
SANCTIONING IRAN AND RUSSIA: The House has agreed to the Senate's amended version of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (H.R. 5334). The bill would authorize imposing secondary tariffs on imports from countries that import fossil fuels from Russia, adopt a variety of sanctions against Russia, and extend expiring sanctions on Iran. A supporter. Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, said: "This bill leverages our economic strength to make it harder for these regimes to finance aggression." An opponent, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., said the bill "does not give the Ukrainians what they need at this moment" to oppose Russian aggression. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 262 yeas to 159 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 12:
FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS: The House has passed the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act (H.R. 9576), sponsored by Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minn., to authorize the recently established National Fraud Enforcement Division at the Justice Department. A supporter, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., said it was important to have a "single dedicated division at Main Justice waking up every single day with the sole mission of protecting the public" from fraud. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 352 yeas to 72 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st)
NAYS: Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 13:
FRAUD COLLABORATION WITH STATES: The House has passed the Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act (H.R. 10326), sponsored by Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., to require states to send information in response to Justice Department requests that deal with suspected fraud in Medicaid and other federal social welfare programs. Van Drew said: "Sophisticated fraud rings intentionally scatter their operations across state lines because they know individual state databases do not talk to each other, and they also know they can hide behind local bureaucratic red tape." A bill opponent, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said it was hastily written and "overthrows the longstanding privacy safeguards governing these programs and all the general privacy laws enacted by Congress to protect our personal data from unwarranted government surveillance and collection." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 217 yeas to 207 nays.
NAYS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 14:
CALIFORNIA BOAT EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 213), sponsored by Rep. James Gallagher, R-Calif., to cancel an Environmental Protection Agency waiver rule allowing California to issue its own regulations for air emissions from commercial boats. Gallagher said maintaining the rule would allow California "to impose burdensome and unrealistic zero-emission requirements on commercial harbor craft," with up to $2.5 billion of resulting costs. An opponent, Rep. Luz M. Rivas, D-Calif., called the bill "an illegal attack on California's work to set vital health protections at a time when Republicans have gutted Americans' healthcare and have done nothing to lower their cost of living." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 214 yeas to 208 nays.
NAYS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 15:
ELECTRICITY COSTS AND RATES: The House has passed the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340), sponsored by Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., to require state regulators to consider implementation of a federal standard for assigning electrical generation and grid costs to large-load customers. Evans said the bill "keeps costs low for Americans and helps us build the energy backbone required to compete and win in the AI race and to keep Americans' digital information here in the United States, not in China." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 417 yeas to 3 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 16:
WATER PROJECTS: The House has passed the Water Resources Development Act (H.R. 9497), sponsored by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., to authorize water infrastructure projects at the Army Corps of Engineers. Graves said it "streamlines Corps processes by empowering the local communities and enhancing infrastructure resilience across the nation. This bill makes historic investments in both our inland and coastal water systems." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 415 yeas to 9 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
House Vote 17:
PRIVATE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS: The House has passed the Retire through Ownership Act (S. 2403), sponsored by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., to allow fiduciaries for employee stock ownership plans at a given private company to use a valuation given by an outside expert in order to determine how much shares in the company are worth. A supporter, Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Ga., said that currently, "in too many cases, these plans face unnecessary risk due to the lack of a clear regulatory framework for valuing employee stock." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 401 yeas to 14 nays.
YEAS: Case D-HI (1st), Tokuda D-HI (2nd)
SENATE VOTES:
Senate Vote 1:
OHIO JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Matthew Byrne to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Byrne has been a state appeals court judge in Ohio for five years, following about fifteen years at two different Cincinnati law firms and a stint as a White House staffer during the George W. Bush administration. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said: "In his public commentary and his judicial decisions, Judge Byrne has repeatedly demonstrated his extreme views and how he will rule if he is confirmed to the federal bench." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 52 yeas to 45 nays.
NAYS: Schatz D-HI, Hirono D-HI
Senate Vote 2:
BLOCKCHAIN DIGITAL ASSETS: The Senate has rejected cloture on a motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633), sponsored by Rep. J. French Hill, R-Ark. The bill would assign the Commodity Futures Trading Commission responsibility for most regulation of markets in digital commodities that utilize blockchains, and establish various regulatory requirements for digital commodity markets. A supporter, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said that by creating regulatory certainty for blockchains, the bill "provides everyday Americans with the information they need to make investment decisions, prevents value manipulation schemes, and ensures that law enforcement has the tools that it needs to go after bad actors and fraud." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 49 yeas to 50 nays.
NAYS: Schatz D-HI, Hirono D-HI
Senate Vote 3:
REGULATING COLLEGE SPORTS: The Senate has approved a motion to proceed to consideration of the Protect College Sports Act (S. 4668), sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The bill would establish various measures controlling name, image, or likeness (NIL) contracts in college sports. Cruz said it would remedy a situation in which "for years, court decisions, litigation, conflicting state laws, unlimited transfers, eligibility issues, and inconsistent enforcement have chipped away at the foundation of college athletics." An opponent, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said: "This bill does not do enough to protect college athletes' health and safety and well-being." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 77 yeas to 22 nays.
YEAS: Schatz D-HI, Hirono D-HI
Senate Vote 4:
TEXAS JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Kasdin Mitchell to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Mitchell, currently a lawyer at the Kirkland & Ellis law firm, spent a year as an assistant solicitor general for the Alabama government and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., claimed Mitchell has prioritized corporate interests in her legal career, and cited her "strong ties to the Federalist Society and other rightwing organizations." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 49 yeas to 45 nays.
NAYS: Schatz D-HI, Hirono D-HI
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Florida Congressional Votes for the Week ending 2026-09-18
by Arne Christensen
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how Florida members of Congress voted over the previous week.
HOUSE VOTES:
House Vote 1:
INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditions ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how Florida members of Congress voted over the previous week. HOUSE VOTES: House Vote 1: INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditionsacross the National Wildlife Refuge System." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 371 yeas to 33 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Salazar R-FL (27th), Frost D-FL (10th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NOT VOTING: Buchanan R-FL (16th), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Donalds R-FL (19th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Mills R-FL (7th)
NAYS: Fine R-FL (6th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Luna R-FL (13th)
House Vote 2:
PROTECTING URBAN BIRDS: The House has passed the Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act (H.R. 3276), sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., to authorize the Urban Bird Treaty program at the Fish and Wildlife Service agency. The program covers federal agreements with individual U.S. cities for aiding local birds. Dingell said: "Supporting parks and greenways and reducing urban hazards can make a real difference for migrating and nesting birds and protect bird populations for generations to come." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 345 yeas to 60 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Salazar R-FL (27th), Frost D-FL (10th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NOT VOTING: Buchanan R-FL (16th), Donalds R-FL (19th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Mills R-FL (7th)
NAYS: Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Fine R-FL (6th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Luna R-FL (13th)
House Vote 3:
IMPEACHMENT: The House has tabled a bill (H. Res. 1486), sponsored by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, that would have impeached President Trump for allegedly administering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agencies in violation of the First, Fourth, and Fifth Constitutional amendments. The vote to table, on Sept. 15, was 232 yeas to 147 nays, with 47 voting present.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Buchanan R-FL (16th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Fine R-FL (6th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Salazar R-FL (27th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Luna R-FL (13th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NAYS: Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Frost D-FL (10th)
NOT VOTING: Donalds R-FL (19th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Mills R-FL (7th)
House Vote 4:
FINANCIAL FRAUD GRANTS: The House has passed the Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act (H.R. 2978), sponsored by Rep. Zachary Nunn, R-Iowa, to authorize the issuance of grants to sub-federal law enforcement agencies for investigating various types of financial fraud. Nunn said the grant authority was needed because currently, "criminals on the other side of the world are stealing the life savings of people in our own communities, and the local officers who answer those calls oftentimes can't even do anything about it." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 414 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Buchanan R-FL (16th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Fine R-FL (6th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Salazar R-FL (27th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Frost D-FL (10th), Luna R-FL (13th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NOT VOTING: Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Donalds R-FL (19th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Mills R-FL (7th)
House Vote 5:
FINANCIAL REGULATORY PRACTICES: The House has passed the Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act (H.R. 8278), sponsored by Rep. Marlin A. Stutzman, R-Ind., to require various financial regulatory agencies to evaluate their use of technology in regulations and purchasing. Stutzman called the bill "a straightforward, commonsense, and bipartisan step to address the critical technology challenges facing our regulators." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 417 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Buchanan R-FL (16th), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Salazar R-FL (27th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Frost D-FL (10th), Luna R-FL (13th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NOT VOTING: Donalds R-FL (19th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Mills R-FL (7th)
NAYS: Fine R-FL (6th)
House Vote 6:
HOUSING WHISTLEBLOWERS: The House has passed the Whistleblower Protection Act (H.R. 4646), sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, to extend broader federal government whistleblower protections to those revealing misdeeds involving money provided under contracts from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). De La Cruz said removing existing time limits on the protections was needed because many HUD contracts last for decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was unanimous with 424 yeas.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Buchanan R-FL (16th), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Fine R-FL (6th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Salazar R-FL (27th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Frost D-FL (10th), Luna R-FL (13th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NOT VOTING: Donalds R-FL (19th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Mills R-FL (7th)
House Vote 7:
DIESEL ENGINE AIR EMISSIONS: The House has passed the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (H.R. 2140), sponsored by Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., to reauthorize through fiscal 2029 an Environmental Protection Agency program for subsidizing ways to cut emissions from diesel engines. Matsui said: "Replacing older diesel vehicles and engines has meaningfully reduced pollution in communities across the country and delivered billions of dollars in public health benefits." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 343 yeas to 79 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Mast R-FL (21st), Buchanan R-FL (16th), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Soto D-FL (9th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Salazar R-FL (27th), Frost D-FL (10th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NAYS: Steube R-FL (17th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Fine R-FL (6th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Luna R-FL (13th)
NOT VOTING: Donalds R-FL (19th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Mills R-FL (7th)
House Vote 8:
TAXES AND FRAUD: The House has passed the Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act (H.R. 9500), sponsored by Rep. Max L. Miller, R-Ohio, to change the tax code in various ways to benefit those who have been victims of theft by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, including by increasing the tax deduction for those losses. Miller said relief was needed because "right now, if a scammer steals your life savings through a romance scam, a fake investment scheme, or a business email fraud, the federal tax code adds insult to injury." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 408 yeas to 17 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Buchanan R-FL (16th), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Salazar R-FL (27th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Frost D-FL (10th), Luna R-FL (13th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NOT VOTING: Donalds R-FL (19th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Mills R-FL (7th)
NAYS: Fine R-FL (6th)
House Vote 9:
CALIFORNIA SHIP EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 210), sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., that would revoke Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorization for California to require reductions in air emissions from ocean-going ships. Fong said "California should not be able to impose costly shipping mandates that drive up prices across the nation, disrupt our supply chain, and put our energy security at risk." An opponent, Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., said: "Nullifying this waiver does nothing to save Americans money. It drives up toxic diesel pollution that endangers the public health of our communities." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 216 yeas to 211 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Buchanan R-FL (16th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Fine R-FL (6th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Salazar R-FL (27th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Luna R-FL (13th), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NAYS: Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Soto D-FL (9th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Frost D-FL (10th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd)
NOT VOTING: Donalds R-FL (19th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Mills R-FL (7th)
House Vote 10:
IRAN WAR AUTHORIZATION: The House has passed a bill (H. Con. Res. 93), sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., that would require the cessation of U.S. military hostilities against Iran absent a Congressional authorization or declaration of war. Moulton said: "Never before has Iran controlled the world economy, brought the world economy to its heels, by closing the Strait of Hormuz as a result of this war not only failing but backfiring." An opponent, Rep. Brian J. Mast, R-Fla., cited the need to respond to lethal attacks against the U.S. by Iran over the past five decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was 220 yeas to 204 nays.
NAYS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Mast R-FL (21st), Buchanan R-FL (16th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Fine R-FL (6th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Salazar R-FL (27th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Luna R-FL (13th), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
YEAS: Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Soto D-FL (9th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Frost D-FL (10th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd)
NOT VOTING: Cammack R-FL (3rd), Donalds R-FL (19th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Mills R-FL (7th)
House Vote 11:
SANCTIONING IRAN AND RUSSIA: The House has agreed to the Senate's amended version of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (H.R. 5334). The bill would authorize imposing secondary tariffs on imports from countries that import fossil fuels from Russia, adopt a variety of sanctions against Russia, and extend expiring sanctions on Iran. A supporter. Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, said: "This bill leverages our economic strength to make it harder for these regimes to finance aggression." An opponent, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., said the bill "does not give the Ukrainians what they need at this moment" to oppose Russian aggression. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 262 yeas to 159 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Buchanan R-FL (16th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Donalds R-FL (19th), Fine R-FL (6th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NAYS: Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Frost D-FL (10th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd)
NOT VOTING: Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Salazar R-FL (27th), Mills R-FL (7th), Luna R-FL (13th)
House Vote 12:
FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS: The House has passed the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act (H.R. 9576), sponsored by Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minn., to authorize the recently established National Fraud Enforcement Division at the Justice Department. A supporter, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., said it was important to have a "single dedicated division at Main Justice waking up every single day with the sole mission of protecting the public" from fraud. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 352 yeas to 72 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Buchanan R-FL (16th), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Donalds R-FL (19th), Fine R-FL (6th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Luna R-FL (13th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NOT VOTING: Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Salazar R-FL (27th), Mills R-FL (7th)
NAYS: Frost D-FL (10th)
House Vote 13:
FRAUD COLLABORATION WITH STATES: The House has passed the Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act (H.R. 10326), sponsored by Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., to require states to send information in response to Justice Department requests that deal with suspected fraud in Medicaid and other federal social welfare programs. Van Drew said: "Sophisticated fraud rings intentionally scatter their operations across state lines because they know individual state databases do not talk to each other, and they also know they can hide behind local bureaucratic red tape." A bill opponent, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said it was hastily written and "overthrows the longstanding privacy safeguards governing these programs and all the general privacy laws enacted by Congress to protect our personal data from unwarranted government surveillance and collection." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 217 yeas to 207 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Donalds R-FL (19th), Fine R-FL (6th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Luna R-FL (13th), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NAYS: Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Soto D-FL (9th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Frost D-FL (10th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd)
NOT VOTING: Buchanan R-FL (16th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Salazar R-FL (27th), Mills R-FL (7th)
House Vote 14:
CALIFORNIA BOAT EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 213), sponsored by Rep. James Gallagher, R-Calif., to cancel an Environmental Protection Agency waiver rule allowing California to issue its own regulations for air emissions from commercial boats. Gallagher said maintaining the rule would allow California "to impose burdensome and unrealistic zero-emission requirements on commercial harbor craft," with up to $2.5 billion of resulting costs. An opponent, Rep. Luz M. Rivas, D-Calif., called the bill "an illegal attack on California's work to set vital health protections at a time when Republicans have gutted Americans' healthcare and have done nothing to lower their cost of living." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 214 yeas to 208 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Donalds R-FL (19th), Fine R-FL (6th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Luna R-FL (13th), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NAYS: Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Soto D-FL (9th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Frost D-FL (10th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd)
NOT VOTING: Buchanan R-FL (16th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Salazar R-FL (27th), Mills R-FL (7th)
House Vote 15:
ELECTRICITY COSTS AND RATES: The House has passed the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340), sponsored by Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., to require state regulators to consider implementation of a federal standard for assigning electrical generation and grid costs to large-load customers. Evans said the bill "keeps costs low for Americans and helps us build the energy backbone required to compete and win in the AI race and to keep Americans' digital information here in the United States, not in China." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 417 yeas to 3 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Donalds R-FL (19th), Fine R-FL (6th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Frost D-FL (10th), Luna R-FL (13th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NOT VOTING: Buchanan R-FL (16th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Salazar R-FL (27th), Mills R-FL (7th)
House Vote 16:
WATER PROJECTS: The House has passed the Water Resources Development Act (H.R. 9497), sponsored by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., to authorize water infrastructure projects at the Army Corps of Engineers. Graves said it "streamlines Corps processes by empowering the local communities and enhancing infrastructure resilience across the nation. This bill makes historic investments in both our inland and coastal water systems." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 415 yeas to 9 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Donalds R-FL (19th), Fine R-FL (6th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Frost D-FL (10th), Luna R-FL (13th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NOT VOTING: Buchanan R-FL (16th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Salazar R-FL (27th), Mills R-FL (7th)
House Vote 17:
PRIVATE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS: The House has passed the Retire through Ownership Act (S. 2403), sponsored by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., to allow fiduciaries for employee stock ownership plans at a given private company to use a valuation given by an outside expert in order to determine how much shares in the company are worth. A supporter, Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Ga., said that currently, "in too many cases, these plans face unnecessary risk due to the lack of a clear regulatory framework for valuing employee stock." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 401 yeas to 14 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Donalds R-FL (19th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Frost D-FL (10th), Luna R-FL (13th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NOT VOTING: Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Buchanan R-FL (16th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Salazar R-FL (27th), Mills R-FL (7th)
NAYS: Fine R-FL (6th)
SENATE VOTES:
Senate Vote 1:
OHIO JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Matthew Byrne to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Byrne has been a state appeals court judge in Ohio for five years, following about fifteen years at two different Cincinnati law firms and a stint as a White House staffer during the George W. Bush administration. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said: "In his public commentary and his judicial decisions, Judge Byrne has repeatedly demonstrated his extreme views and how he will rule if he is confirmed to the federal bench." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 52 yeas to 45 nays.
