North Carolina congressional votes for the week ending Dec. 22

Washington — See how North Carolina legislators voted last week.

House vote

Paying U.S. Athletes: The House voted to pass the Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Washington)-sponsored Team USA Act ( S. 2333) passed equal pay. Other International Amateur Games. The December 21 poll was 350 in favor and 59 against.

Immigration Classification: The House passed the Energy Security and Lightening Independence Act (S. 5168), sponsored by California Democratic Senator Alex Padilla, to classify aliens transiting to the United States as nonimmigrant aliens. classified as. A ship on which foreigners carry liquid cargo. The December 21 poll was 394 in favor and 19 against.

Child Abuse Investigation: The House passed the Respect for Child Survivors Act (S. 4926), sponsored by Republican Texas Senator John Cornyn, to investigate cases of suspected child sexual abuse by Federal Bureau of Investigation teams and Established standards for research on children. Human trafficking. The December 21 vote was 385 in favor and 28 against.

Brain Injury Research: House Passes Dr. Joan Smith Memorial Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act (S. 2834) Sponsored by Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, Providing Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with List of Brain Injuries requested to be published. Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Research and Innovation Center. The December 21 poll was 393 in favor and 19 against.

Tribal Water Rights: The House of Representatives passed a bill (S. 3168) that extended the deadline for the Department of the Interior to prepare a survey of water rights held by the White Mountain Apaches until 2025. tribe. The December 21 poll was 378 in favor and 33 against.

Colorado River Water Rights: The House passed the Colorado River Indian Tribes Water Resilience Act (S. 3308) to authorize tribes located along the Colorado River to exchange water storage rights. We ran out of their reservation. The December 21 poll was 397 in favor and 12 against.

Presidential Tax Returns: The House passed the Presidential Tax Returns and Audit Transparency Act (HR 9640), sponsored by Rep. requested an immediate audit of the document. Reports to the President and the President’s spouse and publishes reports on audits. The December 22nd poll was 222 in favor to 201 against.

Heritage Areas: The House passed the National Heritage Areas Act of 1942, sponsored by Michigan Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow, requiring the Department of the Interior to adopt standards for the designation and management of national heritage areas. The December 22nd poll was 326 in favor and 95 against.

Learning Tribal Languages: The House passed the Native American Language Resource Centers Act (S. 989) sponsored by Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii Democratic Party, Education to Develop Resource Centers for Learning Native American Languages Approved the ministry grant. The December 22nd poll was 342 in favor and 71 against.

Tribal Languages ​​Rule: The House of Representatives passed the Durbin Feelings Native American Languages ​​Act (S.H. 1402) passed. The December 22nd poll was 337 in favor and 79 against.

Military Education Programs: House passes Student Veterans Emergency Relief Act (HR 7939) sponsored by California Democrat Mike Levin, changes to VA programs first adopted in response to Covid permanently approved. Educational Assistance Benefits for Veterans. The December 22nd vote was 380 in favor to 35 against.

Senate vote

Banking Supervision: The Senate confirmed the nomination of Martin J. Gruenberg to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) Board for a six-year term. Gruenberg said he has served on the FDIC’s Board of Directors since 2005 and currently serves as Acting Chairman. Supporter Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) praised Gruenberg’s tenure on the board, citing his performance after the 2008 financial crisis as “strengthening capital requirements, Implement the reforms passed by Congress to protect depositors from future financial crises.” The December 19 poll was 45 in favor and 39 against. In a separate lawsuit, Gruenberg confirmed his five-year term as FDIC chairman.

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Robert Harley Shriver III as Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel Management. For two years, Shriver was the agency’s Associate of Employee Services, where he served as a director, and was an agency official during the Obama administration. The December 20 vote was 57 in favor and 35 against.

Ambassador to Russia: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Lynn M. Tracy as Ambassador to Russia. A career foreign affairs bureaucrat for the State Department with numerous posts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and neighboring countries, Tracy has served as Ambassador to Armenia since 2019. The December 21st vote was 93 to 2 against.

ASSISTANT ARMY SECRETARY: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Agnes Schaefer as the Army’s Undersecretary of Personnel and Reserves. Mr. Schaefer said he has been a political science researcher at the RAND Corporation since 2005. In the Dec. 21 poll, he was 68 to 26 against.

Assistant Secretary of the Navy: The Senate approved the nomination of Franklin Parker to the Navy’s Undersecretary of Personnel and Reserves. Parker played the same role during the final years of the Obama administration. Since then, he has been a senior legal officer at his military contractor, BAE Systems. The vote on December 22 was 70 to 22 against.

Budget Rules: The Senate passed a motion to waive the Budget Discipline Rules that apply to the Consolidated Appropriations Act (HR 2617). The December 22nd vote was 65 in favor and 31 against.

Earmarks: The Senate rejected an amendment sponsored by Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) that would remove all earmark spending provisions from the Consolidated Appropriations Act (HR 2617). The December 22nd vote was 34 in favor and 63 against.

Immigration and Public Health: The Senate rejected an amendment to the Combined Appropriations Act (HR 2617) sponsored by Senator Mike Lee (Utah Republican). The amendment would have blocked funding for efforts to end immigration restrictions to the United States that rely on his Covid-based Title 42 Public Health Protection Rule, adopted in March 2020. The December 22nd vote was 50 to 47 against.

Workplace Mothers: The Senate has agreed to amendments to the Consolidated Budget Act (HR 2617) sponsored by Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.). pregnancy or childbirth. The December 22 vote was 73 in favor and 24 against.

Breastfeeding in the workplace: The Senate has agreed to amendments to the Consolidated Budget Act (HR 2617) sponsored by Senator Jeff Markley (D-Ore.). The amendment would require employers to expand breastfeeding environments for their employees. The December 22 vote was 92 in favor to 5 against.

9/11 Health Program: The Senate agreed to amendments to the Consolidated Appropriations Act (HR 2617) sponsored by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (DN.Y.). Medical benefits for those whose health was compromised by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The December 22nd poll was 90 in favor to 6 against.

2023 Spending: The Senate passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act (HR 2617), sponsored by Rep. Spend on discretionary government programs. The bill includes $45 billion to fund Ukraine’s opposition to Russian aggression, increasing military spending to $858 billion and increasing non-military discretionary spending to $7,300 in fiscal 2022. billion to $772.5 billion in fiscal 2023. 22 years old was 68 to 29 years old.