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| Excerpt: | The week's only major vote was Senate confirmation of Anne Witkowsky to serve as the State Department's assistant secretary for conflict and stabilization operations. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, January 9th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | Last Week In Congress |
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| Excerpt: | 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. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, December 19th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| 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 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. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, December 12th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| 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 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. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, December 5th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| 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 Build Back Better Act and Senate confirmation of several Biden nominees, including Chuck Sams, the first Native American to lead the National Park Service. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, November 21st, 2021 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| 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 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. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, November 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| 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 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. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, October 31st, 2021 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| 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 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. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, October 24th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | Lin, a civil rights attorney, is the third judge confirmed this year to a distinguished but lately depleted federal court that sits in Seattle and Tacoma. |
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| Published at: | 7:32 AM on Friday, October 22nd, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Public Service |
| Other Tags: | Judicial Nominations |
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| Excerpt: | 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. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, October 10th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | King will be the first Native American to serve on the federal bench from a state with twenty-nine recognized tribal nations. |
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| Published at: | 9:37 AM on Thursday, October 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Public Service |
| Other Tags: | Judicial Nominations |
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| Excerpt: | 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. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, October 3rd, 2021 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| 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 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. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, September 26th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| 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 confirmations of David Estudillo and Angel Kelley to be U.S. District Court Judges in Washington and Massachusetts. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, September 19th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | Last Week In Congress |
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