YEAS: Scott R-FL, Moody R-FL
Senate Vote 2:
BLOCKCHAIN DIGITAL ASSETS: The Senate has rejected cloture on a motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633), sponsored by Rep. J. French Hill, R-Ark. The bill would assign the Commodity Futures Trading Commission responsibility for most regulation of markets in digital commodities that utilize blockchains, and establish various regulatory requirements for digital commodity markets. A supporter, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said that by creating regulatory certainty for blockchains, the bill "provides everyday Americans with the information they need to make investment decisions, prevents value manipulation schemes, and ensures that law enforcement has the tools that it needs to go after bad actors and fraud." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 49 yeas to 50 nays.
YEAS: Scott R-FL, Moody R-FL
Senate Vote 3:
REGULATING COLLEGE SPORTS: The Senate has approved a motion to proceed to consideration of the Protect College Sports Act (S. 4668), sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The bill would establish various measures controlling name, image, or likeness (NIL) contracts in college sports. Cruz said it would remedy a situation in which "for years, court decisions, litigation, conflicting state laws, unlimited transfers, eligibility issues, and inconsistent enforcement have chipped away at the foundation of college athletics." An opponent, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said: "This bill does not do enough to protect college athletes' health and safety and well-being." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 77 yeas to 22 nays.
NAYS: Scott R-FL, Moody R-FL
Senate Vote 4:
TEXAS JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Kasdin Mitchell to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Mitchell, currently a lawyer at the Kirkland & Ellis law firm, spent a year as an assistant solicitor general for the Alabama government and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., claimed Mitchell has prioritized corporate interests in her legal career, and cited her "strong ties to the Federalist Society and other rightwing organizations." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 49 yeas to 45 nays.
YEAS: Scott R-FL, Moody R-FL
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HOUSE VOTES:
House Vote 1:
INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditions ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how Florida members of Congress voted over the previous week. HOUSE VOTES: House Vote 1: INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditionsacross the National Wildlife Refuge System." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 371 yeas to 33 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Salazar R-FL (27th), Frost D-FL (10th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NOT VOTING: Buchanan R-FL (16th), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Donalds R-FL (19th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Mills R-FL (7th)
NAYS: Fine R-FL (6th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Luna R-FL (13th)
House Vote 2:
PROTECTING URBAN BIRDS: The House has passed the Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act (H.R. 3276), sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., to authorize the Urban Bird Treaty program at the Fish and Wildlife Service agency. The program covers federal agreements with individual U.S. cities for aiding local birds. Dingell said: "Supporting parks and greenways and reducing urban hazards can make a real difference for migrating and nesting birds and protect bird populations for generations to come." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 345 yeas to 60 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Salazar R-FL (27th), Frost D-FL (10th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NOT VOTING: Buchanan R-FL (16th), Donalds R-FL (19th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Mills R-FL (7th)
NAYS: Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Fine R-FL (6th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Luna R-FL (13th)
House Vote 3:
IMPEACHMENT: The House has tabled a bill (H. Res. 1486), sponsored by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, that would have impeached President Trump for allegedly administering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agencies in violation of the First, Fourth, and Fifth Constitutional amendments. The vote to table, on Sept. 15, was 232 yeas to 147 nays, with 47 voting present.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Buchanan R-FL (16th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Fine R-FL (6th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Salazar R-FL (27th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Luna R-FL (13th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NAYS: Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Frost D-FL (10th)
NOT VOTING: Donalds R-FL (19th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Mills R-FL (7th)
House Vote 4:
FINANCIAL FRAUD GRANTS: The House has passed the Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act (H.R. 2978), sponsored by Rep. Zachary Nunn, R-Iowa, to authorize the issuance of grants to sub-federal law enforcement agencies for investigating various types of financial fraud. Nunn said the grant authority was needed because currently, "criminals on the other side of the world are stealing the life savings of people in our own communities, and the local officers who answer those calls oftentimes can't even do anything about it." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 414 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Buchanan R-FL (16th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Fine R-FL (6th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Salazar R-FL (27th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Frost D-FL (10th), Luna R-FL (13th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NOT VOTING: Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Donalds R-FL (19th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Mills R-FL (7th)
House Vote 5:
FINANCIAL REGULATORY PRACTICES: The House has passed the Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act (H.R. 8278), sponsored by Rep. Marlin A. Stutzman, R-Ind., to require various financial regulatory agencies to evaluate their use of technology in regulations and purchasing. Stutzman called the bill "a straightforward, commonsense, and bipartisan step to address the critical technology challenges facing our regulators." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 417 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Buchanan R-FL (16th), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Salazar R-FL (27th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Frost D-FL (10th), Luna R-FL (13th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NOT VOTING: Donalds R-FL (19th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Mills R-FL (7th)
NAYS: Fine R-FL (6th)
House Vote 6:
HOUSING WHISTLEBLOWERS: The House has passed the Whistleblower Protection Act (H.R. 4646), sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, to extend broader federal government whistleblower protections to those revealing misdeeds involving money provided under contracts from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). De La Cruz said removing existing time limits on the protections was needed because many HUD contracts last for decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was unanimous with 424 yeas.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Buchanan R-FL (16th), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Fine R-FL (6th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Salazar R-FL (27th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Frost D-FL (10th), Luna R-FL (13th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NOT VOTING: Donalds R-FL (19th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Mills R-FL (7th)
House Vote 7:
DIESEL ENGINE AIR EMISSIONS: The House has passed the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (H.R. 2140), sponsored by Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., to reauthorize through fiscal 2029 an Environmental Protection Agency program for subsidizing ways to cut emissions from diesel engines. Matsui said: "Replacing older diesel vehicles and engines has meaningfully reduced pollution in communities across the country and delivered billions of dollars in public health benefits." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 343 yeas to 79 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Mast R-FL (21st), Buchanan R-FL (16th), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Soto D-FL (9th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Salazar R-FL (27th), Frost D-FL (10th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NAYS: Steube R-FL (17th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Fine R-FL (6th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Luna R-FL (13th)
NOT VOTING: Donalds R-FL (19th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Mills R-FL (7th)
House Vote 8:
TAXES AND FRAUD: The House has passed the Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act (H.R. 9500), sponsored by Rep. Max L. Miller, R-Ohio, to change the tax code in various ways to benefit those who have been victims of theft by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, including by increasing the tax deduction for those losses. Miller said relief was needed because "right now, if a scammer steals your life savings through a romance scam, a fake investment scheme, or a business email fraud, the federal tax code adds insult to injury." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 408 yeas to 17 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Buchanan R-FL (16th), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Salazar R-FL (27th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Frost D-FL (10th), Luna R-FL (13th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NOT VOTING: Donalds R-FL (19th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Mills R-FL (7th)
NAYS: Fine R-FL (6th)
House Vote 9:
CALIFORNIA SHIP EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 210), sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., that would revoke Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorization for California to require reductions in air emissions from ocean-going ships. Fong said "California should not be able to impose costly shipping mandates that drive up prices across the nation, disrupt our supply chain, and put our energy security at risk." An opponent, Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., said: "Nullifying this waiver does nothing to save Americans money. It drives up toxic diesel pollution that endangers the public health of our communities." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 216 yeas to 211 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Buchanan R-FL (16th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Fine R-FL (6th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Salazar R-FL (27th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Luna R-FL (13th), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NAYS: Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Soto D-FL (9th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Frost D-FL (10th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd)
NOT VOTING: Donalds R-FL (19th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Mills R-FL (7th)
House Vote 10:
IRAN WAR AUTHORIZATION: The House has passed a bill (H. Con. Res. 93), sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., that would require the cessation of U.S. military hostilities against Iran absent a Congressional authorization or declaration of war. Moulton said: "Never before has Iran controlled the world economy, brought the world economy to its heels, by closing the Strait of Hormuz as a result of this war not only failing but backfiring." An opponent, Rep. Brian J. Mast, R-Fla., cited the need to respond to lethal attacks against the U.S. by Iran over the past five decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was 220 yeas to 204 nays.
NAYS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Mast R-FL (21st), Buchanan R-FL (16th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Fine R-FL (6th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Salazar R-FL (27th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Luna R-FL (13th), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
YEAS: Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Soto D-FL (9th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Frost D-FL (10th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd)
NOT VOTING: Cammack R-FL (3rd), Donalds R-FL (19th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Mills R-FL (7th)
House Vote 11:
SANCTIONING IRAN AND RUSSIA: The House has agreed to the Senate's amended version of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (H.R. 5334). The bill would authorize imposing secondary tariffs on imports from countries that import fossil fuels from Russia, adopt a variety of sanctions against Russia, and extend expiring sanctions on Iran. A supporter. Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, said: "This bill leverages our economic strength to make it harder for these regimes to finance aggression." An opponent, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., said the bill "does not give the Ukrainians what they need at this moment" to oppose Russian aggression. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 262 yeas to 159 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Buchanan R-FL (16th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Donalds R-FL (19th), Fine R-FL (6th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NAYS: Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Frost D-FL (10th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd)
NOT VOTING: Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Salazar R-FL (27th), Mills R-FL (7th), Luna R-FL (13th)
House Vote 12:
FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS: The House has passed the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act (H.R. 9576), sponsored by Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minn., to authorize the recently established National Fraud Enforcement Division at the Justice Department. A supporter, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., said it was important to have a "single dedicated division at Main Justice waking up every single day with the sole mission of protecting the public" from fraud. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 352 yeas to 72 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Buchanan R-FL (16th), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Donalds R-FL (19th), Fine R-FL (6th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Luna R-FL (13th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NOT VOTING: Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Salazar R-FL (27th), Mills R-FL (7th)
NAYS: Frost D-FL (10th)
House Vote 13:
FRAUD COLLABORATION WITH STATES: The House has passed the Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act (H.R. 10326), sponsored by Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., to require states to send information in response to Justice Department requests that deal with suspected fraud in Medicaid and other federal social welfare programs. Van Drew said: "Sophisticated fraud rings intentionally scatter their operations across state lines because they know individual state databases do not talk to each other, and they also know they can hide behind local bureaucratic red tape." A bill opponent, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said it was hastily written and "overthrows the longstanding privacy safeguards governing these programs and all the general privacy laws enacted by Congress to protect our personal data from unwarranted government surveillance and collection." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 217 yeas to 207 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Donalds R-FL (19th), Fine R-FL (6th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Luna R-FL (13th), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NAYS: Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Soto D-FL (9th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Frost D-FL (10th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd)
NOT VOTING: Buchanan R-FL (16th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Salazar R-FL (27th), Mills R-FL (7th)
House Vote 14:
CALIFORNIA BOAT EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 213), sponsored by Rep. James Gallagher, R-Calif., to cancel an Environmental Protection Agency waiver rule allowing California to issue its own regulations for air emissions from commercial boats. Gallagher said maintaining the rule would allow California "to impose burdensome and unrealistic zero-emission requirements on commercial harbor craft," with up to $2.5 billion of resulting costs. An opponent, Rep. Luz M. Rivas, D-Calif., called the bill "an illegal attack on California's work to set vital health protections at a time when Republicans have gutted Americans' healthcare and have done nothing to lower their cost of living." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 214 yeas to 208 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Donalds R-FL (19th), Fine R-FL (6th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Luna R-FL (13th), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NAYS: Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Soto D-FL (9th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Frost D-FL (10th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd)
NOT VOTING: Buchanan R-FL (16th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Salazar R-FL (27th), Mills R-FL (7th)
House Vote 15:
ELECTRICITY COSTS AND RATES: The House has passed the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340), sponsored by Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., to require state regulators to consider implementation of a federal standard for assigning electrical generation and grid costs to large-load customers. Evans said the bill "keeps costs low for Americans and helps us build the energy backbone required to compete and win in the AI race and to keep Americans' digital information here in the United States, not in China." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 417 yeas to 3 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Donalds R-FL (19th), Fine R-FL (6th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Frost D-FL (10th), Luna R-FL (13th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NOT VOTING: Buchanan R-FL (16th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Salazar R-FL (27th), Mills R-FL (7th)
House Vote 16:
WATER PROJECTS: The House has passed the Water Resources Development Act (H.R. 9497), sponsored by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., to authorize water infrastructure projects at the Army Corps of Engineers. Graves said it "streamlines Corps processes by empowering the local communities and enhancing infrastructure resilience across the nation. This bill makes historic investments in both our inland and coastal water systems." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 415 yeas to 9 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Donalds R-FL (19th), Fine R-FL (6th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Frost D-FL (10th), Luna R-FL (13th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NOT VOTING: Buchanan R-FL (16th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Salazar R-FL (27th), Mills R-FL (7th)
House Vote 17:
PRIVATE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS: The House has passed the Retire through Ownership Act (S. 2403), sponsored by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., to allow fiduciaries for employee stock ownership plans at a given private company to use a valuation given by an outside expert in order to determine how much shares in the company are worth. A supporter, Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Ga., said that currently, "in too many cases, these plans face unnecessary risk due to the lack of a clear regulatory framework for valuing employee stock." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 401 yeas to 14 nays.
