Tag: Last Week In Congress

The week’s major votes includ­ed House and Sen­ate pas­sage of leg­is­la­tion to raise the debt ceil­ing, a House con­tempt refer­ral to the Jus­tice Depart­ment con­cern­ing Mark Mead­ows, and Sen­ate con­fir­ma­tion of sev­er­al Biden nom­i­nees, includ­ing two to the 9th Cir­cuit Court of Appeals.

The week’s major votes includ­ed House and Sen­ate pas­sage of the Pro­tect­ing Medicare and Amer­i­can Farm­ers from Sequester Cuts Act, House pas­sage of the Pro­tect­ing our Democ­ra­cy Act and 2022 NDAA, and Sen­ate con­fir­ma­tion of Jes­si­ca Rosen­wor­cel to be FCC Chair. 

The week’s major votes includ­ed House and Sen­ate pas­sage of the Fur­ther Extend­ing Gov­ern­ment Fund­ing Act, Sen­ate con­fir­ma­tion of a Biden Trea­sury nom­i­nee, and House pas­sage of the Immu­niza­tion Infra­struc­ture Mod­ern­iza­tion Act. 

The week’s major votes includ­ed House pas­sage of the Build Back Bet­ter Act and Sen­ate con­fir­ma­tion of sev­er­al Biden nom­i­nees, includ­ing Chuck Sams, the first Native Amer­i­can to lead the Nation­al Park Service. 

The week’s major votes includ­ed House pas­sage of the Pro­tect Old­er Job Appli­cants Act and des­ig­na­tions of land for sev­er­al tribes and Sen­ate con­fir­ma­tion of sev­er­al Biden nom­i­nees. The Sen­ate also con­sid­ered the John R. Lewis Vot­ing Rights Advance­ment Act, but it did not advance due to Repub­li­can opposition. 

The week’s major votes includ­ed House pas­sage of the Fam­i­ly Vio­lence Pre­ven­tion and Ser­vices Improve­ment Act and PUMP for Nurs­ing Moth­ers Act along with Sen­ate con­fir­ma­tion of a dozen Biden exec­u­tive and judi­cial nominees. 

The week’s major votes includ­ed House pas­sage of a motion to find Steve Ban­non in con­tempt of Con­gress and Sen­ate con­fir­ma­tion of sev­er­al Biden exec­u­tive and judi­cial nom­i­nees, includ­ing one for the fed­er­al bench in Wash­ing­ton State. 

The week’s major votes includ­ed House pas­sage of the Sur­face Trans­porta­tion Exten­sion Act, a Sen­ate vote on rais­ing the debt ceil­ing, and Sen­ate con­fir­ma­tion of sev­er­al Biden nominees.

The week’s major votes includ­ed House and Sen­ate pas­sage of Extend­ing Gov­ern­ment Fund­ing and Deliv­er­ing Emer­gency Assis­tance Act, a stop­gap fed­er­al gov­ern­ment fund­ing bill, plus House pas­sage of the Wom­en’s Health Pro­tec­tion Act and Sen­ate con­fir­ma­tion of sev­er­al Biden nominees. 

The week’s major votes includ­ed House pas­sage of a con­tin­u­ing res­o­lu­tion to keep the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment open as well as the 2021 ver­sion of the Nation­al Defense Autho­riza­tion Act and Sen­ate con­fir­ma­tion of sev­er­al Biden judi­cial and exec­u­tive nominees.