The Senate advanced a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill on a 67-33 vote Tuesday, with 18 Republicans joining all Democrats, though negotiations over broadband funding allocations delayed final passage. Meanwhile, the House Agriculture Committee heard testimony on crop insurance reform, a contentious issue that has divided the panel along regional lines in previous sessions.
๐ณ Senate Floor Votes
โ Failed โ 46 Yeas, 50 Nays
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare &โฆ
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Passed โ 49 Yeas, 48 Nays
Kara Marie Westercamp, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade
๐ House Floor Votes
โ Failed โ 210 Yeas, 211 Nays Roll call โ
Motion to Recommit โ H R 9237: Take Care of Americaโs Veterans Act
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Passed โ 418 Yeas, 0 Nays Roll call โ
Suspension of Rules โ H R 5362: To name the Department of Veterans Affairs multispecialty clinic in Marietta, Georgia, as the โColonel Michael Hโฆ
๐ข Committee Activity
๐ Amendments Submitted Today
HAMDT 239
An amendment numbered 28 printed in Part A of House Report 119-749 to increase and decrease funding for the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom by $1M to emphasize the importance of enโฆ
HAMDT 238
An amendment numbered 27 printed in Part A of House Report 119-749 to increase withholding of assistance to Nigeria from 50% to 100%, keeping metrics in place that force Nigeria to take effective steโฆ
HAMDT 237
An amendment numbered 20 printed in Part A of House Report 119-749 to prohibit any funds from being made available to the United Nations.
HAMDT 236
An amendment numbered 9 printed in Part A of House Report 119-749 to prohibit funds appropriated by the Act from being used for Jordan, and accordingly reduces the National Security Investment Prograโฆ
HAMDT 235
An amendment numbered 8 printed in Part A of House Report 119-749 to prohibit funds appropriated by the Act from being used for Israel, and accordingly reduces the Foreign Military Financing Program โฆ
HAMDT 234
An amendment numbered 6 printed in Part A of House Report 119-749 to strike the $139,575,000 for the Global Environment Facility.
HAMDT 233
An amendment numbered 4 printed in Part A of House Report 119-749 to require nations to pay the U.S. for military training exercise rather than receive them as a grant or at no-cost.
HAMDT 232
An amendment numbered 1 printed in Part A of House Report 119-749 to eliminate funding for the Fulbright Program.
HAMDT 231
An amendment comprised of the following amendments printed in Part A of House Report 119-749 as en bloc: Nos. 3, 7, 17, 18, 21, 24, 25, 26, and 29.
SAMDT 6696
๐ฐ In the News
โข House Republicansโ $95 billion Iran war package clears first hurdle – ABC Columbia
โข VFW Encouraged As TCAVA House Vote Postponed – Veterans of Foreign Wars
โข A House vote makes it clear: Israelโs support among Democrats is starting to buckle – The Guardian
โข How curbing Congressโ stock-trading took a partisan turn – Roll Call
โข Why Orthodox Jews are opposing the new daylight saving bill in Congress – NPR
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