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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes consisted of Senate confirmation of four Biden nominees: two assistant secretaries, an ambassador, and a district court judge. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, March 19th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House passage of legislation intended to impair the executive branch from protecting U.S. elections and Senate confirmation of several Biden judicial and executive nominees. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, March 12th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House and Senate adoption of a resolution voiding a Labor Department rule, which President Biden has vowed to veto, House passage of the Informing Consumers About Smart Devices Act, and Senate confirmation of a half dozen Biden judicial nominees. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, March 5th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included Senate confirmation of eight Biden judicial nominees and passage of a resolution condemning China's recent effort to send a surveillance balloon across the United States. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, February 19th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House passage of a Republican bill to scrap the United States' requirement that foreign tourists be vaccinated against COVID-19 and Senate confirmation of DeAndrea Gist Benjamin to be a judge on the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, February 12th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House passage of the NOTAM Improvement Act and the Chance to Compete Act, along with Senate confirmation of Brendan Owens to be the Defense Department's Assistant Secretary for Energy, Installations and Environment. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, January 29th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House passage of a Republican bill to roll back part of the Inflation Reduction Act and the adoption of several antiabortion resolutions pushed by Republicans. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, January 15th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's only consequential vote was the fifteenth attempt to elect a Speaker of the House, which ended in a Pyrrhic victory for Republican Kevin McCarthy. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, January 8th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House final passage of the Respect for Marriage Act and Senate confirmation of more than half a dozen of President Biden's judicial nominees. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, December 11th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included congressional adoption of a resolution to avert a rail strike, Senate passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, and House votes on bills to advance human rights and pregnancy care. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, December 4th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House passage of the Speak Out Act and the Lymphedema Treatment Act as well as the Senate's invocation of cloture on the Respect for Marriage Act. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, November 20th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included congressional passage of the Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act 2023, Senate confirmation of Arianna Freeman to the 3rd Circuit, and House passage of Representative Mary Peltola's first bill, the Food Security for All Veterans Act. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, October 2nd, 2022 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House passage of the Presidential Election Reform Act and the Invest to Protect Act along with Senate ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol and Senate confirmation of Florence Pan to be an appeals court judge. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, September 25th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House passage of the Preventing a Patronage System Act and Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Census Act along with Senate confirmation of several of President Biden's appellate nominees. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, September 18th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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