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Announcements by US House Members

Aug 3 2020 - 1:55 PM
Lowey Leads House Passage of 10 Appropriations Bills ...read more

Nita M. Lowey Democratic House Member New York district 17

Aug 3 2020 - 1:38 PM
Higgins Announces $500K for Freshwater Bayou Canal Shoreline Protection Project ...read more

Clay Higgins Republican House Member Louisiana district 3

Announcements by US Senators

Aug 3 2020 - 1:00 PM
Wicker Advances Public Service Initiative to Aid Coronavirus Recovery ...read more

Roger Wicker Republican Senate Member Mississippi

Aug 3 2020 - 1:00 PM
Sen. Carpers statement on the passing of Delawares former National Guard Adjutant General Carol A. Timmons ...read more

Thomas R. Carper Democratic Senate Member Delaware

Bills in the US House of Representatives

Introduced Jul 31 2020

hr7895

To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the nature of judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions.

House Judiciary Committee

North Dakota

Cosponsors: 20

Latest Major Action

Jul 31 2020

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Introduced Jul 31 2020

hr7916

To temporarily waive section 115 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 as applied to the TANF and SNAP programs, and for other purposes.

House Agriculture Committee

Wisconsin

Cosponsors: 36

Latest Major Action

Jul 31 2020

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Bills in the US Senate

Introduced Jul 30 2020

sres665

A resolution reaffirming the strategic partnership between the United States and Mongolia and recognizing the 30th anniversary of democracy in Mongolia.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Alaska

Cosponsors: 1

Latest Major Action

Jul 30 2020

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Introduced Jul 30 2020

sres664

A resolution designating the week of September 20 through September 26, 2020, as "Gold Star Families Remembrance Week".

Mississippi

Cosponsors: 9

Latest Major Action

Jul 30 2020

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

Votes in the US House of Representatives

Jul 31 2020 - 12:14 pm

On Passage

HR7617

Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes

Result: Passed

Total votes

Yes: 217	No: 197	Absent: 17

Democrats voted Yes

Republicans voted No

Yes: 217	No: 12	Absent: 3

Yes: 0	No: 184	Absent: 14

Independents votes

Yes: 0	No: 1	Absent: 0

show tally of roll call vote 178 on HR7617

Votes in the US Senate

Jul 30 2020 - 2:33 pm

On the Motion to Proceed

S178

A bill to condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these communities inside and outside China.

Result: Motion to Proceed Agreed to

Total votes

Yes: 47	No: 42	Absent: 11

Democrats voted No

Republicans voted Yes

Yes: 0	No: 38	Absent: 7

Yes: 47	No: 2	Absent: 4

Independents voted

Yes: 0	No: 2	Absent: 0

show tally of roll call vote 153 on S178