How area Congress members voted

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted July 21 through July 27:

House

House Vote 1:

SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS: The House has rejected the Satellite and Telecommunications Streamlining Act (H.R. 1338), sponsored by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash. The bill would have created a new system at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for licensing commercial satellite communications networks. The vote, on July 25, was 250 yeas to 163 nays, with a two-thirds majority required for approval.NAYS: Marcy Kaptur D-OH (9th)

House Vote 2:

CHEMICAL FACILITIES AND TERRORISM: The House has passed the Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act (H.R. 4470), sponsored by Rep. Laurel M. Lee, R-Fla., to reauthorize, through fiscal 2025, the Homeland Security Department's Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program. The vote, on July 25, was 409 yeas to 1 nay.YEAS: Kaptur D-OH (9th)

House Vote 3:

REPAIRING WEST POINT DAMAGE: The House has passed an amendment sponsored by Rep. Patrick Ryan, D-N.Y., to the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 4366), that would shift $103 million of military construction spending to cover repairs following flooding damage earlier this month at the Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. The vote, on July 26, was 394 yeas to 19 nays.YEAS: Kaptur D-OH (9th)

House Vote 4:

FIREARMS BACKGROUND CHECKS: The House has passed an amendment sponsored by Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., to the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 4366). The amendment would bar funding for the Veterans Affairs Department to add a veteran's name to the Justice Department's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) for firearms purchases if the veteran has assistance from a fiduciary. The vote, on July 26, was 228 yeas to 206 nays.NAYS: Kaptur D-OH (9th)

U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Toledo.
U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Toledo.

House Vote 5:

MASK MANDATES AND THE VA: The House has passed an amendment sponsored by Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont, to the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 4366) that would bar funding for the imposition of mask mandates related to COVID. The vote, on July 26, was 223 yeas to 211 nays.NAYS: Kaptur D-OH (9th)

House Vote 6:

CLEAN ENERGY AND THE MILITARY: The House has passed an amendment sponsored by Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., to the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 4366), that would bar funding for adopting a President Biden executive order for developing clean energy industries. The vote, on July 26, was 222 yeas to 212 nays.NAYS: Kaptur D-OH (9th)

House Vote 7:

SPENDING ON VA, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION: The House has passed the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 4366), sponsored by Rep. John R. Carter, R-Texas. The bill would provide fiscal 2024 funding for the Veterans Affairs Department and related agencies, as well as $17.5 billion for military construction programs. The vote, on July 27, was 219 yeas to 211 nays.NAYS: Kaptur D-OH (9th)

House Vote 8:

LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN RULE: The House has passed a resolution (S.J. Res. 9), sponsored by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., to disapprove of and void a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule putting populations of the lesser prairie-chicken on threatened and endangered species lists, with accompanying environmental regulations for chicken habitat. The vote, on July 27, was 221 yeas to 206 nays.NAYS: Kaptur D-OH (9th)

House Vote 9:

LONG-EARED BAT: The House has passed a resolution (S.J. Res. 24), sponsored by Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., to disapprove of and void a Fish and Wildlife Service rule listing the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species. The vote, on July 27, was 220 yeas to 209 nays.NAYS: Kaptur D-OH (9th)

Senate

Senate Vote 1:NATIONAL SECURITY AND U.S. ADVERSARIES: The Senate has passed an amendment sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, to the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2226) that would create a Treasury Department program requiring U.S. companies to notify Treasury of their planned investments in national security technology sectors in China and other countries considered to be "of concern" to the U.S. The vote, on July 25, was 91 yeas to 6 nays.YEAS: Sherrod Brown D-OH, J.D. Vance R-OH

Senate Vote 2:FARMLAND SALES: The Senate has passed an amendment sponsored by Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., to the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2226), to place the Agriculture Secretary on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and have the Committee bar China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran from purchasing U.S. farm land and agricultural businesses. The vote, on July 25, was 91 yeas to 7 nays.YEAS: Brown D-OH, Vance R-OH

Senate Vote 3:DEBT AND MILITARY MEMBERS: The Senate has passed an amendment sponsored by Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., to the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2226), to increase protections given to members of the military against harassment by debt collectors. The vote, on July 26, was 95 yeas to 2 nays.YEAS: Brown D-OH, Vance R-OH

Senate Vote 4:AUDITING AID TO UKRAINE: The Senate has rejected an amendment sponsored by Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., to the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2226), that would have established an Office of the Lead Inspector General for Ukraine Assistance. The vote, on July 26, was 51 yeas to 48 nays, with a three-fifths majority required for approval.NAYS: Brown D-OHYEAS: Vance R-OH

U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) speaking at a Lincoln Day dinner in rural Clyde, Ohio.
U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) speaking at a Lincoln Day dinner in rural Clyde, Ohio.

Senate Vote 5:FLAGS AT GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS: The Senate has rejected an amendment sponsored by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., to the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2226), that would have put restrictions on the display of any flag other than the U.S. flag, or flags representing other government entities, at government buildings. The vote, on July 27, was 50 yeas to 49 nays, with a three-fifths majority required for approval.NAYS: Brown D-OHYEAS: Vance R-OH

Senate Vote 6:FOREIGN AID CONDITIONS: The Senate has rejected an amendment sponsored by Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., to the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2226), that would have blocked the provision of special drawing rights aid from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to countries deemed to be perpetrators of genocide or sponsors of terrorism. The vote, on July 27, was 51 yeas to 47 nays, with a three-fifths majority required for approval.NAYS: Brown D-OHYEAS: Vance R-OH

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown.

Senate Vote 7:9/11 HEALTH CARE FUNDING: The Senate has passed an amendment sponsored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., to the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2226), that would amend an existing law to increase funding for a program for treating victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The vote, on July 27, was 94 yeas to 4 nays.YEAS: Brown D-OH, Vance R-OH

Senate Vote 8:2024 MILITARY SPENDING: The Senate has passed the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2226), sponsored by Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I. The bill would authorize about $845 billion of fiscal 2024 spending at the Defense Department, military construction programs, and $32 billion of spending on military-related programs at the Energy Department. The vote, on July 27, was 86 yeas to 11 nays.YEAS: Brown D-OHNAYS: Vance R-OH

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