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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included the Senate's failure to convict Donald Trump of inciting an insurrection against the United States and confirmation of Denis McDonough to head the VA. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, February 14th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | Last Week In Congress |
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| Excerpt: | Donald Trump is guilty. He may not have been convicted of his treachery by the requisite two-thirds of the Senate as the Constitution requires. But he did the crime and he will rightly be remembered by history as a criminal and a traitor. |
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| Published at: | 2:15 PM on Saturday, February 13th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Open Government |
| Other Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Impeachment |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House passage of apprenticeships legislation, Senate confirmation of several Biden Cabinet nominees, and disciplinary action in the House against Marjorie Taylor Greene. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, February 7th, 2021 |
| 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 confirmation of Janet Yellen as Secretary of the Treasury and the defeat of a Rand Paul gambit to nix Donald Trump's second impeachment trial. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, January 31st, 2021 |
| 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 approval of a waiver to allow General Lloyd Austin to serve as Secretary of Defense and Austin's confirmation, along with that of Avril Haines to be Director of National Intelligence. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, January 24th, 2021 |
| 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 adoption of House rules for the 117th Congress and the defeat of two objections to the counting of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' Electoral College votes. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, January 10th, 2021 |
| 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 House passage of the CASH Act and House and Senate repassage of the National Defense Authorization Act, which will now be implemented because each chamber mustered the two-thirds threshold needed to override Trump's veto. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, January 3rd, 2021 |
| 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 2020 incarnation of the appropriations bill that funds the United States military will become law without Donald Trump's signature after more than two-thirds of the U.S. Senate voted for its implementation. |
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| Published at: | 12:45 PM on Friday, January 1st, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, National Defense |
| Other Tags: | Effective Procurement |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes were both in support of a combined end-of-the-year COVID-19 relief package and omnibus appropriations bill that Donald Trump has threatened not to sign. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, December 27th, 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: | With just a few days to go before 2020 ends, the House and Senate have given approval to a $2.3 trillion combined pandemic relief package and omnibus appropriations bill. |
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| Published at: | 10:52 PM on Monday, December 21st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Breaking News, Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House and Senate passage of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act along with a continuing resolution to keep the federal government open for another week. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, December 13th, 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 House passage of a groundbreaking bill to legalize cannabis at the federal level and Senate adoption of legislation to help people diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, December 6th, 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 House passage of a bill that would authorize several billion dollars to expand federally funded apprenticeship programs and Senate confirmation of Stephen Vaden to be a U.S. Trade Judge. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, November 22nd, 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 only vote consisted of the confirmation of Trump nominee Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court. No Democrats or independents voted to confirm Barrett. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, November 1st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | Last Week In Congress |
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