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| Excerpt: | Find out Cascadia’s United States Senators voted on motions pertaining to the rules for Donald Trump's removal trial. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, January 26th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | Last Week In Congress |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included the transmission of impeachment articles/appointment of trial managers and ratification of the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, January 19th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included a House resolution requiring the Trump regime to obtain advance congressional authorization prior to attacking Iran and Senate approval of a nominee to lead the Small Business Administration. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, January 12th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included Senate approval of the 2019 NDAA, House approval of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, and a package of eight appropriations bills. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, December 22nd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included the 2019 NDAA, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, a modest package of climate justice action bills, and several nominations. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, December 15th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included a stopgap budget authorization bill, a measure to reduce violence in the workplace, and the defeat of a Rand Paul scheme to divert money to infrastructure projects. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, November 24th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included executive and judicial nominations (in the Senate) and a bill to reauthorize and rename the Export-Import Bank (in the House). |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, November 17th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included the adoption of rules for proceeding with the Trump impeachment inquiry and an unsuccessful attempt to block states from allowing the sale of junk health insurance plans. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, November 3rd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included a stopgap budget bill, another pair of votes opposing Trump's fake emergency declaration, and in the House, legislation to protect migrant families. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, September 29th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included the approval of a two-year budget deal, the failure to override a veto on Saudi Arabia arm sales, and the confirmation of Kelly Craft to the U.N. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, August 4th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | Last Week In Congress |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included the adoption of a resolution opposing the BDS movement and final approval of permanent relief for September 11th first responders. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, July 28th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included condemning Trump's racist comments, increasing the federal minimum wage, and passing an intelligence budget for FY 2020. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, July 21st, 2019 |
| Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included a military budget (the NDAA), new rules for allocating green cards, and taking care of September 11th first responders. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, July 14th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included legislation to protect U.S. elections against attack and an emergency package to address the humanitarian crisis on the southwest border. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, June 30th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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