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
5/2/19 PASSED 231-190	H.R. 9	Climate Action Now Act	NO	I agree that the climate is changing and that we need to be good stewards. We need to come together around mutually agreeable solutions that will actually make a difference in reducing our carbon emissions. In Washington, 70% of our state’s total energy production come from hydropower, a clean and reliable source of energy. That’s why I introduced an amendment to H.R. 9 that would reflect the important role that hydropower plays in our transition to a clean energy economy. It’s a simple and easy question, and I’m disappointed that House Democrats refused to let my amendment come to the House floor for consideration. We can’t choose one clean energy resource over another, and refusing to hear from the other side on solutions that are already working is hyper-partisan and not a process I can support.

 

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
4/29/19 PASSED	H.R. 317	Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Land Affirmation Act of 2019	YES	Passed by voice.
4/29/19 PASSED 396 – 18	H.R. 91	Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act	YES	This legislation authorizes the Bureau of Indian Affairs to assess sanitation and safety conditions on land set aside to provide Columbia River Treaty tribes access to traditional fishing grounds.
4/29/19 PASSED	H.R. 1222	Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act	YES	Passed by voice.
4/30/19 PASSED	H.Res. 327	Encouraging greater public-private sector collaboration to promote financial literacy for students and young adults	YES	Passed by voice.
4/30/19 PASSED 392-20	H.R. 1876	Senior Security Act of 2019	YES	H.R. 1876 will help stop financial predators from scamming seniors out of their savings by creating the Senior Investor Taskforce.
4/30/19 PASSED 411-6	H.Res. 328	Supporting the protection of elders through financial literacy	YES	Similar to H.R. 1876, this legislation would help protect the elderly from financial predators by promoting financial literacy.
4/30/19 PASSED	H.R. 1449	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3033 203rd Street in Olympia Fields, Illinois, as the “Captain Robert L. Martin Post Office”	YES	Passed by voice.
4/30/19 PASSED	H.R. 1198	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 404 South Boulder Highway in Henderson, Nevada, as the “Henderson Veterans Memorial Post Office Building”	YES	Passed by voice.
4/30/19 PASSED	H.R. 828	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 Route 111 in Smithtown, New York, as the “Congressman Bill Carney Post Office”	YES	Passed by voice

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