the Republican Cloakroom

THURSDAY JULY 23, 2020

SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 1060 - The rule providing for consideration of the bill H.R. 7608 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021 - PASSED 230 - 189, ROLL CALL 157
Republican YEA – 0; NAY – 188
Democrat YEA – 230; NAY – 0
Independent YEA - 0, NAY - 1

Adoption of H. Res. 1060 - The rule providing for consideration of the bill H.R. 7608 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021 - ADOPTED 230 - 188, ROLL CALL 158
Republican YEA – 0; NAY – 187
Democrat YEA – 231; NAY – 0
Independent YEA - 0, NAY - 1

Adoption of Allen (R-GA) – Amendment No. 1 - Reduces spending in Division A by 5% - REJECTED 88 -329, ROLL CALL 159
Republican YEA – 87; NAY – 99
Democrat YEA – 0; NAY – 230
Independent YEA - 1, NAY - 0

Amendments to H.R. 7608 can be found here

Lowey (D-NY) En Bloc #1 - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Lowey (D-NY) En Bloc #2 - ADOPTED 223 - 194, ROLL CALL 160
Republican YEA – 3; NAY – 184
Democrat YEA – 220; NAY – 9
Independent YEA - 0, NAY - 1

Lowey (D-NY) En Bloc #3 - REJECTED 187 - 230, ROLL CALL 161
Republican YEA – 184; NAY – 1
Democrat YEA – 3; NAY – 228
Independent YEA - 0, NAY - 1

Allen (R-GA) – Amendment No. 62- Reduces spending in Division C by 5% - VOTE REQUESTED

Biggs (R-AZ), Gosar (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 66 - Strikes section 446, Land and Water Conservation Fund allocations - NOT OFFERED

Blunt Rochester (D-DE), McEachin (D-VA), Rush (D-IL) – Amendment No. 67 - Prohibits funds from being used by the EPA to finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule, ‘‘Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter’’ published in the Federal Register by the Environmental Protection Agency on April 30, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 24094 et seq.), which fails to protect, within an adequate margin of safety, communities of color from harmful air pollution during a global public health pandemic, where those communities are experiencing a disproportionately high death rate made worse by decades of exposure to toxic pollution - VOTE REQUESTED

Kennedy (D-MA), Haaland (D-NM), Trahan (D-MA), Keating (D-MA) – Amendment No. 86 - Prohibits funds from being used by the Department of the Interior to rescind the decision to take the lands of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe into federal trust or revoke other associated actions related to the Tribe - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Smith, Jason (R-MO) – Amendment No. 102 - Reduces funding for the EPA Environmental programs and management to match the President's FY 21 budget request - VOTE REQUESTED

Smith, Jason (R-MO) – Amendment No. 103 - Reduces funding for EPA Science and Technology to match the President's FY21 Budget request - VOTE REQUESTED