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114TH CONGRESS / First Session Available at Frcaction.Org/Scorecard
FRC ACTION VOTE SCORECARD 114TH CONGRESS / First Session Available at FRCAction.org/scorecard U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate Dear Voter and Friend of the Family, FRC Action presents our Vote Scorecard for the First Session of the 114th Congress. This online Scorecard contains a compilation of significant votes on federal legislation affecting faith, family, and freedom that FRC Action either supported or opposed. These recorded votes span the 2015 calendar year and include the greatest number of pro-life votes in history, after the U.S. House increased its Republican membership and the U.S. Senate was returned to Republican control. The year began with a bipartisan effort in the House to prohibit federal funds from being used to pay for abortion coverage under Obamacare. Congress successfully fought to restrict FDA approval of some forms of embryo-destructive research. The House, once again, passed legislation that would prevent late abortions on 5 month old pain-capable unborn children, and although the Senate was unable to pass the bill due to the 60 vote threshold, for the first time, a majority of Senators voted in favor of the bill. The public release of videos revealing Planned Parenthood’s organ harvesting practices renewed efforts to defund this scandal-ridden organization and redirect funding towards community health centers. In an unprecedented victory, the House and Senate passed a budget reconciliation bill, the Restoring Ameri- cans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, which would have eliminated a significant portion of Planned Parenthood’s funding—roughly 80%— and repealed key provisions of Obamacare. -
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‘ ■■ *1 lPlcU4tdeafot NUMBER 47 IETIETH YEAR CHATSWORTH, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1964 Mrs. E. Harrington Found Dead Funeral services are being held A special meeting of the Town Liquid Fertilizer Company stated that a building approximately 55 today (Thursday) for Mrs. Earl Board, open to the public, will be (Mabel) Harrington who passed by 90 feet would be erected and held tonight (Thursday) at 7,30 away unexpectedly at her home at there would also be five tanks. L i In the Council room to decide on 7 a.m., Tuesday, July 14, following the request of a fertilizer com quid and dry fertilizer would be handled at the plant. All modem a lingering illness. pany to install a plant here. The Visitation began at the Hanson facilities would be used and they plant would be located at the Funeral Home Wednesday at 2 p. felt sure that dust and odor would west end of Locust street between and continue* until the time Third and Fourth streets on not be a problem. An invitation to attend the spe- of services. The Rev. Leroy Bula TP&Wi railroad property. will conduct the services at the The TP&W property is lea sea \cr Diller to all interested. He men Funeral Home at 1:30 pm., and at the Chatsworth Methodist Church the Town so it w ill be necessary tioned that Chamber of Com Engagement Told at 2 p.m. today. Burial will be for the Town to surrender its merce members should be inter Mrs. Rita Castaneda of Lima, rights to the land if the fertilizer ested in the proposal and their in the Chatsworth Cemetery. -
Cwa News-Fall 2016
2 Communications Workers of America / fall 2016 Hardworking Americans Deserve LABOR DAY: the Truth about Donald Trump CWA t may be hard ers on Trump’s Doral Miami project in Florida who There’s no question that Donald Trump would be to believe that weren’t paid; dishwashers at a Trump resort in Palm a disaster as president. I Labor Day Beach, Fla. who were denied time-and-a half for marks the tradi- overtime hours; and wait staff, bartenders, and oth- If we: tional beginning of er hourly workers at Trump properties in California Want American employers to treat the “real” election and New York who didn’t receive tips customers u their employees well, we shouldn’t season, given how earmarked for them or were refused break time. vote for someone who stiffs workers. long we’ve already been talking about His record on working people’s right to have a union Want American wages to go up, By CWA President Chris Shelton u the presidential and bargain a fair contract is just as bad. Trump says we shouldn’t vote for someone who campaign. But there couldn’t be a higher-stakes he “100%” supports right-to-work, which weakens repeatedly violates minimum wage election for American workers than this year’s workers’ right to bargain a contract. Workers at his laws and says U.S. wages are too presidential election between Hillary Clinton and hotel in Vegas have been fired, threatened, and high. Donald Trump. have seen their benefits slashed. He tells voters he opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership – a very bad Want jobs to stay in this country, u On Labor Day, a day that honors working people trade deal for working people – but still manufac- we shouldn’t vote for someone who and kicks off the final election sprint to November, tures his clothing and product lines in Bangladesh, manufactures products overseas. -
Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 114 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION
E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 114 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 162 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 No. 137 Senate The Senate met at 3 p.m. and was Senator from the State of Oklahoma, to per- call with respect to the cloture motion called to order by the Honorable JAMES form the duties of the Chair. be waived. LANKFORD, a Senator from the State of ORRIN G. HATCH, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Oklahoma. President pro tempore. pore. Without objection, it is so or- Mr. LANKFORD thereupon assumed dered. f the Chair as Acting President pro tem- CONTINUING RESOLUTION pore. PRAYER Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, f Members on both sides have been work- The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- ing toward an agreement to respon- fered the following prayer: RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER sibly fund the government. We have Let us pray. made a lot of important progress al- Almighty God, Ruler of all nations, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ready. I expect to move forward this show our lawmakers clearly what their pore. The majority leader is recog- week on a continuing resolution duty is and strengthen them to be nized. through December 9 at last year’s en- faithful in doing it. May they do even f acted levels that includes funds for the small duties in a way that will glo- LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPRO- Zika control and our veterans. Talks rify You, transforming common tasks PRIATIONS ACT, 2017—MOTION TO are continuing and leaders from both into acts of worship. -
YOUR CALL to ACTION How You Can Start Making a Difference Today
YOUR CALL TO ACTION How you can start making a difference today The National Cannabis Industry Association exists to represent the interests of legitimate and responsible cannabis-related businesses in our nation’s capital. Our core mission is to ensure that our members are treated like businesses in any other American industry. NCIA encourages our members to be politically active on all levels of government and contact your elected officials both at home and in Washington, D.C. Every year, Congress must pass appropriations legislation to fund the government for the upcoming fiscal year. Over the past two years, NCIA has been very successful lobbying members to support pro-cannabis appropriations amendments that have protected state-sanctioned medical cannabis businesses and been enacted into law. But this has to be repeated every year and there are no guaranteed victories without hard work. The appropriations “season” usually begins in the springtime, and as we get closer to votes it’s important that Congressional offices hear from you. Although it is becoming harder and harder for Congress to do basic functions (including funding the government), NCIA will continue to focus on appropriations this year. HOW TO IMPACT CHANGE Rep. Mark Amodei (R) sits on the House Appropriations Committee and recently voted against cannabis-related provisions after voting for them in years past. Be sure to contact Rep. Amodei’s office and ask for their support of the responsible and legitimate cannabis industry. TWITTER CAMPAIGN Call, write, or tweet your Representative and Senators and ask that they support the pro-cannabis amendments that will eventually be introduced during floor votes. -
The Republican Party and the Chamber of Secrets How the U.S