YEAS: Bilirakis R-FL (12th), Rutherford R-FL (5th), Wasserman Schultz D-FL (25th), Diaz-Balart R-FL (26th), Steube R-FL (17th), Gimenez R-FL (28th), Cammack R-FL (3rd), Mast R-FL (21st), Wilson (FL) D-FL (24th), Donalds R-FL (19th), Soto D-FL (9th), Haridopolos R-FL (8th), Frankel, Lois D-FL (22nd), Franklin, Scott R-FL (18th), Bean (FL) R-FL (4th), Frost D-FL (10th), Luna R-FL (13th), Moskowitz D-FL (23rd), Lee (FL) R-FL (15th), Patronis R-FL (1st)
NOT VOTING: Castor (FL) D-FL (14th), Buchanan R-FL (16th), Webster (FL) R-FL (11th), Dunn (FL) R-FL (2nd), Salazar R-FL (27th), Mills R-FL (7th)
NAYS: Fine R-FL (6th)
SENATE VOTES:
Senate Vote 1:
OHIO JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Matthew Byrne to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Byrne has been a state appeals court judge in Ohio for five years, following about fifteen years at two different Cincinnati law firms and a stint as a White House staffer during the George W. Bush administration. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said: "In his public commentary and his judicial decisions, Judge Byrne has repeatedly demonstrated his extreme views and how he will rule if he is confirmed to the federal bench." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 52 yeas to 45 nays.
YEAS: Scott R-FL, Moody R-FL
Senate Vote 2:
BLOCKCHAIN DIGITAL ASSETS: The Senate has rejected cloture on a motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633), sponsored by Rep. J. French Hill, R-Ark. The bill would assign the Commodity Futures Trading Commission responsibility for most regulation of markets in digital commodities that utilize blockchains, and establish various regulatory requirements for digital commodity markets. A supporter, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said that by creating regulatory certainty for blockchains, the bill "provides everyday Americans with the information they need to make investment decisions, prevents value manipulation schemes, and ensures that law enforcement has the tools that it needs to go after bad actors and fraud." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 49 yeas to 50 nays.
YEAS: Scott R-FL, Moody R-FL
Senate Vote 3:
REGULATING COLLEGE SPORTS: The Senate has approved a motion to proceed to consideration of the Protect College Sports Act (S. 4668), sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The bill would establish various measures controlling name, image, or likeness (NIL) contracts in college sports. Cruz said it would remedy a situation in which "for years, court decisions, litigation, conflicting state laws, unlimited transfers, eligibility issues, and inconsistent enforcement have chipped away at the foundation of college athletics." An opponent, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said: "This bill does not do enough to protect college athletes' health and safety and well-being." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 77 yeas to 22 nays.
NAYS: Scott R-FL, Moody R-FL
Senate Vote 4:
TEXAS JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Kasdin Mitchell to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Mitchell, currently a lawyer at the Kirkland & Ellis law firm, spent a year as an assistant solicitor general for the Alabama government and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., claimed Mitchell has prioritized corporate interests in her legal career, and cited her "strong ties to the Federalist Society and other rightwing organizations." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 49 yeas to 45 nays.
YEAS: Scott R-FL, Moody R-FL
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Delaware Congressional Votes for the Week ending 2026-09-18
by Arne Christensen
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how Delaware members of Congress voted over the previous week.
HOUSE VOTES:
House Vote 1:
INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditions ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how Delaware members of Congress voted over the previous week. HOUSE VOTES: House Vote 1: INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditionsacross the National Wildlife Refuge System." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 371 yeas to 33 nays.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 2:
PROTECTING URBAN BIRDS: The House has passed the Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act (H.R. 3276), sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., to authorize the Urban Bird Treaty program at the Fish and Wildlife Service agency. The program covers federal agreements with individual U.S. cities for aiding local birds. Dingell said: "Supporting parks and greenways and reducing urban hazards can make a real difference for migrating and nesting birds and protect bird populations for generations to come." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 345 yeas to 60 nays.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 3:
IMPEACHMENT: The House has tabled a bill (H. Res. 1486), sponsored by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, that would have impeached President Trump for allegedly administering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agencies in violation of the First, Fourth, and Fifth Constitutional amendments. The vote to table, on Sept. 15, was 232 yeas to 147 nays, with 47 voting present.
NAYS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 4:
FINANCIAL FRAUD GRANTS: The House has passed the Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act (H.R. 2978), sponsored by Rep. Zachary Nunn, R-Iowa, to authorize the issuance of grants to sub-federal law enforcement agencies for investigating various types of financial fraud. Nunn said the grant authority was needed because currently, "criminals on the other side of the world are stealing the life savings of people in our own communities, and the local officers who answer those calls oftentimes can't even do anything about it." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 414 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 5:
FINANCIAL REGULATORY PRACTICES: The House has passed the Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act (H.R. 8278), sponsored by Rep. Marlin A. Stutzman, R-Ind., to require various financial regulatory agencies to evaluate their use of technology in regulations and purchasing. Stutzman called the bill "a straightforward, commonsense, and bipartisan step to address the critical technology challenges facing our regulators." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 417 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 6:
HOUSING WHISTLEBLOWERS: The House has passed the Whistleblower Protection Act (H.R. 4646), sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, to extend broader federal government whistleblower protections to those revealing misdeeds involving money provided under contracts from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). De La Cruz said removing existing time limits on the protections was needed because many HUD contracts last for decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was unanimous with 424 yeas.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 7:
DIESEL ENGINE AIR EMISSIONS: The House has passed the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (H.R. 2140), sponsored by Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., to reauthorize through fiscal 2029 an Environmental Protection Agency program for subsidizing ways to cut emissions from diesel engines. Matsui said: "Replacing older diesel vehicles and engines has meaningfully reduced pollution in communities across the country and delivered billions of dollars in public health benefits." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 343 yeas to 79 nays.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 8:
TAXES AND FRAUD: The House has passed the Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act (H.R. 9500), sponsored by Rep. Max L. Miller, R-Ohio, to change the tax code in various ways to benefit those who have been victims of theft by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, including by increasing the tax deduction for those losses. Miller said relief was needed because "right now, if a scammer steals your life savings through a romance scam, a fake investment scheme, or a business email fraud, the federal tax code adds insult to injury." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 408 yeas to 17 nays.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 9:
CALIFORNIA SHIP EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 210), sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., that would revoke Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorization for California to require reductions in air emissions from ocean-going ships. Fong said "California should not be able to impose costly shipping mandates that drive up prices across the nation, disrupt our supply chain, and put our energy security at risk." An opponent, Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., said: "Nullifying this waiver does nothing to save Americans money. It drives up toxic diesel pollution that endangers the public health of our communities." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 216 yeas to 211 nays.
NAYS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 10:
IRAN WAR AUTHORIZATION: The House has passed a bill (H. Con. Res. 93), sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., that would require the cessation of U.S. military hostilities against Iran absent a Congressional authorization or declaration of war. Moulton said: "Never before has Iran controlled the world economy, brought the world economy to its heels, by closing the Strait of Hormuz as a result of this war not only failing but backfiring." An opponent, Rep. Brian J. Mast, R-Fla., cited the need to respond to lethal attacks against the U.S. by Iran over the past five decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was 220 yeas to 204 nays.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 11:
SANCTIONING IRAN AND RUSSIA: The House has agreed to the Senate's amended version of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (H.R. 5334). The bill would authorize imposing secondary tariffs on imports from countries that import fossil fuels from Russia, adopt a variety of sanctions against Russia, and extend expiring sanctions on Iran. A supporter. Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, said: "This bill leverages our economic strength to make it harder for these regimes to finance aggression." An opponent, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., said the bill "does not give the Ukrainians what they need at this moment" to oppose Russian aggression. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 262 yeas to 159 nays.
NAYS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 12:
FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS: The House has passed the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act (H.R. 9576), sponsored by Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minn., to authorize the recently established National Fraud Enforcement Division at the Justice Department. A supporter, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., said it was important to have a "single dedicated division at Main Justice waking up every single day with the sole mission of protecting the public" from fraud. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 352 yeas to 72 nays.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 13:
FRAUD COLLABORATION WITH STATES: The House has passed the Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act (H.R. 10326), sponsored by Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., to require states to send information in response to Justice Department requests that deal with suspected fraud in Medicaid and other federal social welfare programs. Van Drew said: "Sophisticated fraud rings intentionally scatter their operations across state lines because they know individual state databases do not talk to each other, and they also know they can hide behind local bureaucratic red tape." A bill opponent, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said it was hastily written and "overthrows the longstanding privacy safeguards governing these programs and all the general privacy laws enacted by Congress to protect our personal data from unwarranted government surveillance and collection." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 217 yeas to 207 nays.
NAYS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 14:
CALIFORNIA BOAT EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 213), sponsored by Rep. James Gallagher, R-Calif., to cancel an Environmental Protection Agency waiver rule allowing California to issue its own regulations for air emissions from commercial boats. Gallagher said maintaining the rule would allow California "to impose burdensome and unrealistic zero-emission requirements on commercial harbor craft," with up to $2.5 billion of resulting costs. An opponent, Rep. Luz M. Rivas, D-Calif., called the bill "an illegal attack on California's work to set vital health protections at a time when Republicans have gutted Americans' healthcare and have done nothing to lower their cost of living." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 214 yeas to 208 nays.
NAYS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 15:
ELECTRICITY COSTS AND RATES: The House has passed the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340), sponsored by Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., to require state regulators to consider implementation of a federal standard for assigning electrical generation and grid costs to large-load customers. Evans said the bill "keeps costs low for Americans and helps us build the energy backbone required to compete and win in the AI race and to keep Americans' digital information here in the United States, not in China." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 417 yeas to 3 nays.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 16:
WATER PROJECTS: The House has passed the Water Resources Development Act (H.R. 9497), sponsored by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., to authorize water infrastructure projects at the Army Corps of Engineers. Graves said it "streamlines Corps processes by empowering the local communities and enhancing infrastructure resilience across the nation. This bill makes historic investments in both our inland and coastal water systems." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 415 yeas to 9 nays.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 17:
PRIVATE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS: The House has passed the Retire through Ownership Act (S. 2403), sponsored by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., to allow fiduciaries for employee stock ownership plans at a given private company to use a valuation given by an outside expert in order to determine how much shares in the company are worth. A supporter, Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Ga., said that currently, "in too many cases, these plans face unnecessary risk due to the lack of a clear regulatory framework for valuing employee stock." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 401 yeas to 14 nays.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
SENATE VOTES:
Senate Vote 1:
OHIO JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Matthew Byrne to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Byrne has been a state appeals court judge in Ohio for five years, following about fifteen years at two different Cincinnati law firms and a stint as a White House staffer during the George W. Bush administration. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said: "In his public commentary and his judicial decisions, Judge Byrne has repeatedly demonstrated his extreme views and how he will rule if he is confirmed to the federal bench." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 52 yeas to 45 nays.
NOT VOTING: Coons D-DE
NAYS: Blunt Rochester D-DE
Senate Vote 2:
BLOCKCHAIN DIGITAL ASSETS: The Senate has rejected cloture on a motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633), sponsored by Rep. J. French Hill, R-Ark. The bill would assign the Commodity Futures Trading Commission responsibility for most regulation of markets in digital commodities that utilize blockchains, and establish various regulatory requirements for digital commodity markets. A supporter, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said that by creating regulatory certainty for blockchains, the bill "provides everyday Americans with the information they need to make investment decisions, prevents value manipulation schemes, and ensures that law enforcement has the tools that it needs to go after bad actors and fraud." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 49 yeas to 50 nays.
NOT VOTING: Coons D-DE
NAYS: Blunt Rochester D-DE
Senate Vote 3:
REGULATING COLLEGE SPORTS: The Senate has approved a motion to proceed to consideration of the Protect College Sports Act (S. 4668), sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The bill would establish various measures controlling name, image, or likeness (NIL) contracts in college sports. Cruz said it would remedy a situation in which "for years, court decisions, litigation, conflicting state laws, unlimited transfers, eligibility issues, and inconsistent enforcement have chipped away at the foundation of college athletics." An opponent, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said: "This bill does not do enough to protect college athletes' health and safety and well-being." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 77 yeas to 22 nays.
YEAS: Coons D-DE
NAYS: Blunt Rochester D-DE
Senate Vote 4:
TEXAS JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Kasdin Mitchell to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Mitchell, currently a lawyer at the Kirkland & Ellis law firm, spent a year as an assistant solicitor general for the Alabama government and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., claimed Mitchell has prioritized corporate interests in her legal career, and cited her "strong ties to the Federalist Society and other rightwing organizations." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 49 yeas to 45 nays.
NAYS: Coons D-DE, Blunt Rochester D-DE
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HOUSE VOTES:
House Vote 1:
INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditions ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how Delaware members of Congress voted over the previous week. HOUSE VOTES: House Vote 1: INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditionsacross the National Wildlife Refuge System." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 371 yeas to 33 nays.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 2:
PROTECTING URBAN BIRDS: The House has passed the Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act (H.R. 3276), sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., to authorize the Urban Bird Treaty program at the Fish and Wildlife Service agency. The program covers federal agreements with individual U.S. cities for aiding local birds. Dingell said: "Supporting parks and greenways and reducing urban hazards can make a real difference for migrating and nesting birds and protect bird populations for generations to come." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 345 yeas to 60 nays.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 3:
IMPEACHMENT: The House has tabled a bill (H. Res. 1486), sponsored by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, that would have impeached President Trump for allegedly administering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agencies in violation of the First, Fourth, and Fifth Constitutional amendments. The vote to table, on Sept. 15, was 232 yeas to 147 nays, with 47 voting present.
