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
7/29/2020 PASSED 249-163	H.R. 7027	Child Care is Essential Act	NO	Instead of focusing on common ground and working in a bipartisan fashion to solve our differences, Democrats are moving a flawed, one-sided bill that recklessly spends taxpayer dollars (more than the entire annual revenue of the childcare industry) and layers on additional burdens when child care providers are already facing burdensome red tape.
7/29/2020 PASSED 250-161	H.R. 7327	Child Care for Economic Recovery Act	NO	I am for child care, but this will not deliver the desired results. It would substantially increase mandatory federal spending without a single committee hearing. It pays for wasteful things like maids and butlers, gives more money to states when they still haven’t been able to distribute the money they were given last time, and fails to protect from tax fraud on certain credits.
7/30/2020 PASSED 234-181	H.R. 7617	FY 21 Appropriations Package #2	NO	Democrats have chosen to play politics with the appropriations process instead of working to craft bipartisan legislation that Members on both sides of the aisle can support and the President can sign into law. Like the first appropriations package the House – considered last week – this package of appropriations bills spends billions of dollars on top of what the current budget agreement allows. Existing, bipartisan provisions are removed, and controversial policies and funding proposals are inserted.

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
7/29/2020 PASSED VOICE	H.R. 7575	Water Resources Development Act of 2020		Provides for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States and to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources.
7/29/2020 PASSED VOICE	H.R. 4686	Sami’s Law		In order to protect riders requires illuminated signs and other measures on ride-hailing vehicles, prohibits the sale of such signs to anyone but transportation companies, and requires ride-hailing companies to implement an electronic access system on ride-hailing vehicles.
7/29/2020 PASSED 368-1	S. 2163	S. 2163 Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act	YES	Establishes the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Office of the Staff Director to conduct a systematic study of the conditions affecting black men and boys.
7/27/2020 PASSED VOICE	H.R. 2420	National Museum of the American Latino Act		Establishes the National Museum of the American Latino in the Smithsonian Institution.

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