The week’s major votes included the confirmation of Franklin U. Valderrama and House passage of legislation to require accommodations for pregnant women in the workplace.
Tag: Last Week In Congress
Last Week In Congress is a recurring Cascadia Advocate feature that documents how members of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho’s congressional delegation voted on major bills, resolutions, and nominations during the preceding legislative week. Look for Last Week In Congress on Sunday mornings after weeks when either the House, Senate, or both have been in session. LWIC’s archives are shown below.
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (September 7th-11th)
The week’s major vote concerned the question of whether or not to advance a pathetic excuse for a coronavirus relief package offered by Republicans, which was defeated by the Senate.
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (August 17th-22nd)
The week’s major votes included House passage of the Delivering for America Act and the defeat of Republican amendments to the bill.
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (August 3rd-7th)
The week’s major votes consisted of Senate confirmation of Mark Menezes to be Deputy Secretary of Energy and approval of a bill banning TikTok from government owned mobile devices.
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (July 27th-31st)
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.
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (July 20th-24th)
The week’s major votes included House passage of the Great American Outdoors Act and House/Senate passage of a major military appropriations bill.
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (June 29th-July 3rd)
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.
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (June 22nd-26th)
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.
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (June 15th-19th)
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.
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (June 8th-12th)
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.
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (June 1st-5th)
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.
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (May 25th-29th)
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.
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (May 18th-22nd)
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).
Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (May 11th-15th)
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.