NAYS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 4:
FINANCIAL FRAUD GRANTS: The House has passed the Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act (H.R. 2978), sponsored by Rep. Zachary Nunn, R-Iowa, to authorize the issuance of grants to sub-federal law enforcement agencies for investigating various types of financial fraud. Nunn said the grant authority was needed because currently, "criminals on the other side of the world are stealing the life savings of people in our own communities, and the local officers who answer those calls oftentimes can't even do anything about it." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 414 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 5:
FINANCIAL REGULATORY PRACTICES: The House has passed the Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act (H.R. 8278), sponsored by Rep. Marlin A. Stutzman, R-Ind., to require various financial regulatory agencies to evaluate their use of technology in regulations and purchasing. Stutzman called the bill "a straightforward, commonsense, and bipartisan step to address the critical technology challenges facing our regulators." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 417 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 6:
HOUSING WHISTLEBLOWERS: The House has passed the Whistleblower Protection Act (H.R. 4646), sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, to extend broader federal government whistleblower protections to those revealing misdeeds involving money provided under contracts from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). De La Cruz said removing existing time limits on the protections was needed because many HUD contracts last for decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was unanimous with 424 yeas.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 7:
DIESEL ENGINE AIR EMISSIONS: The House has passed the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (H.R. 2140), sponsored by Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., to reauthorize through fiscal 2029 an Environmental Protection Agency program for subsidizing ways to cut emissions from diesel engines. Matsui said: "Replacing older diesel vehicles and engines has meaningfully reduced pollution in communities across the country and delivered billions of dollars in public health benefits." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 343 yeas to 79 nays.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 8:
TAXES AND FRAUD: The House has passed the Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act (H.R. 9500), sponsored by Rep. Max L. Miller, R-Ohio, to change the tax code in various ways to benefit those who have been victims of theft by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, including by increasing the tax deduction for those losses. Miller said relief was needed because "right now, if a scammer steals your life savings through a romance scam, a fake investment scheme, or a business email fraud, the federal tax code adds insult to injury." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 408 yeas to 17 nays.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 9:
CALIFORNIA SHIP EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 210), sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., that would revoke Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorization for California to require reductions in air emissions from ocean-going ships. Fong said "California should not be able to impose costly shipping mandates that drive up prices across the nation, disrupt our supply chain, and put our energy security at risk." An opponent, Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., said: "Nullifying this waiver does nothing to save Americans money. It drives up toxic diesel pollution that endangers the public health of our communities." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 216 yeas to 211 nays.
NAYS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 10:
IRAN WAR AUTHORIZATION: The House has passed a bill (H. Con. Res. 93), sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., that would require the cessation of U.S. military hostilities against Iran absent a Congressional authorization or declaration of war. Moulton said: "Never before has Iran controlled the world economy, brought the world economy to its heels, by closing the Strait of Hormuz as a result of this war not only failing but backfiring." An opponent, Rep. Brian J. Mast, R-Fla., cited the need to respond to lethal attacks against the U.S. by Iran over the past five decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was 220 yeas to 204 nays.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 11:
SANCTIONING IRAN AND RUSSIA: The House has agreed to the Senate's amended version of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (H.R. 5334). The bill would authorize imposing secondary tariffs on imports from countries that import fossil fuels from Russia, adopt a variety of sanctions against Russia, and extend expiring sanctions on Iran. A supporter. Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, said: "This bill leverages our economic strength to make it harder for these regimes to finance aggression." An opponent, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., said the bill "does not give the Ukrainians what they need at this moment" to oppose Russian aggression. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 262 yeas to 159 nays.
NAYS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 12:
FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS: The House has passed the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act (H.R. 9576), sponsored by Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minn., to authorize the recently established National Fraud Enforcement Division at the Justice Department. A supporter, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., said it was important to have a "single dedicated division at Main Justice waking up every single day with the sole mission of protecting the public" from fraud. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 352 yeas to 72 nays.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 13:
FRAUD COLLABORATION WITH STATES: The House has passed the Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act (H.R. 10326), sponsored by Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., to require states to send information in response to Justice Department requests that deal with suspected fraud in Medicaid and other federal social welfare programs. Van Drew said: "Sophisticated fraud rings intentionally scatter their operations across state lines because they know individual state databases do not talk to each other, and they also know they can hide behind local bureaucratic red tape." A bill opponent, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said it was hastily written and "overthrows the longstanding privacy safeguards governing these programs and all the general privacy laws enacted by Congress to protect our personal data from unwarranted government surveillance and collection." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 217 yeas to 207 nays.
NAYS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 14:
CALIFORNIA BOAT EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 213), sponsored by Rep. James Gallagher, R-Calif., to cancel an Environmental Protection Agency waiver rule allowing California to issue its own regulations for air emissions from commercial boats. Gallagher said maintaining the rule would allow California "to impose burdensome and unrealistic zero-emission requirements on commercial harbor craft," with up to $2.5 billion of resulting costs. An opponent, Rep. Luz M. Rivas, D-Calif., called the bill "an illegal attack on California's work to set vital health protections at a time when Republicans have gutted Americans' healthcare and have done nothing to lower their cost of living." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 214 yeas to 208 nays.
NAYS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 15:
ELECTRICITY COSTS AND RATES: The House has passed the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340), sponsored by Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., to require state regulators to consider implementation of a federal standard for assigning electrical generation and grid costs to large-load customers. Evans said the bill "keeps costs low for Americans and helps us build the energy backbone required to compete and win in the AI race and to keep Americans' digital information here in the United States, not in China." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 417 yeas to 3 nays.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 16:
WATER PROJECTS: The House has passed the Water Resources Development Act (H.R. 9497), sponsored by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., to authorize water infrastructure projects at the Army Corps of Engineers. Graves said it "streamlines Corps processes by empowering the local communities and enhancing infrastructure resilience across the nation. This bill makes historic investments in both our inland and coastal water systems." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 415 yeas to 9 nays.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
House Vote 17:
PRIVATE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS: The House has passed the Retire through Ownership Act (S. 2403), sponsored by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., to allow fiduciaries for employee stock ownership plans at a given private company to use a valuation given by an outside expert in order to determine how much shares in the company are worth. A supporter, Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Ga., said that currently, "in too many cases, these plans face unnecessary risk due to the lack of a clear regulatory framework for valuing employee stock." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 401 yeas to 14 nays.
YEAS: McBride D-DE (AL)
SENATE VOTES:
Senate Vote 1:
OHIO JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Matthew Byrne to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Byrne has been a state appeals court judge in Ohio for five years, following about fifteen years at two different Cincinnati law firms and a stint as a White House staffer during the George W. Bush administration. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said: "In his public commentary and his judicial decisions, Judge Byrne has repeatedly demonstrated his extreme views and how he will rule if he is confirmed to the federal bench." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 52 yeas to 45 nays.
NOT VOTING: Coons D-DE
NAYS: Blunt Rochester D-DE
Senate Vote 2:
BLOCKCHAIN DIGITAL ASSETS: The Senate has rejected cloture on a motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633), sponsored by Rep. J. French Hill, R-Ark. The bill would assign the Commodity Futures Trading Commission responsibility for most regulation of markets in digital commodities that utilize blockchains, and establish various regulatory requirements for digital commodity markets. A supporter, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said that by creating regulatory certainty for blockchains, the bill "provides everyday Americans with the information they need to make investment decisions, prevents value manipulation schemes, and ensures that law enforcement has the tools that it needs to go after bad actors and fraud." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 49 yeas to 50 nays.
NOT VOTING: Coons D-DE
NAYS: Blunt Rochester D-DE
Senate Vote 3:
REGULATING COLLEGE SPORTS: The Senate has approved a motion to proceed to consideration of the Protect College Sports Act (S. 4668), sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The bill would establish various measures controlling name, image, or likeness (NIL) contracts in college sports. Cruz said it would remedy a situation in which "for years, court decisions, litigation, conflicting state laws, unlimited transfers, eligibility issues, and inconsistent enforcement have chipped away at the foundation of college athletics." An opponent, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said: "This bill does not do enough to protect college athletes' health and safety and well-being." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 77 yeas to 22 nays.
YEAS: Coons D-DE
NAYS: Blunt Rochester D-DE
Senate Vote 4:
TEXAS JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Kasdin Mitchell to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Mitchell, currently a lawyer at the Kirkland & Ellis law firm, spent a year as an assistant solicitor general for the Alabama government and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., claimed Mitchell has prioritized corporate interests in her legal career, and cited her "strong ties to the Federalist Society and other rightwing organizations." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 49 yeas to 45 nays.
NAYS: Coons D-DE, Blunt Rochester D-DE
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California Congressional Votes for the Week ending 2026-09-18
by Arne Christensen
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how California members of Congress voted over the previous week.
HOUSE VOTES:
House Vote 1:
INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how California members of Congress voted over the previous week. HOUSE VOTES: House Vote 1: INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to localconditions across the National Wildlife Refuge System." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 371 yeas to 33 nays.
YEAS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Tran D-CA (45th), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st), Wahab D-CA (14th)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 2:
PROTECTING URBAN BIRDS: The House has passed the Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act (H.R. 3276), sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., to authorize the Urban Bird Treaty program at the Fish and Wildlife Service agency. The program covers federal agreements with individual U.S. cities for aiding local birds. Dingell said: "Supporting parks and greenways and reducing urban hazards can make a real difference for migrating and nesting birds and protect bird populations for generations to come." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 345 yeas to 60 nays.
YEAS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Tran D-CA (45th), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st), Wahab D-CA (14th)
NAYS: McClintock R-CA (5th)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th), Gray D-CA (13th)
House Vote 3:
IMPEACHMENT: The House has tabled a bill (H. Res. 1486), sponsored by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, that would have impeached President Trump for allegedly administering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agencies in violation of the First, Fourth, and Fifth Constitutional amendments. The vote to table, on Sept. 15, was 232 yeas to 147 nays, with 47 voting present.
NAYS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Wahab D-CA (14th)
YEAS: Calvert R-CA (41st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Gray D-CA (13th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st)
PRESENT: Costa D-CA (21st), Levin D-CA (49th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Tran D-CA (45th)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 4:
FINANCIAL FRAUD GRANTS: The House has passed the Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act (H.R. 2978), sponsored by Rep. Zachary Nunn, R-Iowa, to authorize the issuance of grants to sub-federal law enforcement agencies for investigating various types of financial fraud. Nunn said the grant authority was needed because currently, "criminals on the other side of the world are stealing the life savings of people in our own communities, and the local officers who answer those calls oftentimes can't even do anything about it." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 414 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Tran D-CA (45th), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st), Wahab D-CA (14th)
NOT VOTING: Pelosi D-CA (11th), Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 5:
FINANCIAL REGULATORY PRACTICES: The House has passed the Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act (H.R. 8278), sponsored by Rep. Marlin A. Stutzman, R-Ind., to require various financial regulatory agencies to evaluate their use of technology in regulations and purchasing. Stutzman called the bill "a straightforward, commonsense, and bipartisan step to address the critical technology challenges facing our regulators." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 417 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Tran D-CA (45th), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st), Wahab D-CA (14th)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 6:
HOUSING WHISTLEBLOWERS: The House has passed the Whistleblower Protection Act (H.R. 4646), sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, to extend broader federal government whistleblower protections to those revealing misdeeds involving money provided under contracts from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). De La Cruz said removing existing time limits on the protections was needed because many HUD contracts last for decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was unanimous with 424 yeas.
YEAS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Tran D-CA (45th), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st), Wahab D-CA (14th)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 7:
DIESEL ENGINE AIR EMISSIONS: The House has passed the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (H.R. 2140), sponsored by Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., to reauthorize through fiscal 2029 an Environmental Protection Agency program for subsidizing ways to cut emissions from diesel engines. Matsui said: "Replacing older diesel vehicles and engines has meaningfully reduced pollution in communities across the country and delivered billions of dollars in public health benefits." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 343 yeas to 79 nays.
YEAS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Tran D-CA (45th), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st), Wahab D-CA (14th)
NAYS: McClintock R-CA (5th)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 8:
TAXES AND FRAUD: The House has passed the Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act (H.R. 9500), sponsored by Rep. Max L. Miller, R-Ohio, to change the tax code in various ways to benefit those who have been victims of theft by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, including by increasing the tax deduction for those losses. Miller said relief was needed because "right now, if a scammer steals your life savings through a romance scam, a fake investment scheme, or a business email fraud, the federal tax code adds insult to injury." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 408 yeas to 17 nays.
YEAS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Tran D-CA (45th), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st), Wahab D-CA (14th)
NOT VOTING: Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 9:
CALIFORNIA SHIP EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 210), sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., that would revoke Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorization for California to require reductions in air emissions from ocean-going ships. Fong said "California should not be able to impose costly shipping mandates that drive up prices across the nation, disrupt our supply chain, and put our energy security at risk." An opponent, Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., said: "Nullifying this waiver does nothing to save Americans money. It drives up toxic diesel pollution that endangers the public health of our communities." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 216 yeas to 211 nays.
NAYS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Tran D-CA (45th), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Wahab D-CA (14th)
YEAS: Calvert R-CA (41st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 10:
IRAN WAR AUTHORIZATION: The House has passed a bill (H. Con. Res. 93), sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., that would require the cessation of U.S. military hostilities against Iran absent a Congressional authorization or declaration of war. Moulton said: "Never before has Iran controlled the world economy, brought the world economy to its heels, by closing the Strait of Hormuz as a result of this war not only failing but backfiring." An opponent, Rep. Brian J. Mast, R-Fla., cited the need to respond to lethal attacks against the U.S. by Iran over the past five decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was 220 yeas to 204 nays.
YEAS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Tran D-CA (45th), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Wahab D-CA (14th)
NAYS: Calvert R-CA (41st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 11:
SANCTIONING IRAN AND RUSSIA: The House has agreed to the Senate's amended version of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (H.R. 5334). The bill would authorize imposing secondary tariffs on imports from countries that import fossil fuels from Russia, adopt a variety of sanctions against Russia, and extend expiring sanctions on Iran. A supporter. Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, said: "This bill leverages our economic strength to make it harder for these regimes to finance aggression." An opponent, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., said the bill "does not give the Ukrainians what they need at this moment" to oppose Russian aggression. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 262 yeas to 159 nays.
NAYS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), McClintock R-CA (5th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Tran D-CA (45th), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Wahab D-CA (14th)
YEAS: Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), Brownley D-CA (26th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Gray D-CA (13th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Fong R-CA (20th)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th), Gallagher R-CA (1st)
House Vote 12:
FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS: The House has passed the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act (H.R. 9576), sponsored by Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minn., to authorize the recently established National Fraud Enforcement Division at the Justice Department. A supporter, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., said it was important to have a "single dedicated division at Main Justice waking up every single day with the sole mission of protecting the public" from fraud. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 352 yeas to 72 nays.
NAYS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Chu D-CA (28th), Peters D-CA (50th), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Wahab D-CA (14th)
YEAS: Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Barragan D-CA (44th), Levin D-CA (49th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Correa D-CA (46th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Tran D-CA (45th), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 13:
FRAUD COLLABORATION WITH STATES: The House has passed the Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act (H.R. 10326), sponsored by Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., to require states to send information in response to Justice Department requests that deal with suspected fraud in Medicaid and other federal social welfare programs. Van Drew said: "Sophisticated fraud rings intentionally scatter their operations across state lines because they know individual state databases do not talk to each other, and they also know they can hide behind local bureaucratic red tape." A bill opponent, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said it was hastily written and "overthrows the longstanding privacy safeguards governing these programs and all the general privacy laws enacted by Congress to protect our personal data from unwarranted government surveillance and collection." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 217 yeas to 207 nays.
