How They Voted: Statues, Insulin, Convictions, Nominations | Local News
Here’s how Minnesota congressmen voted during the week ending April 2.
Along with roll call votes this week, the Senate also passed the Chiricahua National Park Act (S. 1320), to establish Chiricahua National Park in Arizona as a unit of the national park system; and the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (S. 3580), to amend the United States Code with respect to acts prohibited by ocean common carriers or marine terminal operators.
HOUSING
Acquittals and convictions
On March 28, the House passed the Prohibiting Punishment of the Acquitted Act (HR 1621), to prevent federal courts from considering acquittals when sentencing criminals to prison terms. The vote on March 28 was 405 yes to 12 no.
Vote yes: Angie Craig, D-2; Dean Phillips, D-3; Betty McCollum, D-4; Ilhan Omar, D-5; Tom EmmerR-6; Michelle Fischbach, R-7; Pete Stauber, R-8
Vote no: nothing
Do not vote: nothing. The seat of the 1st district is vacant.
Statues of female judges
On March 28, the House passed a bill (S. 3294), sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., to place statues of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. ‘Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The vote on March 28 was 349 yes to 63 no.
Vote yes: Craig, Phillips, McCollum, Omar, Emmer, Stauber
Vote no: Fischbach
Coast Guard Expenditures
On March 29, the House passed the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act (HR 6865), to authorize expenditures for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 for the Coast Guard. The vote was 378 yes to 46 no.
Vote yes: Craig, Phillips, McCollum, Omar, Emmer, Fischbach, Stauber
Vote no: nothing
Cold Homicide Case
On March 29, the House passed the Homicide Victims Families Rights Act (HR 3359), to create a legal framework for immediate relatives of murder victims who were killed more than three years ago request that a competent federal agency review the case file. murder. The vote was 406 yes to 20 no.
Vote yes: Craig, Phillips, McCollum, Omar, Emmer, Fischbach, Stauber
Vote no: nothing
Oral Histories of COVID
On March 29, the House passed the COVID-19 American History Project Act (HR 4738), to fund an oral history project at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. The project would collect stories from people who contracted Covid and whose loved ones died from Covid, and healthcare workers. The vote was 376 yes to 47 no.
Vote yes: Craig, Phillips, McCollum, Omar, Emmer, Stauber
Vote no: Fischbach
Public transit and sex crimes
On March 30, the House passed the Stop Sexual Assault and Harassment in Transportation Act (HR 5706). The bill would require transportation providers to establish policies for handling sexual assault and sexual harassment, and establish reporting and disclosure requirements for such incidents. The vote was 339 yes to 85 no.
Vote yes: Craig, Phillips, McCollum, Omar, Emmer, Fischbach, Stauber
Vote no: nothing
Grant applications
On March 30, the House passed the Care is an Economic Development Strategy Act (HR 5547), to require federal grant applicants to explain how they plan to use the funding to increase their supply of affordable, quality services. and care-based. The vote on March 30 was 304 yes to 122 no.
Vote yes: Craig, Phillips, McCollum, Omar, Emmer, Fischbach, Stauber
Vote no: Fischbach
Negotiate economic strategy legislation
On March 31, the House passed a motion calling on Senate speakers to negotiate both chambers’ versions of the America COMPETES Act (HR 4521), which would increase spending on various US economic strategy efforts. A supporter of the motion, Rep. Frank D. Lucas, R-Okla., said accepting a Senate provision to block funding for Chinese government-controlled entities of concern “ensures that we don’t give the money from taxpayers to adversaries trying to steal American technology and use it against us.” The vote to ordain was 351 yes to 74 no.
Vote yes: Craig, Phillips, McCollum, Emmer, Fischbach, Stauber
Vote no: Omar
Insulin pricing
On March 31, the House passed the Affordable Insulin Now Act (HR 6833), sponsored by Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., to cap an insured’s payments for insulin under Medicare or private insurance plans. Craig called a cap “an opportunity to save American families thousands of hard-earned dollars.” One opponent, Rep. Virginia Foxx, RN.C., said: ‘This bill will reduce out-of-pocket insulin expenses for a minority of Americans by inflating premiums and other healthcare costs for the majority of Americans. and will leave our healthcare system worse.” The vote was 232 yes to 193 no.
Vote yes: Craig, Phillips, McCollum, Omar
Vote no: Emmer, Fischbach, Stauber
SENATE
Economic competitiveness
On March 28, the Senate passed the America COMPETES Act (HR 4521), to increase spending on various economic strategy efforts, including domestic manufacturing of semiconductor chips, scientific research, commerce, and security, especially with regard to China. The vote was 68 yes to 28 no.
Vote yes: Amy Klobuchar, D; Tina Smith, D.
Vote now: nothing
Budget manager
The Senate confirmed on March 29 the appointment of Nani Coloretti as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. Coloretti served on government staff in San Francisco and various federal agencies during the Obama administration; she most recently served as senior vice president at the Urban Institute. The vote was 57 yes to 41 no.
Vote yes: Klobuchar, Smith
Vote no: nothing
Arms diplomacy
The Senate on March 29 confirmed the appointment of CS Eliot Kang as Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN). Kang has served in the interim position since the start of the Biden administration. One supporter, Sen. Robert Menendez, DN.J., said of Kang, “He has the substantial expertise to lead the ISN and advance the national security interests of the United States. During his 18-year career at the State Department, Dr. Kang has worked on a wide variety of nonproliferation issues.” The vote on March 29 was 52 yes to 46 no.
Vote yes: Klobuchar, Smith
Vote no: nothing
Import-Export Bank
The Senate confirmed on March 30 the appointment of Judith Pryor as first vice-president of the US Export-Import Bank. Pryor, currently a member of the Bank’s board of directors, was an international finance official during the Obama administration, and before that he was an executive in the satellite industry. The vote was 69 to 30 no.
Vote yes: Klobuchar, Smith
Vote no: nothing
Family services
On March 30, the Senate confirmed the appointment of January Contreras as Assistant Secretary for Family Support at the Department of Health and Human Services. Contreras was a citizenship and immigration official in the Obama administration and previously served as head of the Arizona Department of Health Services. The vote was 54 yes to 44 no.
Vote yes: Klobuchar, Smith
Vote no: nothing
georgia judge
The Senate on March 31 confirmed the nomination of Sarah Geraghty as a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Geraghty has been an attorney at the Southern Center for Human Rights since 2003. The vote was 52 yes to 48 no.
Vote yes: Klobuchar, Smith
Vote no: nothing
New Jersey Judge
The Senate confirmed on March 31 the appointment of Georgette Castner as a judge of the United States District Court in New Jersey. Castner has been an attorney at a private New Jersey law firm since 2007, specializing in civil litigation and white-collar crime. The vote was 52 yes to 47 no.
Vote yes: Klobuchar, Smith
Vote no: nothing