Note: District 6 includes Guilford County and part of Forsyth County; District 10 includes all of Yadkin, Surry, Stokes, Rockingham, Lincoln, most of Catawba and Iredell and part of Forsyth counties; District 13 includes all of Davie, Davidson, Rowan, Randolph, Alamance, Caswell, Person and parts of Chatham and Lee and a small section of Iredell counties. These boundaries will change with the new Congress after the 2022 election.
WASHINGTON — Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted recently.
Along with the week’s roll call votes, the Senate also passed the Chiricahua National Park Act to establish the Chiricahua National Park in Arizona as a unit of the National Park System; and the Ocean Shipping Reform Act to amend United States Code with respect to prohibited acts by ocean common carriers or marine terminal operators.
U.S. House
Acquittals and sentencing: The House has passed the Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act to prevent federal courts from considering acquittals when sentencing criminals to prison sentences. The vote on Monday, March 28, was 405-12.
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Yeas: U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning, D-Greensboro, 6th District, Patrick McHenry, R-Denver, 10th District, Ted Budd, R-Advance, 13th District
Statues of female justices: The House has passed a bill to place in the Capitol in Washington, D.C., statues of Supreme Court justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The vote on Monday, March 28, was 349-63.
Coast Guard spending: The House has passed the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act to authorize fiscal 2022 and 2023 spending on the Coast Guard. The vote on Tuesday, March 29, was 378-46.
Yeas: Manning, McHenry, Budd
Cold homicide cases: The House has passed the Homicide Victims Families Rights Act to create a legal framework for the immediate relatives of homicide victims who were killed more than three years ago to request that a relevant federal agency review the case file for the killing. The vote on Tuesday, March 29, was 406-20.
Yeas: Manning, McHenry, Budd
COVID-19 oral histories: The House has passed the COVID-19 American History Project Act to fund an oral history project at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. The project would gather stories from people who contracted COVID-19 and whose relatives died from the illness, and health care workers. The vote on Tuesday, March 29, was 376-47.
Public transit and sex crimes: The House has passed the Stop Sexual Assault and Harassment in Transportation Act. 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 on Wednesday, March 30, was 339-85.
Grant applications: The House has passed the Care is an Economic Development Strategy Act to require applicants for federal grants to explain how they plan to use the funding to increase their provision of affordable, quality, care-based services. The vote on Wednesday, March 30, was 304-122.
Negotiating economic strategy legislation: The House has passed a motion to instruct conferees with the Senate on negotiating the two chambers’ versions of the America COMPETES Act, which would increase spending on various U.S. economic strategy efforts. The vote to instruct on Thursday, March 31, was 351-74.
Yeas: Manning, McHenry, Budd
Insulin pricing: The House has passed the Affordable Insulin Now Act to cap an insured individual’s payments for insulin under Medicare or private insurance plans. The vote on Thursday, March 31, was 232-193.
U.S. Senate
Economic competitiveness: The Senate has passed the America COMPETES Act to increase…
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