NAYS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Tran D-CA (45th), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Wahab D-CA (14th)
YEAS: Calvert R-CA (41st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Gray D-CA (13th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 14:
CALIFORNIA BOAT EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 213), sponsored by Rep. James Gallagher, R-Calif., to cancel an Environmental Protection Agency waiver rule allowing California to issue its own regulations for air emissions from commercial boats. Gallagher said maintaining the rule would allow California "to impose burdensome and unrealistic zero-emission requirements on commercial harbor craft," with up to $2.5 billion of resulting costs. An opponent, Rep. Luz M. Rivas, D-Calif., called the bill "an illegal attack on California's work to set vital health protections at a time when Republicans have gutted Americans' healthcare and have done nothing to lower their cost of living." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 214 yeas to 208 nays.
NAYS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Tran D-CA (45th), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Wahab D-CA (14th)
YEAS: Calvert R-CA (41st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th), Jacobs D-CA (51st)
House Vote 15:
ELECTRICITY COSTS AND RATES: The House has passed the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340), sponsored by Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., to require state regulators to consider implementation of a federal standard for assigning electrical generation and grid costs to large-load customers. Evans said the bill "keeps costs low for Americans and helps us build the energy backbone required to compete and win in the AI race and to keep Americans' digital information here in the United States, not in China." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 417 yeas to 3 nays.
YEAS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Tran D-CA (45th), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st), Wahab D-CA (14th)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th), Peters D-CA (50th)
House Vote 16:
WATER PROJECTS: The House has passed the Water Resources Development Act (H.R. 9497), sponsored by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., to authorize water infrastructure projects at the Army Corps of Engineers. Graves said it "streamlines Corps processes by empowering the local communities and enhancing infrastructure resilience across the nation. This bill makes historic investments in both our inland and coastal water systems." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 415 yeas to 9 nays.
YEAS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Tran D-CA (45th), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st), Wahab D-CA (14th)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 17:
PRIVATE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS: The House has passed the Retire through Ownership Act (S. 2403), sponsored by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., to allow fiduciaries for employee stock ownership plans at a given private company to use a valuation given by an outside expert in order to determine how much shares in the company are worth. A supporter, Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Ga., said that currently, "in too many cases, these plans face unnecessary risk due to the lack of a clear regulatory framework for valuing employee stock." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 401 yeas to 14 nays.
YEAS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Tran D-CA (45th), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Fong R-CA (20th), Wahab D-CA (14th)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th), Gallagher R-CA (1st)
SENATE VOTES:
Senate Vote 1:
OHIO JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Matthew Byrne to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Byrne has been a state appeals court judge in Ohio for five years, following about fifteen years at two different Cincinnati law firms and a stint as a White House staffer during the George W. Bush administration. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said: "In his public commentary and his judicial decisions, Judge Byrne has repeatedly demonstrated his extreme views and how he will rule if he is confirmed to the federal bench." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 52 yeas to 45 nays.
NAYS: Padilla D-CA, Schiff D-CA
Senate Vote 2:
BLOCKCHAIN DIGITAL ASSETS: The Senate has rejected cloture on a motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633), sponsored by Rep. J. French Hill, R-Ark. The bill would assign the Commodity Futures Trading Commission responsibility for most regulation of markets in digital commodities that utilize blockchains, and establish various regulatory requirements for digital commodity markets. A supporter, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said that by creating regulatory certainty for blockchains, the bill "provides everyday Americans with the information they need to make investment decisions, prevents value manipulation schemes, and ensures that law enforcement has the tools that it needs to go after bad actors and fraud." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 49 yeas to 50 nays.
NAYS: Padilla D-CA, Schiff D-CA
Senate Vote 3:
REGULATING COLLEGE SPORTS: The Senate has approved a motion to proceed to consideration of the Protect College Sports Act (S. 4668), sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The bill would establish various measures controlling name, image, or likeness (NIL) contracts in college sports. Cruz said it would remedy a situation in which "for years, court decisions, litigation, conflicting state laws, unlimited transfers, eligibility issues, and inconsistent enforcement have chipped away at the foundation of college athletics." An opponent, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said: "This bill does not do enough to protect college athletes' health and safety and well-being." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 77 yeas to 22 nays.
YEAS: Padilla D-CA
NAYS: Schiff D-CA
Senate Vote 4:
TEXAS JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Kasdin Mitchell to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Mitchell, currently a lawyer at the Kirkland & Ellis law firm, spent a year as an assistant solicitor general for the Alabama government and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., claimed Mitchell has prioritized corporate interests in her legal career, and cited her "strong ties to the Federalist Society and other rightwing organizations." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 49 yeas to 45 nays.
NAYS: Padilla D-CA, Schiff D-CA
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HOUSE VOTES:
House Vote 1:
INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how California members of Congress voted over the previous week. HOUSE VOTES: House Vote 1: INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to localconditions across the National Wildlife Refuge System." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 371 yeas to 33 nays.
YEAS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Tran D-CA (45th), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st), Wahab D-CA (14th)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 2:
PROTECTING URBAN BIRDS: The House has passed the Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act (H.R. 3276), sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., to authorize the Urban Bird Treaty program at the Fish and Wildlife Service agency. The program covers federal agreements with individual U.S. cities for aiding local birds. Dingell said: "Supporting parks and greenways and reducing urban hazards can make a real difference for migrating and nesting birds and protect bird populations for generations to come." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 345 yeas to 60 nays.
YEAS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Tran D-CA (45th), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st), Wahab D-CA (14th)
NAYS: McClintock R-CA (5th)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th), Gray D-CA (13th)
House Vote 3:
IMPEACHMENT: The House has tabled a bill (H. Res. 1486), sponsored by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, that would have impeached President Trump for allegedly administering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agencies in violation of the First, Fourth, and Fifth Constitutional amendments. The vote to table, on Sept. 15, was 232 yeas to 147 nays, with 47 voting present.
NAYS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Wahab D-CA (14th)
YEAS: Calvert R-CA (41st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Gray D-CA (13th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st)
PRESENT: Costa D-CA (21st), Levin D-CA (49th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Tran D-CA (45th)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 4:
FINANCIAL FRAUD GRANTS: The House has passed the Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act (H.R. 2978), sponsored by Rep. Zachary Nunn, R-Iowa, to authorize the issuance of grants to sub-federal law enforcement agencies for investigating various types of financial fraud. Nunn said the grant authority was needed because currently, "criminals on the other side of the world are stealing the life savings of people in our own communities, and the local officers who answer those calls oftentimes can't even do anything about it." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 414 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Tran D-CA (45th), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st), Wahab D-CA (14th)
NOT VOTING: Pelosi D-CA (11th), Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 5:
FINANCIAL REGULATORY PRACTICES: The House has passed the Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act (H.R. 8278), sponsored by Rep. Marlin A. Stutzman, R-Ind., to require various financial regulatory agencies to evaluate their use of technology in regulations and purchasing. Stutzman called the bill "a straightforward, commonsense, and bipartisan step to address the critical technology challenges facing our regulators." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 417 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Tran D-CA (45th), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st), Wahab D-CA (14th)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 6:
HOUSING WHISTLEBLOWERS: The House has passed the Whistleblower Protection Act (H.R. 4646), sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, to extend broader federal government whistleblower protections to those revealing misdeeds involving money provided under contracts from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). De La Cruz said removing existing time limits on the protections was needed because many HUD contracts last for decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was unanimous with 424 yeas.
YEAS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Tran D-CA (45th), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st), Wahab D-CA (14th)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 7:
DIESEL ENGINE AIR EMISSIONS: The House has passed the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (H.R. 2140), sponsored by Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., to reauthorize through fiscal 2029 an Environmental Protection Agency program for subsidizing ways to cut emissions from diesel engines. Matsui said: "Replacing older diesel vehicles and engines has meaningfully reduced pollution in communities across the country and delivered billions of dollars in public health benefits." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 343 yeas to 79 nays.
YEAS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Tran D-CA (45th), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st), Wahab D-CA (14th)
NAYS: McClintock R-CA (5th)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 8:
TAXES AND FRAUD: The House has passed the Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act (H.R. 9500), sponsored by Rep. Max L. Miller, R-Ohio, to change the tax code in various ways to benefit those who have been victims of theft by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, including by increasing the tax deduction for those losses. Miller said relief was needed because "right now, if a scammer steals your life savings through a romance scam, a fake investment scheme, or a business email fraud, the federal tax code adds insult to injury." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 408 yeas to 17 nays.
YEAS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Tran D-CA (45th), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st), Wahab D-CA (14th)
NOT VOTING: Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 9:
CALIFORNIA SHIP EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 210), sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., that would revoke Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorization for California to require reductions in air emissions from ocean-going ships. Fong said "California should not be able to impose costly shipping mandates that drive up prices across the nation, disrupt our supply chain, and put our energy security at risk." An opponent, Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., said: "Nullifying this waiver does nothing to save Americans money. It drives up toxic diesel pollution that endangers the public health of our communities." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 216 yeas to 211 nays.
NAYS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Tran D-CA (45th), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Wahab D-CA (14th)
YEAS: Calvert R-CA (41st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 10:
IRAN WAR AUTHORIZATION: The House has passed a bill (H. Con. Res. 93), sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., that would require the cessation of U.S. military hostilities against Iran absent a Congressional authorization or declaration of war. Moulton said: "Never before has Iran controlled the world economy, brought the world economy to its heels, by closing the Strait of Hormuz as a result of this war not only failing but backfiring." An opponent, Rep. Brian J. Mast, R-Fla., cited the need to respond to lethal attacks against the U.S. by Iran over the past five decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was 220 yeas to 204 nays.
YEAS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Tran D-CA (45th), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Wahab D-CA (14th)
NAYS: Calvert R-CA (41st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 11:
SANCTIONING IRAN AND RUSSIA: The House has agreed to the Senate's amended version of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (H.R. 5334). The bill would authorize imposing secondary tariffs on imports from countries that import fossil fuels from Russia, adopt a variety of sanctions against Russia, and extend expiring sanctions on Iran. A supporter. Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, said: "This bill leverages our economic strength to make it harder for these regimes to finance aggression." An opponent, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., said the bill "does not give the Ukrainians what they need at this moment" to oppose Russian aggression. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 262 yeas to 159 nays.
NAYS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), McClintock R-CA (5th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Tran D-CA (45th), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Wahab D-CA (14th)
YEAS: Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), Brownley D-CA (26th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Gray D-CA (13th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Fong R-CA (20th)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th), Gallagher R-CA (1st)
House Vote 12:
FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS: The House has passed the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act (H.R. 9576), sponsored by Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minn., to authorize the recently established National Fraud Enforcement Division at the Justice Department. A supporter, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., said it was important to have a "single dedicated division at Main Justice waking up every single day with the sole mission of protecting the public" from fraud. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 352 yeas to 72 nays.
NAYS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Chu D-CA (28th), Peters D-CA (50th), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Wahab D-CA (14th)
YEAS: Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Barragan D-CA (44th), Levin D-CA (49th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Correa D-CA (46th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Tran D-CA (45th), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 13:
FRAUD COLLABORATION WITH STATES: The House has passed the Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act (H.R. 10326), sponsored by Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., to require states to send information in response to Justice Department requests that deal with suspected fraud in Medicaid and other federal social welfare programs. Van Drew said: "Sophisticated fraud rings intentionally scatter their operations across state lines because they know individual state databases do not talk to each other, and they also know they can hide behind local bureaucratic red tape." A bill opponent, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said it was hastily written and "overthrows the longstanding privacy safeguards governing these programs and all the general privacy laws enacted by Congress to protect our personal data from unwarranted government surveillance and collection." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 217 yeas to 207 nays.
NAYS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Tran D-CA (45th), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Wahab D-CA (14th)
YEAS: Calvert R-CA (41st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Gray D-CA (13th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 14:
CALIFORNIA BOAT EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 213), sponsored by Rep. James Gallagher, R-Calif., to cancel an Environmental Protection Agency waiver rule allowing California to issue its own regulations for air emissions from commercial boats. Gallagher said maintaining the rule would allow California "to impose burdensome and unrealistic zero-emission requirements on commercial harbor craft," with up to $2.5 billion of resulting costs. An opponent, Rep. Luz M. Rivas, D-Calif., called the bill "an illegal attack on California's work to set vital health protections at a time when Republicans have gutted Americans' healthcare and have done nothing to lower their cost of living." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 214 yeas to 208 nays.
NAYS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Tran D-CA (45th), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Wahab D-CA (14th)
YEAS: Calvert R-CA (41st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th), Jacobs D-CA (51st)
House Vote 15:
ELECTRICITY COSTS AND RATES: The House has passed the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340), sponsored by Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., to require state regulators to consider implementation of a federal standard for assigning electrical generation and grid costs to large-load customers. Evans said the bill "keeps costs low for Americans and helps us build the energy backbone required to compete and win in the AI race and to keep Americans' digital information here in the United States, not in China." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 417 yeas to 3 nays.
YEAS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Tran D-CA (45th), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st), Wahab D-CA (14th)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th), Peters D-CA (50th)
House Vote 16:
WATER PROJECTS: The House has passed the Water Resources Development Act (H.R. 9497), sponsored by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., to authorize water infrastructure projects at the Army Corps of Engineers. Graves said it "streamlines Corps processes by empowering the local communities and enhancing infrastructure resilience across the nation. This bill makes historic investments in both our inland and coastal water systems." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 415 yeas to 9 nays.
YEAS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Tran D-CA (45th), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Fong R-CA (20th), Gallagher R-CA (1st), Wahab D-CA (14th)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th)
House Vote 17:
PRIVATE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS: The House has passed the Retire through Ownership Act (S. 2403), sponsored by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., to allow fiduciaries for employee stock ownership plans at a given private company to use a valuation given by an outside expert in order to determine how much shares in the company are worth. A supporter, Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Ga., said that currently, "in too many cases, these plans face unnecessary risk due to the lack of a clear regulatory framework for valuing employee stock." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 401 yeas to 14 nays.
