My Votes – Week of March 11
RULE BILLS
**A rule bill is a bill passed through a full House vote under a rule that has been voted and agreed upon by the Rules Committee. Rule bills require a simple majority of the House to pass (218 votes) through a recorded vote.
Result and Date | Bill # | Bill Title | My Vote | What it means for you and your family |
3/14/19
PASSED 420-0-4 |
H.Con.Res 24 | Expressing the sense of Congress that the report of Special Counsel Mueller should be made available to the public and to Congress | YES | For the sake of transparency, I believe Special Counsel Mueller’s findings should be made publicly available for all Americans to see. |
SUSPENSION BILLS
**A suspension bill is a bill passed by the House through suspending the rules to move quickly, circumventing the House Rules Committee. Suspension bills are typically less controversial pieces of legislation, and as the rules are being suspended, they require a higher threshold, two-thirds of those voting in the House, to pass. Additionally, these bills are often passed by a voice vote, without a formal roll call vote.
Result and Date | Bill # | Bill Title | My Vote | What it means for you and your family |
3/11/19
PASSED |
H.R. 1122 | Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2019 | YES | This bill authorizes HUD to implement a demonstration program that would encourage public housing agencies to form regional collaboratives to work together to reduce barriers that prevent families with children with Housing Choice Vouchers from moving to higher-opportunity areas. Rigorous research shows that children in families that used housing vouchers to move to higher-opportunity areas fared substantially better that a control group, including a significantly higher likelihood of attending college and higher average incomes as adults. |
3/11/19
PASSED |
H.R. 974 | Federal Reserve Supervision Testimony Clarification Act | YES | Passed by voice |
3/11/19
PASSED |
H.R. 1414 | FinCEN Improvement Act of 2019 | YES | Passed by voice |
3/11/19
PASSED |
H.R. 758 | Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2019 | YES | this bill provides a narrow safe harbor for financial institutions that keep a customer account open at the request of a Federal, State, Tribal or local law enforcement agency. |
3/12/19
PASSED |
H.Res. 156 | Calling for accountability and justice for the assassination of Boris Nemtsov | YES | This resolution calls for accountability and justice for the February 27, 2015 assassination of Boris Nemtsov, a Russian statesman and a powerful voice in opposition to the authoritarianism and corruption of Vladimir Putin’s government. It condemns Putin and his regime for targeting political opponents and covering up Nemtsov’s killing, and calls on the U.S. Government to freeze assets of and deny visas to those determined to be involved in the assassination. |
3/12/19
PASSED |
H.R. 596 | Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act | YES | This bill states that it shall be the policy of the United States not to recognize the Russian Federation’s claim of sovereignty over Crimea, a part of Ukraine, which it has illegally occupied since 2014. It also prohibits the U.S. Government from taking any action or extending any assistance that implies U.S. recognition of Russia’s sovereignty claim over Crimea. |
3/12/19
PASSED |
H.R. 1404 | Vladimir Putin Transparency Act | YES | Passed by voice |
3/12/19
PASSED |
H.R. 1617 | KREMLIN Act | YES | Passed by voice |
3/12/19
PASSED |
H.R. 1582 | Electronic Message Preservation Act | YES | Passed by voice |
3/12/19
PASSED |
H.R. 1608 | Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2019 | YES | Passed by voice |
3/12/19
PASSED |
H.R. 1654 | Federal Register Modernization Act | YES | This bill would require the Federal Register to be published by electronic means, documents in the Federal Register to be made available for sale or distribution to the public in published form, and makes certain technical changes. |
3/13/19
PASSED |
H.Res. 206 | Acknowledging that the lack of sunlight and transparency in financial transactions and corporate formation poses a threat to our national security and our economy’s security and supporting efforts to close related loopholes | YES | Passed by voice |