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Congressional Votes by Central Illinois Critters and Senators
A bit over a month ago I promised to keep an eye on votes in the House of Representatives by three local Reps: Debbie Halvorson, Phil Hare and Aaron Schock. I also thought it would be a good idea to monitor actions by Illinois’ one and a half Senators (I can’t really consider Burris a real Senator. Can you?)
I am ashamed to say I have gone several weeks without recording such an update, but I will now try to redeem myself. If you are keeping score at home you can get roll call votes and all sorts of info on House actions at the House Clerk’s office.
Yesterday (June 24) the House passed a bill imposing tougher sanctions on Iran. All three locals voted yea. The Senate passed their version way back in March.
The House vote btw, was 408 to 8. The 8 nays included six Dems (among them Conyers and Kucinich) and two GOP (such as Ron Paul).
Also yesterday the House passed its version of a Medicare update bill to make sure Doctors are properly reimbursed for treating Medicare patients. This is the bill that Nancy Pelosi said would not be passed until the Senate dealt with a jobs/unemployment benefits bill. The Senate in fact dealt with such a bill this week, although it did not pass.
The House this week passed and sent to the Senate a bill to provide consumer protection to users of prepaid phone cards. Hare and Halvorson voted to protect consumers. Guess who Aaron Schock voted to protect. Yup. Corporations.
Other major legislation (excluding resolutions and amendment votes) passed by the House in recent weeks include:
Again, Halvorson and Hare on one side and Aaron Schock on the other, the side of corporations of course. Quel surprise, non?
OK, so that’s your quick and dirty summary of major House action over the last few weeks. I will be more diligent in the future.
Coming soon, a rundown of Senate action since the Memorial Day break.
Halvorson, Hare, Schock Votes – May 6
On Thursday, May 6 Halvorson and Hare in favor of the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act. Schock voted Nay.
The Bill passed 246-161, with 12 GOP voting yea and 7 Dems voting nay.
I haven’t checked but I assume all three local reps voted on Wednesday to support Mothers Day. No, seriously, there was an actual resolution passed to support Mothers Day. Talk about your profiles in courage…
Also on Wednesday, the House passed a resolution to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Kent State Massacre (referred to as ‘shootings’ in the resolution).
The final vote was 415 to 0 with 2 Republicans (neither of them Schock) voting present. All 3 Central Illinois reps voted yea.