YEAS: Gomez D-CA (34th), Sanchez D-CA (38th), Torres (CA) D-CA (35th), Calvert R-CA (41st), Carbajal D-CA (24th), Min D-CA (47th), Costa D-CA (21st), McClintock R-CA (5th), Brownley D-CA (26th), Liccardo D-CA (16th), Panetta D-CA (19th), Vargas D-CA (52nd), Barragan D-CA (44th), Huffman D-CA (2nd), Khanna D-CA (17th), Levin D-CA (49th), Simon D-CA (12th), Takano D-CA (39th), Lofgren D-CA (18th), Thompson (CA) D-CA (4th), Aguilar D-CA (33rd), DeSaulnier D-CA (10th), Cisneros D-CA (31st), Pelosi D-CA (11th), Ruiz D-CA (25th), Harder (CA) D-CA (9th), Rivas D-CA (29th), Correa D-CA (46th), Friedman D-CA (30th), Sherman D-CA (32nd), Chu D-CA (28th), Bera D-CA (6th), Waters D-CA (43rd), Lieu D-CA (36th), Peters D-CA (50th), Matsui D-CA (7th), Whitesides D-CA (27th), Issa R-CA (48th), Kim R-CA (40th), Obernolte R-CA (23rd), Tran D-CA (45th), Valadao R-CA (22nd), Jacobs D-CA (51st), Gray D-CA (13th), Mullin D-CA (15th), Kiley (CA) I-CA (3rd), Kamlager-Dove D-CA (37th), Garcia (CA) D-CA (42nd), Fong R-CA (20th), Wahab D-CA (14th)
NOT VOTING: Garamendi D-CA (8th), Gallagher R-CA (1st)
SENATE VOTES:
Senate Vote 1:
OHIO JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Matthew Byrne to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Byrne has been a state appeals court judge in Ohio for five years, following about fifteen years at two different Cincinnati law firms and a stint as a White House staffer during the George W. Bush administration. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said: "In his public commentary and his judicial decisions, Judge Byrne has repeatedly demonstrated his extreme views and how he will rule if he is confirmed to the federal bench." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 52 yeas to 45 nays.
NAYS: Padilla D-CA, Schiff D-CA
Senate Vote 2:
BLOCKCHAIN DIGITAL ASSETS: The Senate has rejected cloture on a motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633), sponsored by Rep. J. French Hill, R-Ark. The bill would assign the Commodity Futures Trading Commission responsibility for most regulation of markets in digital commodities that utilize blockchains, and establish various regulatory requirements for digital commodity markets. A supporter, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said that by creating regulatory certainty for blockchains, the bill "provides everyday Americans with the information they need to make investment decisions, prevents value manipulation schemes, and ensures that law enforcement has the tools that it needs to go after bad actors and fraud." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 49 yeas to 50 nays.
NAYS: Padilla D-CA, Schiff D-CA
Senate Vote 3:
REGULATING COLLEGE SPORTS: The Senate has approved a motion to proceed to consideration of the Protect College Sports Act (S. 4668), sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The bill would establish various measures controlling name, image, or likeness (NIL) contracts in college sports. Cruz said it would remedy a situation in which "for years, court decisions, litigation, conflicting state laws, unlimited transfers, eligibility issues, and inconsistent enforcement have chipped away at the foundation of college athletics." An opponent, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said: "This bill does not do enough to protect college athletes' health and safety and well-being." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 77 yeas to 22 nays.
YEAS: Padilla D-CA
NAYS: Schiff D-CA
Senate Vote 4:
TEXAS JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Kasdin Mitchell to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Mitchell, currently a lawyer at the Kirkland & Ellis law firm, spent a year as an assistant solicitor general for the Alabama government and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., claimed Mitchell has prioritized corporate interests in her legal career, and cited her "strong ties to the Federalist Society and other rightwing organizations." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 49 yeas to 45 nays.
NAYS: Padilla D-CA, Schiff D-CA
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Alaska Congressional Votes for the Week ending 2026-09-18
by Arne Christensen
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how Alaska members of Congress voted over the previous week.
HOUSE VOTES:
House Vote 1:
INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditions ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how Alaska members of Congress voted over the previous week. HOUSE VOTES: House Vote 1: INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditionsacross the National Wildlife Refuge System." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 371 yeas to 33 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 2:
PROTECTING URBAN BIRDS: The House has passed the Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act (H.R. 3276), sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., to authorize the Urban Bird Treaty program at the Fish and Wildlife Service agency. The program covers federal agreements with individual U.S. cities for aiding local birds. Dingell said: "Supporting parks and greenways and reducing urban hazards can make a real difference for migrating and nesting birds and protect bird populations for generations to come." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 345 yeas to 60 nays.
NAYS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 3:
IMPEACHMENT: The House has tabled a bill (H. Res. 1486), sponsored by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, that would have impeached President Trump for allegedly administering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agencies in violation of the First, Fourth, and Fifth Constitutional amendments. The vote to table, on Sept. 15, was 232 yeas to 147 nays, with 47 voting present.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 4:
FINANCIAL FRAUD GRANTS: The House has passed the Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act (H.R. 2978), sponsored by Rep. Zachary Nunn, R-Iowa, to authorize the issuance of grants to sub-federal law enforcement agencies for investigating various types of financial fraud. Nunn said the grant authority was needed because currently, "criminals on the other side of the world are stealing the life savings of people in our own communities, and the local officers who answer those calls oftentimes can't even do anything about it." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 414 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 5:
FINANCIAL REGULATORY PRACTICES: The House has passed the Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act (H.R. 8278), sponsored by Rep. Marlin A. Stutzman, R-Ind., to require various financial regulatory agencies to evaluate their use of technology in regulations and purchasing. Stutzman called the bill "a straightforward, commonsense, and bipartisan step to address the critical technology challenges facing our regulators." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 417 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 6:
HOUSING WHISTLEBLOWERS: The House has passed the Whistleblower Protection Act (H.R. 4646), sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, to extend broader federal government whistleblower protections to those revealing misdeeds involving money provided under contracts from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). De La Cruz said removing existing time limits on the protections was needed because many HUD contracts last for decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was unanimous with 424 yeas.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 7:
DIESEL ENGINE AIR EMISSIONS: The House has passed the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (H.R. 2140), sponsored by Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., to reauthorize through fiscal 2029 an Environmental Protection Agency program for subsidizing ways to cut emissions from diesel engines. Matsui said: "Replacing older diesel vehicles and engines has meaningfully reduced pollution in communities across the country and delivered billions of dollars in public health benefits." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 343 yeas to 79 nays.
NAYS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 8:
TAXES AND FRAUD: The House has passed the Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act (H.R. 9500), sponsored by Rep. Max L. Miller, R-Ohio, to change the tax code in various ways to benefit those who have been victims of theft by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, including by increasing the tax deduction for those losses. Miller said relief was needed because "right now, if a scammer steals your life savings through a romance scam, a fake investment scheme, or a business email fraud, the federal tax code adds insult to injury." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 408 yeas to 17 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 9:
CALIFORNIA SHIP EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 210), sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., that would revoke Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorization for California to require reductions in air emissions from ocean-going ships. Fong said "California should not be able to impose costly shipping mandates that drive up prices across the nation, disrupt our supply chain, and put our energy security at risk." An opponent, Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., said: "Nullifying this waiver does nothing to save Americans money. It drives up toxic diesel pollution that endangers the public health of our communities." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 216 yeas to 211 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 10:
IRAN WAR AUTHORIZATION: The House has passed a bill (H. Con. Res. 93), sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., that would require the cessation of U.S. military hostilities against Iran absent a Congressional authorization or declaration of war. Moulton said: "Never before has Iran controlled the world economy, brought the world economy to its heels, by closing the Strait of Hormuz as a result of this war not only failing but backfiring." An opponent, Rep. Brian J. Mast, R-Fla., cited the need to respond to lethal attacks against the U.S. by Iran over the past five decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was 220 yeas to 204 nays.
NAYS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 11:
SANCTIONING IRAN AND RUSSIA: The House has agreed to the Senate's amended version of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (H.R. 5334). The bill would authorize imposing secondary tariffs on imports from countries that import fossil fuels from Russia, adopt a variety of sanctions against Russia, and extend expiring sanctions on Iran. A supporter. Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, said: "This bill leverages our economic strength to make it harder for these regimes to finance aggression." An opponent, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., said the bill "does not give the Ukrainians what they need at this moment" to oppose Russian aggression. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 262 yeas to 159 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 12:
FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS: The House has passed the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act (H.R. 9576), sponsored by Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minn., to authorize the recently established National Fraud Enforcement Division at the Justice Department. A supporter, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., said it was important to have a "single dedicated division at Main Justice waking up every single day with the sole mission of protecting the public" from fraud. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 352 yeas to 72 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 13:
FRAUD COLLABORATION WITH STATES: The House has passed the Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act (H.R. 10326), sponsored by Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., to require states to send information in response to Justice Department requests that deal with suspected fraud in Medicaid and other federal social welfare programs. Van Drew said: "Sophisticated fraud rings intentionally scatter their operations across state lines because they know individual state databases do not talk to each other, and they also know they can hide behind local bureaucratic red tape." A bill opponent, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said it was hastily written and "overthrows the longstanding privacy safeguards governing these programs and all the general privacy laws enacted by Congress to protect our personal data from unwarranted government surveillance and collection." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 217 yeas to 207 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 14:
CALIFORNIA BOAT EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 213), sponsored by Rep. James Gallagher, R-Calif., to cancel an Environmental Protection Agency waiver rule allowing California to issue its own regulations for air emissions from commercial boats. Gallagher said maintaining the rule would allow California "to impose burdensome and unrealistic zero-emission requirements on commercial harbor craft," with up to $2.5 billion of resulting costs. An opponent, Rep. Luz M. Rivas, D-Calif., called the bill "an illegal attack on California's work to set vital health protections at a time when Republicans have gutted Americans' healthcare and have done nothing to lower their cost of living." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 214 yeas to 208 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 15:
ELECTRICITY COSTS AND RATES: The House has passed the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340), sponsored by Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., to require state regulators to consider implementation of a federal standard for assigning electrical generation and grid costs to large-load customers. Evans said the bill "keeps costs low for Americans and helps us build the energy backbone required to compete and win in the AI race and to keep Americans' digital information here in the United States, not in China." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 417 yeas to 3 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 16:
WATER PROJECTS: The House has passed the Water Resources Development Act (H.R. 9497), sponsored by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., to authorize water infrastructure projects at the Army Corps of Engineers. Graves said it "streamlines Corps processes by empowering the local communities and enhancing infrastructure resilience across the nation. This bill makes historic investments in both our inland and coastal water systems." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 415 yeas to 9 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 17:
PRIVATE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS: The House has passed the Retire through Ownership Act (S. 2403), sponsored by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., to allow fiduciaries for employee stock ownership plans at a given private company to use a valuation given by an outside expert in order to determine how much shares in the company are worth. A supporter, Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Ga., said that currently, "in too many cases, these plans face unnecessary risk due to the lack of a clear regulatory framework for valuing employee stock." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 401 yeas to 14 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
SENATE VOTES:
Senate Vote 1:
OHIO JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Matthew Byrne to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Byrne has been a state appeals court judge in Ohio for five years, following about fifteen years at two different Cincinnati law firms and a stint as a White House staffer during the George W. Bush administration. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said: "In his public commentary and his judicial decisions, Judge Byrne has repeatedly demonstrated his extreme views and how he will rule if he is confirmed to the federal bench." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 52 yeas to 45 nays.
YEAS: Murkowski R-AK, Sullivan R-AK
Senate Vote 2:
BLOCKCHAIN DIGITAL ASSETS: The Senate has rejected cloture on a motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633), sponsored by Rep. J. French Hill, R-Ark. The bill would assign the Commodity Futures Trading Commission responsibility for most regulation of markets in digital commodities that utilize blockchains, and establish various regulatory requirements for digital commodity markets. A supporter, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said that by creating regulatory certainty for blockchains, the bill "provides everyday Americans with the information they need to make investment decisions, prevents value manipulation schemes, and ensures that law enforcement has the tools that it needs to go after bad actors and fraud." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 49 yeas to 50 nays.
YEAS: Murkowski R-AK, Sullivan R-AK
Senate Vote 3:
REGULATING COLLEGE SPORTS: The Senate has approved a motion to proceed to consideration of the Protect College Sports Act (S. 4668), sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The bill would establish various measures controlling name, image, or likeness (NIL) contracts in college sports. Cruz said it would remedy a situation in which "for years, court decisions, litigation, conflicting state laws, unlimited transfers, eligibility issues, and inconsistent enforcement have chipped away at the foundation of college athletics." An opponent, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said: "This bill does not do enough to protect college athletes' health and safety and well-being." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 77 yeas to 22 nays.
YEAS: Murkowski R-AK, Sullivan R-AK
Senate Vote 4:
TEXAS JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Kasdin Mitchell to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Mitchell, currently a lawyer at the Kirkland & Ellis law firm, spent a year as an assistant solicitor general for the Alabama government and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., claimed Mitchell has prioritized corporate interests in her legal career, and cited her "strong ties to the Federalist Society and other rightwing organizations." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 49 yeas to 45 nays.
YEAS: Murkowski R-AK, Sullivan R-AK
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HOUSE VOTES:
House Vote 1:
INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditions ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how Alaska members of Congress voted over the previous week. HOUSE VOTES: House Vote 1: INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditionsacross the National Wildlife Refuge System." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 371 yeas to 33 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 2:
PROTECTING URBAN BIRDS: The House has passed the Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act (H.R. 3276), sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., to authorize the Urban Bird Treaty program at the Fish and Wildlife Service agency. The program covers federal agreements with individual U.S. cities for aiding local birds. Dingell said: "Supporting parks and greenways and reducing urban hazards can make a real difference for migrating and nesting birds and protect bird populations for generations to come." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 345 yeas to 60 nays.
NAYS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 3:
IMPEACHMENT: The House has tabled a bill (H. Res. 1486), sponsored by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, that would have impeached President Trump for allegedly administering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agencies in violation of the First, Fourth, and Fifth Constitutional amendments. The vote to table, on Sept. 15, was 232 yeas to 147 nays, with 47 voting present.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 4:
FINANCIAL FRAUD GRANTS: The House has passed the Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act (H.R. 2978), sponsored by Rep. Zachary Nunn, R-Iowa, to authorize the issuance of grants to sub-federal law enforcement agencies for investigating various types of financial fraud. Nunn said the grant authority was needed because currently, "criminals on the other side of the world are stealing the life savings of people in our own communities, and the local officers who answer those calls oftentimes can't even do anything about it." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 414 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 5:
FINANCIAL REGULATORY PRACTICES: The House has passed the Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act (H.R. 8278), sponsored by Rep. Marlin A. Stutzman, R-Ind., to require various financial regulatory agencies to evaluate their use of technology in regulations and purchasing. Stutzman called the bill "a straightforward, commonsense, and bipartisan step to address the critical technology challenges facing our regulators." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 417 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 6:
HOUSING WHISTLEBLOWERS: The House has passed the Whistleblower Protection Act (H.R. 4646), sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, to extend broader federal government whistleblower protections to those revealing misdeeds involving money provided under contracts from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). De La Cruz said removing existing time limits on the protections was needed because many HUD contracts last for decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was unanimous with 424 yeas.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 7:
DIESEL ENGINE AIR EMISSIONS: The House has passed the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (H.R. 2140), sponsored by Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., to reauthorize through fiscal 2029 an Environmental Protection Agency program for subsidizing ways to cut emissions from diesel engines. Matsui said: "Replacing older diesel vehicles and engines has meaningfully reduced pollution in communities across the country and delivered billions of dollars in public health benefits." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 343 yeas to 79 nays.
