Posted inPolicy Topics

U.S. Senate Republicans use chamber’s undemocratic sixty-vote threshold to deny railroad workers sick leave they need

Sen­ate Repub­li­cans used the cham­ber’s unde­mo­c­ra­t­ic six­ty vote thresh­old to nix a con­cur­rent res­o­lu­tion in Con­gress to require paid sick leave for rail­road work­ers. Demo­c­ra­t­ic and inde­pen­dent sen­a­tors vot­ed for it, but most Repub­li­cans with­held their votes.

Posted inLegislative Advocacy

Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (September 26th-30th)

The week’s major votes includ­ed con­gres­sion­al pas­sage of the Con­tin­u­ing Appro­pri­a­tions and Ukraine Sup­ple­men­tal Appro­pri­a­tions Act 2023, Sen­ate con­fir­ma­tion of Ari­an­na Free­man to the 3rd Cir­cuit, and House pas­sage of Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Mary Pel­to­la’s first bill, the Food Secu­ri­ty for All Vet­er­ans Act.