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Recent Congressional Votes & Upcoming Bills from Megavote as of 2/21/2012

February 21, 2012

In this MegaVote for Texas’ 1st Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes

  • Senate: Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act
  • House: Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy, and Resource Security Act
  • House: Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act

Editor’s Note: The Senate and House are in recess until Monday, February 27, 2012.

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Recent Congressional Votes & Upcoming Bills as of 2/13/2012

February 13, 2012

In this MegaVote for Texas’ 1st Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes

  • Senate: FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act
  • House: Budget and Accounting Transparency Act
  • House: Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011
  • House: STOCK Act

Upcoming Congressional Bills

  • Senate: Surface transportation authorization
  • House: Surface transportation authorization

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Recent Congressional Votes & Upcoming Bills as of 2/6/2012

February 6, 2012

In this MegaVote for Texas’ 1st Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes

  • Senate: STOCK Act
  • House: Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act
  • House: Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2011
  • House: Baseline Reform Act of 2011
  • House: FAA Modernization and Reform Act

Upcoming Congressional Bills

  • Senate: FAA Modernization and Reform Act
  • Senate: Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) Act
  • House: Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011
  • House: STOCK Act

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Recent Congressional Votes & Upcoming Bills as of 1/30/2012

January 30, 2012

In this MegaVote for Texas’ 1st Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes

  • Senate: Debt limit disapproval
  • House: Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act

Upcoming Congressional Bills

  • Senate: Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012
  • House: Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011
  • House: Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2011
  • House: Baseline Reform Act of 2011

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Recent Congressional Votes from MegaVote as of 1-23-2012

January 23, 2012In this MegaVote for Texas’ 1st Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes

  • House: Debt limit disapproval

Editor’s Note: President Obama is scheduled to deliver the State of the Union address on Tuesday, January 24 at 9 pm EST.

Recent House Votes
Debt limit disapproval – Vote Passed (239-176, 2 Present, 16 Not Voting)
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The House voted to block a $1.2 trillion increase in the $15.2 trillion debt ceiling. With the Senate unlikely to approve a similar measure, the increase will automatically take effect January 27, 2012.
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Rep. Louie Gohmert voted YES……send e-mail or see bio


Recent Congressional Votes & Upcoming Bills as of 12/23/2011

December 23, 2011In this MegaVote for Texas’ 1st Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes

  • House: Motion to go to conference; Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011

Editor’s Note: The First Session of the 112th Congress has come to a close. The House is scheduled to convene the Second Session on Tuesday, January 17, 2012. The Senate is scheduled to convene on Monday, January 23, 2012.

Recent House Votes
Motion to go to conference; Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 – Vote Passed (229-193, 11 Not Voting)
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With this vote, the House rejected the Senate’s two-month extension of the Social Security payroll tax reduction and requested a conference to consider a yearlong extension. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) stated he would not call the Senate back into session. The standoff ended later in the week when the House agreed to pass the two-month bill and the Senate agreed to name conferees to work out a yearlong extension.
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Rep. Louie Gohmert voted YES……send e-mail or see bio


Recent Congressional Votes & Upcoming Bills as of 12/19/2011

December 19, 2011In this MegaVote for Texas’ 1st Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes

  • Senate: Balanced Budget Amendment
  • Senate: Balanced Budget Amendment
  • Senate: Defense Authorization, FY2012
  • Senate: Reid-McConnell Amdt.; Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011
  • Senate: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2012
  • Senate: Military Construction-VA Appropriations, FY2012
  • House: Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011
  • House: Iran Sanctions
  • House: Defense Authorization, FY2012
  • House: Intelligence Authorization, FY2012
  • House: Military Construction-VA Appropriations, FY2012
  • House: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2012

Upcoming Congressional Bills

  • House: Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011

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Recent Congressional Votes & Upcoming Bills as of 12/5/2011

December 5, 2011In this MegaVote for Texas’ 1st Congressional District:Recent Congressional Votes

  • Senate: National Defense Authorization Act, FY2012
  • House: Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act
  • House: To reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions and by terminating the Election Assistance Commission
  • House: Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011
  • House: Regulatory Accountability Act

Upcoming Congressional Bills

  • House: Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011
  • House: Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011

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Recent Congressional Votes & Upcoming Bills as of 11/21/2011

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November 21, 2011

In this MegaVote for Texas’ 1st Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes

  • Senate: Fiscal 2012 Agriculture Appropriations
  • House: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011
  • House: Fiscal 2012 Agriculture Appropriations
  • House: Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States

Editor’s Note: The Senate and House are in recess this week.

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Recent Congressional Votes & Upcoming Bills from MEGAVOTE as of 11/14/2011

November 14, 2011In this MegaVote for Texas’ 1st Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes

  • Senate: Motion to Proceed; Net Neutrality disapproval
  • Senate: Motion to Proceed; Cross-border air pollution rule disapproval
  • Senate: Government Contractor Withholding Repeal Act

Upcoming Congressional Bills

  • Senate: Energy-Water, Financial Services, State-Foreign Operations appropriations
  • House: Government Contractor Withholding Repeal Act
  • House: Coast Guard authorization
  • House: Balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution
  • House: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011

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