NAYS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 8:
TAXES AND FRAUD: The House has passed the Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act (H.R. 9500), sponsored by Rep. Max L. Miller, R-Ohio, to change the tax code in various ways to benefit those who have been victims of theft by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, including by increasing the tax deduction for those losses. Miller said relief was needed because "right now, if a scammer steals your life savings through a romance scam, a fake investment scheme, or a business email fraud, the federal tax code adds insult to injury." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 408 yeas to 17 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 9:
CALIFORNIA SHIP EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 210), sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., that would revoke Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorization for California to require reductions in air emissions from ocean-going ships. Fong said "California should not be able to impose costly shipping mandates that drive up prices across the nation, disrupt our supply chain, and put our energy security at risk." An opponent, Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., said: "Nullifying this waiver does nothing to save Americans money. It drives up toxic diesel pollution that endangers the public health of our communities." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 216 yeas to 211 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 10:
IRAN WAR AUTHORIZATION: The House has passed a bill (H. Con. Res. 93), sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., that would require the cessation of U.S. military hostilities against Iran absent a Congressional authorization or declaration of war. Moulton said: "Never before has Iran controlled the world economy, brought the world economy to its heels, by closing the Strait of Hormuz as a result of this war not only failing but backfiring." An opponent, Rep. Brian J. Mast, R-Fla., cited the need to respond to lethal attacks against the U.S. by Iran over the past five decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was 220 yeas to 204 nays.
NAYS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 11:
SANCTIONING IRAN AND RUSSIA: The House has agreed to the Senate's amended version of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (H.R. 5334). The bill would authorize imposing secondary tariffs on imports from countries that import fossil fuels from Russia, adopt a variety of sanctions against Russia, and extend expiring sanctions on Iran. A supporter. Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, said: "This bill leverages our economic strength to make it harder for these regimes to finance aggression." An opponent, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., said the bill "does not give the Ukrainians what they need at this moment" to oppose Russian aggression. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 262 yeas to 159 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 12:
FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS: The House has passed the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act (H.R. 9576), sponsored by Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minn., to authorize the recently established National Fraud Enforcement Division at the Justice Department. A supporter, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., said it was important to have a "single dedicated division at Main Justice waking up every single day with the sole mission of protecting the public" from fraud. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 352 yeas to 72 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 13:
FRAUD COLLABORATION WITH STATES: The House has passed the Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act (H.R. 10326), sponsored by Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., to require states to send information in response to Justice Department requests that deal with suspected fraud in Medicaid and other federal social welfare programs. Van Drew said: "Sophisticated fraud rings intentionally scatter their operations across state lines because they know individual state databases do not talk to each other, and they also know they can hide behind local bureaucratic red tape." A bill opponent, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said it was hastily written and "overthrows the longstanding privacy safeguards governing these programs and all the general privacy laws enacted by Congress to protect our personal data from unwarranted government surveillance and collection." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 217 yeas to 207 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 14:
CALIFORNIA BOAT EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 213), sponsored by Rep. James Gallagher, R-Calif., to cancel an Environmental Protection Agency waiver rule allowing California to issue its own regulations for air emissions from commercial boats. Gallagher said maintaining the rule would allow California "to impose burdensome and unrealistic zero-emission requirements on commercial harbor craft," with up to $2.5 billion of resulting costs. An opponent, Rep. Luz M. Rivas, D-Calif., called the bill "an illegal attack on California's work to set vital health protections at a time when Republicans have gutted Americans' healthcare and have done nothing to lower their cost of living." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 214 yeas to 208 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 15:
ELECTRICITY COSTS AND RATES: The House has passed the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340), sponsored by Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., to require state regulators to consider implementation of a federal standard for assigning electrical generation and grid costs to large-load customers. Evans said the bill "keeps costs low for Americans and helps us build the energy backbone required to compete and win in the AI race and to keep Americans' digital information here in the United States, not in China." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 417 yeas to 3 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 16:
WATER PROJECTS: The House has passed the Water Resources Development Act (H.R. 9497), sponsored by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., to authorize water infrastructure projects at the Army Corps of Engineers. Graves said it "streamlines Corps processes by empowering the local communities and enhancing infrastructure resilience across the nation. This bill makes historic investments in both our inland and coastal water systems." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 415 yeas to 9 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
House Vote 17:
PRIVATE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS: The House has passed the Retire through Ownership Act (S. 2403), sponsored by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., to allow fiduciaries for employee stock ownership plans at a given private company to use a valuation given by an outside expert in order to determine how much shares in the company are worth. A supporter, Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Ga., said that currently, "in too many cases, these plans face unnecessary risk due to the lack of a clear regulatory framework for valuing employee stock." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 401 yeas to 14 nays.
YEAS: Begich R-AK (AL)
SENATE VOTES:
Senate Vote 1:
OHIO JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Matthew Byrne to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Byrne has been a state appeals court judge in Ohio for five years, following about fifteen years at two different Cincinnati law firms and a stint as a White House staffer during the George W. Bush administration. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said: "In his public commentary and his judicial decisions, Judge Byrne has repeatedly demonstrated his extreme views and how he will rule if he is confirmed to the federal bench." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 52 yeas to 45 nays.
YEAS: Murkowski R-AK, Sullivan R-AK
Senate Vote 2:
BLOCKCHAIN DIGITAL ASSETS: The Senate has rejected cloture on a motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633), sponsored by Rep. J. French Hill, R-Ark. The bill would assign the Commodity Futures Trading Commission responsibility for most regulation of markets in digital commodities that utilize blockchains, and establish various regulatory requirements for digital commodity markets. A supporter, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said that by creating regulatory certainty for blockchains, the bill "provides everyday Americans with the information they need to make investment decisions, prevents value manipulation schemes, and ensures that law enforcement has the tools that it needs to go after bad actors and fraud." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 49 yeas to 50 nays.
YEAS: Murkowski R-AK, Sullivan R-AK
Senate Vote 3:
REGULATING COLLEGE SPORTS: The Senate has approved a motion to proceed to consideration of the Protect College Sports Act (S. 4668), sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The bill would establish various measures controlling name, image, or likeness (NIL) contracts in college sports. Cruz said it would remedy a situation in which "for years, court decisions, litigation, conflicting state laws, unlimited transfers, eligibility issues, and inconsistent enforcement have chipped away at the foundation of college athletics." An opponent, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said: "This bill does not do enough to protect college athletes' health and safety and well-being." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 77 yeas to 22 nays.
YEAS: Murkowski R-AK, Sullivan R-AK
Senate Vote 4:
TEXAS JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Kasdin Mitchell to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Mitchell, currently a lawyer at the Kirkland & Ellis law firm, spent a year as an assistant solicitor general for the Alabama government and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., claimed Mitchell has prioritized corporate interests in her legal career, and cited her "strong ties to the Federalist Society and other rightwing organizations." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 49 yeas to 45 nays.
YEAS: Murkowski R-AK, Sullivan R-AK
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Alabama Congressional Votes for the Week ending 2026-09-18
by Arne Christensen
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how Alabama members of Congress voted over the previous week.
HOUSE VOTES:
House Vote 1:
INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditions ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how Alabama members of Congress voted over the previous week. HOUSE VOTES: House Vote 1: INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditionsacross the National Wildlife Refuge System." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 371 yeas to 33 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Sewell D-AL (7th), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd), Strong R-AL (5th)
House Vote 2:
PROTECTING URBAN BIRDS: The House has passed the Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act (H.R. 3276), sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., to authorize the Urban Bird Treaty program at the Fish and Wildlife Service agency. The program covers federal agreements with individual U.S. cities for aiding local birds. Dingell said: "Supporting parks and greenways and reducing urban hazards can make a real difference for migrating and nesting birds and protect bird populations for generations to come." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 345 yeas to 60 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Sewell D-AL (7th), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd)
NAYS: Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Strong R-AL (5th)
House Vote 3:
IMPEACHMENT: The House has tabled a bill (H. Res. 1486), sponsored by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, that would have impeached President Trump for allegedly administering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agencies in violation of the First, Fourth, and Fifth Constitutional amendments. The vote to table, on Sept. 15, was 232 yeas to 147 nays, with 47 voting present.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd), Strong R-AL (5th)
PRESENT: Sewell D-AL (7th)
House Vote 4:
FINANCIAL FRAUD GRANTS: The House has passed the Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act (H.R. 2978), sponsored by Rep. Zachary Nunn, R-Iowa, to authorize the issuance of grants to sub-federal law enforcement agencies for investigating various types of financial fraud. Nunn said the grant authority was needed because currently, "criminals on the other side of the world are stealing the life savings of people in our own communities, and the local officers who answer those calls oftentimes can't even do anything about it." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 414 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Sewell D-AL (7th), Strong R-AL (5th)
NOT VOTING: Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd)
House Vote 5:
FINANCIAL REGULATORY PRACTICES: The House has passed the Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act (H.R. 8278), sponsored by Rep. Marlin A. Stutzman, R-Ind., to require various financial regulatory agencies to evaluate their use of technology in regulations and purchasing. Stutzman called the bill "a straightforward, commonsense, and bipartisan step to address the critical technology challenges facing our regulators." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 417 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Sewell D-AL (7th), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd), Strong R-AL (5th)
House Vote 6:
HOUSING WHISTLEBLOWERS: The House has passed the Whistleblower Protection Act (H.R. 4646), sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, to extend broader federal government whistleblower protections to those revealing misdeeds involving money provided under contracts from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). De La Cruz said removing existing time limits on the protections was needed because many HUD contracts last for decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was unanimous with 424 yeas.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Sewell D-AL (7th), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd), Strong R-AL (5th)
House Vote 7:
DIESEL ENGINE AIR EMISSIONS: The House has passed the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (H.R. 2140), sponsored by Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., to reauthorize through fiscal 2029 an Environmental Protection Agency program for subsidizing ways to cut emissions from diesel engines. Matsui said: "Replacing older diesel vehicles and engines has meaningfully reduced pollution in communities across the country and delivered billions of dollars in public health benefits." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 343 yeas to 79 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Sewell D-AL (7th), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd)
NAYS: Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Strong R-AL (5th)
House Vote 8:
TAXES AND FRAUD: The House has passed the Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act (H.R. 9500), sponsored by Rep. Max L. Miller, R-Ohio, to change the tax code in various ways to benefit those who have been victims of theft by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, including by increasing the tax deduction for those losses. Miller said relief was needed because "right now, if a scammer steals your life savings through a romance scam, a fake investment scheme, or a business email fraud, the federal tax code adds insult to injury." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 408 yeas to 17 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Sewell D-AL (7th), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd), Strong R-AL (5th)
House Vote 9:
CALIFORNIA SHIP EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 210), sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., that would revoke Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorization for California to require reductions in air emissions from ocean-going ships. Fong said "California should not be able to impose costly shipping mandates that drive up prices across the nation, disrupt our supply chain, and put our energy security at risk." An opponent, Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., said: "Nullifying this waiver does nothing to save Americans money. It drives up toxic diesel pollution that endangers the public health of our communities." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 216 yeas to 211 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Strong R-AL (5th)
NAYS: Sewell D-AL (7th), Figures D-AL (2nd)
House Vote 10:
IRAN WAR AUTHORIZATION: The House has passed a bill (H. Con. Res. 93), sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., that would require the cessation of U.S. military hostilities against Iran absent a Congressional authorization or declaration of war. Moulton said: "Never before has Iran controlled the world economy, brought the world economy to its heels, by closing the Strait of Hormuz as a result of this war not only failing but backfiring." An opponent, Rep. Brian J. Mast, R-Fla., cited the need to respond to lethal attacks against the U.S. by Iran over the past five decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was 220 yeas to 204 nays.
NAYS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Strong R-AL (5th)
YEAS: Sewell D-AL (7th), Figures D-AL (2nd)
House Vote 11:
SANCTIONING IRAN AND RUSSIA: The House has agreed to the Senate's amended version of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (H.R. 5334). The bill would authorize imposing secondary tariffs on imports from countries that import fossil fuels from Russia, adopt a variety of sanctions against Russia, and extend expiring sanctions on Iran. A supporter. Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, said: "This bill leverages our economic strength to make it harder for these regimes to finance aggression." An opponent, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., said the bill "does not give the Ukrainians what they need at this moment" to oppose Russian aggression. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 262 yeas to 159 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd), Strong R-AL (5th)
NAYS: Sewell D-AL (7th)
House Vote 12:
FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS: The House has passed the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act (H.R. 9576), sponsored by Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minn., to authorize the recently established National Fraud Enforcement Division at the Justice Department. A supporter, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., said it was important to have a "single dedicated division at Main Justice waking up every single day with the sole mission of protecting the public" from fraud. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 352 yeas to 72 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Sewell D-AL (7th), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd), Strong R-AL (5th)
House Vote 13:
FRAUD COLLABORATION WITH STATES: The House has passed the Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act (H.R. 10326), sponsored by Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., to require states to send information in response to Justice Department requests that deal with suspected fraud in Medicaid and other federal social welfare programs. Van Drew said: "Sophisticated fraud rings intentionally scatter their operations across state lines because they know individual state databases do not talk to each other, and they also know they can hide behind local bureaucratic red tape." A bill opponent, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said it was hastily written and "overthrows the longstanding privacy safeguards governing these programs and all the general privacy laws enacted by Congress to protect our personal data from unwarranted government surveillance and collection." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 217 yeas to 207 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Strong R-AL (5th)
NAYS: Sewell D-AL (7th), Figures D-AL (2nd)
House Vote 14:
CALIFORNIA BOAT EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 213), sponsored by Rep. James Gallagher, R-Calif., to cancel an Environmental Protection Agency waiver rule allowing California to issue its own regulations for air emissions from commercial boats. Gallagher said maintaining the rule would allow California "to impose burdensome and unrealistic zero-emission requirements on commercial harbor craft," with up to $2.5 billion of resulting costs. An opponent, Rep. Luz M. Rivas, D-Calif., called the bill "an illegal attack on California's work to set vital health protections at a time when Republicans have gutted Americans' healthcare and have done nothing to lower their cost of living." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 214 yeas to 208 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Strong R-AL (5th)
NAYS: Sewell D-AL (7th), Figures D-AL (2nd)
House Vote 15:
ELECTRICITY COSTS AND RATES: The House has passed the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340), sponsored by Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., to require state regulators to consider implementation of a federal standard for assigning electrical generation and grid costs to large-load customers. Evans said the bill "keeps costs low for Americans and helps us build the energy backbone required to compete and win in the AI race and to keep Americans' digital information here in the United States, not in China." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 417 yeas to 3 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Sewell D-AL (7th), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd), Strong R-AL (5th)
House Vote 16:
WATER PROJECTS: The House has passed the Water Resources Development Act (H.R. 9497), sponsored by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., to authorize water infrastructure projects at the Army Corps of Engineers. Graves said it "streamlines Corps processes by empowering the local communities and enhancing infrastructure resilience across the nation. This bill makes historic investments in both our inland and coastal water systems." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 415 yeas to 9 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Sewell D-AL (7th), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd), Strong R-AL (5th)
NAYS: Moore (AL) R-AL (1st)
House Vote 17:
PRIVATE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS: The House has passed the Retire through Ownership Act (S. 2403), sponsored by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., to allow fiduciaries for employee stock ownership plans at a given private company to use a valuation given by an outside expert in order to determine how much shares in the company are worth. A supporter, Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Ga., said that currently, "in too many cases, these plans face unnecessary risk due to the lack of a clear regulatory framework for valuing employee stock." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 401 yeas to 14 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Sewell D-AL (7th), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd), Strong R-AL (5th)
SENATE VOTES:
Senate Vote 1:
OHIO JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Matthew Byrne to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Byrne has been a state appeals court judge in Ohio for five years, following about fifteen years at two different Cincinnati law firms and a stint as a White House staffer during the George W. Bush administration. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said: "In his public commentary and his judicial decisions, Judge Byrne has repeatedly demonstrated his extreme views and how he will rule if he is confirmed to the federal bench." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 52 yeas to 45 nays.
