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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (July 27th-31st)

Excerpt:	The week's major votes included House passage of two bills to help childcare providers and Senate confirmation of Derek Tai-Ching Kan to the OMB.
Published at:	7:30 AM on Sunday, August 2nd, 2020
Written by:	Voterama in Congress
Other Categories:	Series & Special Reports
Tags:	Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (July 20th-24th)

Excerpt:	The week's major votes included House passage of the Great American Outdoors Act and House/Senate passage of a major military appropriations bill.
Published at:	7:30 AM on Sunday, July 26th, 2020
Written by:	Voterama in Congress
Other Categories:	Series & Special Reports
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (June 29th-July 3rd)

Excerpt:	The week's major votes included House passage of a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill and Patient Protection Act expansion plus the Senate's failure to endorse a total withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Published at:	7:30 AM on Sunday, July 5th, 2020
Written by:	Voterama in Congress
Other Categories:	Series & Special Reports
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COVID-19 Update: Pacific Northwest embraces mandatory mask directives

Excerpt:	As British Columbia makes additional moves to reopen its economy, Washington has mandated the wearing of masks in public and Oregon has completed a special legislative session focusing on COVID-19 and police reform.
Published at:	10:30 PM on Monday, June 29th, 2020
Written by:	Rich Erwin
Other Categories:	Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare, Series & Special Reports
Tags:	2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, COVID-19 Update, Criminal Justice, Personal Wellness
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (June 22nd-26th)

Excerpt:	The week's major votes included House passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 and a D.C. statehood bill, along with the failure of a Senate Republican policing reform proposal.
Published at:	7:30 AM on Sunday, June 28th, 2020
Written by:	Voterama in Congress
Other Categories:	Series & Special Reports
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The Pandemic is Personal: Jeffrey Robinson on celebrating PRIDE during COVID-19

Excerpt:	An LGBTQ+ Democratic Party leader shares his views on the importance and meaning of PRIDE during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Published at:	4:30 PM on Saturday, June 27th, 2020
Written by:	Jeffrey Robinson
Other Categories:	Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Series & Special Reports
Tags:	2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, Nondiscrimination, The Pandemic is Personal
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (June 15th-19th)

Excerpt:	The week's major votes included passage of a landmark public lands funding bill and the confirmation of one of Mitch McConnell's protege to the D.C. Circuit Court.
Published at:	7:30 AM on Sunday, June 21st, 2020
Written by:	Voterama in Congress
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (June 8th-12th)

Excerpt:	The week's major votes included the advancement of a major public lands funding bill and the confirmation of Charles Brown as U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff.
Published at:	7:30 AM on Sunday, June 14th, 2020
Written by:	Voterama in Congress
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (June 1st-5th)

Excerpt:	The week's major votes included the confirmation of Trump appointees to head the Voice of America and a new position, inspector general of COVID-19 relief funds.
Published at:	7:30 AM on Sunday, June 7th, 2020
Written by:	Voterama in Congress
Other Categories:	Series & Special Reports
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (May 25th-29th)

Excerpt:	The week's major votes included House passage of a bill to patch the Paycheck Protection Program and transmission of a five-year extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to conference with the Senate.
Published at:	7:30 AM on Sunday, May 31st, 2020
Written by:	Voterama in Congress
Other Categories:	Series & Special Reports
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Let’s think + act beyond presidential politics to build a progressive agenda for America

Excerpt:	In this thoughtful longread, MLK County Democratic Chair Shasti Conrad outlines a path forward for progressive activists and movement leaders following the suspension of the Sanders and Warren campaigns.
Published at:	5:00 PM on Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
Written by:	Shasti Conrad
Other Categories:	Elections, Party Politics
Tags:	Partybuilding, US-Pres
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (May 18th-22nd)

Excerpt:	The week's major votes included the Mitch McConnell engineered confirmations of Trump nominees John Ratcliffe (to be DNI) and James Trainor (to the FEC).
Published at:	7:30 AM on Sunday, May 24th, 2020
Written by:	Voterama in Congress
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (May 11th-15th)

Excerpt:	The week's major votes included House approval of the HEROES Act (a coronavirus relief package) and Senate approval of a flawed domestic surveillance reauthorization bill.
Published at:	7:30 AM on Sunday, May 17th, 2020
Written by:	Voterama in Congress
Other Categories:	Series & Special Reports
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (May 4th-8th)

Excerpt:	The week's major votes included the confirmation of the director of the NCSC as well as the failure of an attempt to override Donald Trump's veto of a resolution to reassert Congress' power to declare war.
Published at:	7:30 AM on Sunday, May 10th, 2020
Written by:	Voterama in Congress
Other Categories:	Series & Special Reports
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