YEAS: Tuberville R-AL, Britt R-AL
Senate Vote 2:
BLOCKCHAIN DIGITAL ASSETS: The Senate has rejected cloture on a motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633), sponsored by Rep. J. French Hill, R-Ark. The bill would assign the Commodity Futures Trading Commission responsibility for most regulation of markets in digital commodities that utilize blockchains, and establish various regulatory requirements for digital commodity markets. A supporter, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said that by creating regulatory certainty for blockchains, the bill "provides everyday Americans with the information they need to make investment decisions, prevents value manipulation schemes, and ensures that law enforcement has the tools that it needs to go after bad actors and fraud." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 49 yeas to 50 nays.
YEAS: Tuberville R-AL, Britt R-AL
Senate Vote 3:
REGULATING COLLEGE SPORTS: The Senate has approved a motion to proceed to consideration of the Protect College Sports Act (S. 4668), sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The bill would establish various measures controlling name, image, or likeness (NIL) contracts in college sports. Cruz said it would remedy a situation in which "for years, court decisions, litigation, conflicting state laws, unlimited transfers, eligibility issues, and inconsistent enforcement have chipped away at the foundation of college athletics." An opponent, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said: "This bill does not do enough to protect college athletes' health and safety and well-being." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 77 yeas to 22 nays.
YEAS: Tuberville R-AL, Britt R-AL
Senate Vote 4:
TEXAS JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Kasdin Mitchell to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Mitchell, currently a lawyer at the Kirkland & Ellis law firm, spent a year as an assistant solicitor general for the Alabama government and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., claimed Mitchell has prioritized corporate interests in her legal career, and cited her "strong ties to the Federalist Society and other rightwing organizations." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 49 yeas to 45 nays.
NOT VOTING: Tuberville R-AL
YEAS: Britt R-AL
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HOUSE VOTES:
House Vote 1:
INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditions ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Here's a look at how Alabama members of Congress voted over the previous week. HOUSE VOTES: House Vote 1: INVASIVE SPECIES: The House has passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act (H.R. 4219), sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii. The bill would authorize the Fish and Wildlife Service's Invasive Species Strike Team program, which operates against invasive species in wildlife refuges. Case said the currently 21 different strike teams "play an essential role in managing emerging invasive species, employing strategies tailored to local conditionsacross the National Wildlife Refuge System." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 371 yeas to 33 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Sewell D-AL (7th), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd), Strong R-AL (5th)
House Vote 2:
PROTECTING URBAN BIRDS: The House has passed the Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act (H.R. 3276), sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., to authorize the Urban Bird Treaty program at the Fish and Wildlife Service agency. The program covers federal agreements with individual U.S. cities for aiding local birds. Dingell said: "Supporting parks and greenways and reducing urban hazards can make a real difference for migrating and nesting birds and protect bird populations for generations to come." The vote, on Sept. 14, was 345 yeas to 60 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Sewell D-AL (7th), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd)
NAYS: Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Strong R-AL (5th)
House Vote 3:
IMPEACHMENT: The House has tabled a bill (H. Res. 1486), sponsored by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, that would have impeached President Trump for allegedly administering the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agencies in violation of the First, Fourth, and Fifth Constitutional amendments. The vote to table, on Sept. 15, was 232 yeas to 147 nays, with 47 voting present.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd), Strong R-AL (5th)
PRESENT: Sewell D-AL (7th)
House Vote 4:
FINANCIAL FRAUD GRANTS: The House has passed the Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act (H.R. 2978), sponsored by Rep. Zachary Nunn, R-Iowa, to authorize the issuance of grants to sub-federal law enforcement agencies for investigating various types of financial fraud. Nunn said the grant authority was needed because currently, "criminals on the other side of the world are stealing the life savings of people in our own communities, and the local officers who answer those calls oftentimes can't even do anything about it." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 414 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Sewell D-AL (7th), Strong R-AL (5th)
NOT VOTING: Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd)
House Vote 5:
FINANCIAL REGULATORY PRACTICES: The House has passed the Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act (H.R. 8278), sponsored by Rep. Marlin A. Stutzman, R-Ind., to require various financial regulatory agencies to evaluate their use of technology in regulations and purchasing. Stutzman called the bill "a straightforward, commonsense, and bipartisan step to address the critical technology challenges facing our regulators." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 417 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Sewell D-AL (7th), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd), Strong R-AL (5th)
House Vote 6:
HOUSING WHISTLEBLOWERS: The House has passed the Whistleblower Protection Act (H.R. 4646), sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, to extend broader federal government whistleblower protections to those revealing misdeeds involving money provided under contracts from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). De La Cruz said removing existing time limits on the protections was needed because many HUD contracts last for decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was unanimous with 424 yeas.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Sewell D-AL (7th), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd), Strong R-AL (5th)
House Vote 7:
DIESEL ENGINE AIR EMISSIONS: The House has passed the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (H.R. 2140), sponsored by Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., to reauthorize through fiscal 2029 an Environmental Protection Agency program for subsidizing ways to cut emissions from diesel engines. Matsui said: "Replacing older diesel vehicles and engines has meaningfully reduced pollution in communities across the country and delivered billions of dollars in public health benefits." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 343 yeas to 79 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Sewell D-AL (7th), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd)
NAYS: Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Strong R-AL (5th)
House Vote 8:
TAXES AND FRAUD: The House has passed the Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act (H.R. 9500), sponsored by Rep. Max L. Miller, R-Ohio, to change the tax code in various ways to benefit those who have been victims of theft by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, including by increasing the tax deduction for those losses. Miller said relief was needed because "right now, if a scammer steals your life savings through a romance scam, a fake investment scheme, or a business email fraud, the federal tax code adds insult to injury." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 408 yeas to 17 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Sewell D-AL (7th), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd), Strong R-AL (5th)
House Vote 9:
CALIFORNIA SHIP EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 210), sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., that would revoke Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorization for California to require reductions in air emissions from ocean-going ships. Fong said "California should not be able to impose costly shipping mandates that drive up prices across the nation, disrupt our supply chain, and put our energy security at risk." An opponent, Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., said: "Nullifying this waiver does nothing to save Americans money. It drives up toxic diesel pollution that endangers the public health of our communities." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 216 yeas to 211 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Strong R-AL (5th)
NAYS: Sewell D-AL (7th), Figures D-AL (2nd)
House Vote 10:
IRAN WAR AUTHORIZATION: The House has passed a bill (H. Con. Res. 93), sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., that would require the cessation of U.S. military hostilities against Iran absent a Congressional authorization or declaration of war. Moulton said: "Never before has Iran controlled the world economy, brought the world economy to its heels, by closing the Strait of Hormuz as a result of this war not only failing but backfiring." An opponent, Rep. Brian J. Mast, R-Fla., cited the need to respond to lethal attacks against the U.S. by Iran over the past five decades. The vote, on Sept. 15, was 220 yeas to 204 nays.
NAYS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Strong R-AL (5th)
YEAS: Sewell D-AL (7th), Figures D-AL (2nd)
House Vote 11:
SANCTIONING IRAN AND RUSSIA: The House has agreed to the Senate's amended version of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (H.R. 5334). The bill would authorize imposing secondary tariffs on imports from countries that import fossil fuels from Russia, adopt a variety of sanctions against Russia, and extend expiring sanctions on Iran. A supporter. Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, said: "This bill leverages our economic strength to make it harder for these regimes to finance aggression." An opponent, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., said the bill "does not give the Ukrainians what they need at this moment" to oppose Russian aggression. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 262 yeas to 159 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd), Strong R-AL (5th)
NAYS: Sewell D-AL (7th)
House Vote 12:
FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS: The House has passed the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act (H.R. 9576), sponsored by Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minn., to authorize the recently established National Fraud Enforcement Division at the Justice Department. A supporter, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., said it was important to have a "single dedicated division at Main Justice waking up every single day with the sole mission of protecting the public" from fraud. The vote, on Sept. 16, was 352 yeas to 72 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Sewell D-AL (7th), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd), Strong R-AL (5th)
House Vote 13:
FRAUD COLLABORATION WITH STATES: The House has passed the Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act (H.R. 10326), sponsored by Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., to require states to send information in response to Justice Department requests that deal with suspected fraud in Medicaid and other federal social welfare programs. Van Drew said: "Sophisticated fraud rings intentionally scatter their operations across state lines because they know individual state databases do not talk to each other, and they also know they can hide behind local bureaucratic red tape." A bill opponent, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said it was hastily written and "overthrows the longstanding privacy safeguards governing these programs and all the general privacy laws enacted by Congress to protect our personal data from unwarranted government surveillance and collection." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 217 yeas to 207 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Strong R-AL (5th)
NAYS: Sewell D-AL (7th), Figures D-AL (2nd)
House Vote 14:
CALIFORNIA BOAT EMISSIONS RULE: The House has passed a bill (H.J. Res. 213), sponsored by Rep. James Gallagher, R-Calif., to cancel an Environmental Protection Agency waiver rule allowing California to issue its own regulations for air emissions from commercial boats. Gallagher said maintaining the rule would allow California "to impose burdensome and unrealistic zero-emission requirements on commercial harbor craft," with up to $2.5 billion of resulting costs. An opponent, Rep. Luz M. Rivas, D-Calif., called the bill "an illegal attack on California's work to set vital health protections at a time when Republicans have gutted Americans' healthcare and have done nothing to lower their cost of living." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 214 yeas to 208 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Strong R-AL (5th)
NAYS: Sewell D-AL (7th), Figures D-AL (2nd)
House Vote 15:
ELECTRICITY COSTS AND RATES: The House has passed the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340), sponsored by Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., to require state regulators to consider implementation of a federal standard for assigning electrical generation and grid costs to large-load customers. Evans said the bill "keeps costs low for Americans and helps us build the energy backbone required to compete and win in the AI race and to keep Americans' digital information here in the United States, not in China." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 417 yeas to 3 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Sewell D-AL (7th), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd), Strong R-AL (5th)
House Vote 16:
WATER PROJECTS: The House has passed the Water Resources Development Act (H.R. 9497), sponsored by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., to authorize water infrastructure projects at the Army Corps of Engineers. Graves said it "streamlines Corps processes by empowering the local communities and enhancing infrastructure resilience across the nation. This bill makes historic investments in both our inland and coastal water systems." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 415 yeas to 9 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Sewell D-AL (7th), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd), Strong R-AL (5th)
NAYS: Moore (AL) R-AL (1st)
House Vote 17:
PRIVATE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS: The House has passed the Retire through Ownership Act (S. 2403), sponsored by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., to allow fiduciaries for employee stock ownership plans at a given private company to use a valuation given by an outside expert in order to determine how much shares in the company are worth. A supporter, Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Ga., said that currently, "in too many cases, these plans face unnecessary risk due to the lack of a clear regulatory framework for valuing employee stock." The vote, on Sept. 16, was 401 yeas to 14 nays.
YEAS: Aderholt R-AL (4th), Palmer R-AL (6th), Moore (AL) R-AL (1st), Sewell D-AL (7th), Rogers (AL) R-AL (3rd), Figures D-AL (2nd), Strong R-AL (5th)
SENATE VOTES:
Senate Vote 1:
OHIO JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Matthew Byrne to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Byrne has been a state appeals court judge in Ohio for five years, following about fifteen years at two different Cincinnati law firms and a stint as a White House staffer during the George W. Bush administration. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said: "In his public commentary and his judicial decisions, Judge Byrne has repeatedly demonstrated his extreme views and how he will rule if he is confirmed to the federal bench." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 52 yeas to 45 nays.
YEAS: Tuberville R-AL, Britt R-AL
Senate Vote 2:
BLOCKCHAIN DIGITAL ASSETS: The Senate has rejected cloture on a motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633), sponsored by Rep. J. French Hill, R-Ark. The bill would assign the Commodity Futures Trading Commission responsibility for most regulation of markets in digital commodities that utilize blockchains, and establish various regulatory requirements for digital commodity markets. A supporter, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said that by creating regulatory certainty for blockchains, the bill "provides everyday Americans with the information they need to make investment decisions, prevents value manipulation schemes, and ensures that law enforcement has the tools that it needs to go after bad actors and fraud." The vote, on Sept. 15, was 49 yeas to 50 nays.
YEAS: Tuberville R-AL, Britt R-AL
Senate Vote 3:
REGULATING COLLEGE SPORTS: The Senate has approved a motion to proceed to consideration of the Protect College Sports Act (S. 4668), sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The bill would establish various measures controlling name, image, or likeness (NIL) contracts in college sports. Cruz said it would remedy a situation in which "for years, court decisions, litigation, conflicting state laws, unlimited transfers, eligibility issues, and inconsistent enforcement have chipped away at the foundation of college athletics." An opponent, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said: "This bill does not do enough to protect college athletes' health and safety and well-being." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 77 yeas to 22 nays.
YEAS: Tuberville R-AL, Britt R-AL
Senate Vote 4:
TEXAS JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Kasdin Mitchell to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Mitchell, currently a lawyer at the Kirkland & Ellis law firm, spent a year as an assistant solicitor general for the Alabama government and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. An opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., claimed Mitchell has prioritized corporate interests in her legal career, and cited her "strong ties to the Federalist Society and other rightwing organizations." The vote, on Sept. 17, was 49 yeas to 45 nays.
NOT VOTING: Tuberville R-AL
YEAS: Britt R-AL
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