December 7, 2016 www.citizen.org The Republican Party and the Chamber of Secrets How the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Waved Its Dark Money Wand on the 2016 Elections and Elected a Slew of GOP Politicians Beholden to Big Business Acknowledgments This report was written by Grace Aylmer, Campaign Coordinator for Public Citizen’s U.S. Chamber Watch division and edited by U.S. Chamber Watch Director Dan Dudis and Congress Watch Director Lisa Gilbert. About Public Citizen Public Citizen is a national non-profit organization with more than 400,000 members and supporters. We represent consumer interests through lobbying, litigation, administrative advocacy, research, and public education on a broad range of issues including consumer rights in the marketplace, product safety, financial regulation, worker safety, safe and affordable health care, campaign finance reform and government ethics, fair trade, climate change, and corporate and government accountability. Public Citizen’s Congress Watch 215 Pennsylvania Ave. S.E Washington, D.C. 20003 P: 202-546-4996 F: 202-547-7392 http://www.citizen.org © 2016 Public Citizen Public Citizen The Republican Party and the Chamber of Secrets Introduction The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) was the second largest overall non-disclosing (or “dark money”) outside spender in 2016 federal races after the National Rifle Association, and was the largest non-disclosing outside spender on 2016 congressional races. Additionally, the Chamber was the largest non-disclosing outside spender in 75 percent of the races in which it spent money. The Chamber involved itself most heavily in races for the U.S. Senate, spending a total of $25.8 million in 10 Senate races. -
108Th Congress Congressional Member Organizations (Cmos)
108th Congress Congressional Member Organizations (CMOs) All Members listed below are officers of their respective caucuses; each caucus maintains its own membership list. 2015 Caucus Rep. E. Clay Shaw (Christine Pollack - x53026) Rep. Collin Peterson (Robin Goracke - x52165) 21st Century Health Care Caucus Rep. James Greenwood (Alan Eisenberg - x54276) Rep. Patrick Kennedy (Michael Zamore - x54911) Rep. Charlie Norwood (Rodney Whitlock - x54101) Rep. Anna Eshoo (Vanessa Kramer - x58104) Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus Rep. Jim Ramstad (Karin Hope - x52871) Rep. Patrick Kennedy (Rachael Bornstein - x54911) Air Force Caucus Rep. Cliff Stearns American Heritage Rivers Caucus Rep. Paul Kanjorski (Kate McMahon - x56511) Appalachian Caucus Rep. Bob Ney (Will Heaton - x56265) Army Corps Reform Caucus Rep. Earl Blumenauer (Janine Benner - x54811) Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (Andrew Smarick - x55311) Rep. Ron Kind (Ben Proctor - x55506) Rep. Thomas Tancredo (Mac Zimmerman - x57882) Rep. John Shadegg (Matthew Clark - x53361) Rep. Ellen Tauscher (John Fisher - x51880) Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus Rep. James Greenwood (Laura Stevens - x54276) Rep. Nancy Johnson (Jaime Cheshire - x54476) Rep. Louise Slaughter (Julia Ernst - x53615) Rep. Diana DeGette (Shannon Good - x54431) Bi-Partisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus Rep. Christopher H. Smith (John Cusey - x57669) Rep. James Oberstar Bipartisan Congressional Refugee Caucus Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Frederick Ratliff - x53931) Rep. John Conyers (Kristen Wells - x55126) Rep. Christopher Smith (George Phillips - x53765) Rep. Zoe Lofgren (Ur Jaddou - x53072) Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus Rep. James R. Langevin (Amy Judge - x52735) Rep. Jim Ramstad (Dan Elling - x52871) Rep. Major Owens (Larry Walker - x56231) Rep. Nancy Johnson (Susan Christensen - x54476) Blue Dog Coalition Rep. Jim Turner (Elizabeth Hurley Burks - x52401) Rep. -
K.C. Brekken WPSA Conference Paper 04-02-2015 1 Adapting
K.C. Brekken WPSA Conference Paper 04-02-2015 Adapting Twitter to Home Style “Most of the communication I have heard and seen is not overtly political at all. It is rather, part of a ceaseless effort to reinforce the underpinnings of trust in the congressman or the congresswoman as a person. Viewed from this perspective, the archetypical constituent question is not ‘What have you done for me lately?’ but ‘How have you looked to me lately?’” (Fenno, 1978, p. 56). Introduction: Political scientists have long praised Richard Fenno’s 1978 Home Style: House Members in Their Districts, for breaking the mold on research concerning members of Congress and identifying a new and expansive area for future research on representational activities within the district (Fenno, 1978; Leuthold, 1979; McGraw, Timpone & Brucl, 1993). As they have attempted to expand upon his bold agenda, new technologies have developed, further complicating Fenno’s theory that scholars must understand representatives’ district activities before they can fully appreciate their behavior in Washington. Most members of Congress have evolved to these new mediums with few exceptions (Sen. Lindsey Graham, potential Republican presidential candidate, says he’s never sent an email, 2015). They use social media, Skype with their districts for town halls, send mass e-mails and solicit and collect donations via the Web. Therefore, political scientists have a tough job to examine these new methods of communication to determine how they are impacting representatives’ goals of re-election, power within the chamber and good public policy (Aldrich, Perry & Rohde, 2013; Fenno, 1973.) This paper concerns itself with just one of those goals – re-election – and how Nevada’s four congressional representatives used Twitter to communicate with constituents during re-election as part of their presentation of self. -
Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 115 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION
E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 115 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 163 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2017 No. 173 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was U.S. SENATE, his first year. Democrats have invoked called to order by the Honorable LU- PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, this delay for every single one of Presi- THER STRANGE, a Senator from the Washington, DC, October 26, 2017. dent Trump’s judicial nominees, so far, State of Alabama. To the Senate: except one. This week, they are at it Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby again. f appoint the Honorable LUTHER STRANGE, a Today, we will have a cloture vote on Senator from the State of Alabama, to per- the nomination of Trevor McFadden to PRAYER form the duties of the Chair. the U.S. District Court for the District The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- ORRIN G. HATCH, of Columbia. Not a single Democrat on fered the following prayer: President pro tempore. the Judiciary Committee registered an Let us pray. Mr. STRANGE thereupon assumed objection to the nomination; yet we O God, our King, we are grateful that the Chair as Acting President pro tem- still have to waste time in overcoming righteousness and justice are the foun- pore. a procedural hurdle from our Demo- dation of Your throne. Give our law- f cratic colleagues before the Senate can makers such a connection with You take up the nomination and consider RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY that they will hate evil. -
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M E M O R A N D U M TO: INTERESTED PARTIES FROM: GLEN BOLGER/JIM HOBART RE: NEVADA STATEWIDE SURVEY: KEY FINDINGS DATE: OCTOBER 13, 2016 Methodology Public Opinion Strategies conducted a statewide surveys of 600 registered voters in Nevada. The survey was conducted October 11‐12, 2016 and has a margin of error of +4.0%. Fifty‐five percent (55%) of interviews were conducted with landline respondents and 45% of interviews were conducted with cell phone respondents. Interviews were conducted in both English and Spanish. Key Findings 1. Joe Heck leads Catherine Cortez Masto by three points on the Senate ballot, while Donald Trump is trailing in the Presidential race. In the race to replace Harry Reid, Heck has a three point advantage over Cortez Masto (47% Heck/44% Cortez Masto). Five percent (5%) of voters are undecided), 2% say they will skip the Senate ballot and another 2% will choose the none of the above option. At 47% of the vote, Joe Heck is running eight points ahead of Donald Trump, who receives 39% of the vote on the three‐way ballot (39% Trump/45% Clinton/10% Johnson.). 2. There is no evidence that Heck announcing he could no longer support Trump is hurting him with Trump’s voters. Just days after announcing that he could no longer support Trump for President, Heck is winning 89% of Trump voters. In comparison, Cortez Masto is winning 84% of Clinton voters. Heck is also winning 91% of base Republicans, 90% of very conservative voters, and 88% of voters with a favorable opinion of Trump. -
CONGRESSMAN JOE HECK Mary Martin 19Th Sydney Ingram 23Rd It’S Hard to Know Which of Joe Bella Meese 24Th Dee Clifford 26Th Heck’S Titles to Use
April 1, 2011 Volume 4, Issue 4 APRIL BIRTHDAYS APRIL LUNCHEON Patricia Ashment 5th Jean Eibs 10th APRIL 26, 2011 Bette Miller 15th Joan Passaro 15th Lila Loyd 19th CONGRESSMAN JOE HECK Mary Martin 19th Sydney Ingram 23rd It’s hard to know which of Joe Bella Meese 24th Dee Clifford 26th Heck’s titles to use. Should it be Con- Sue Walker 26th gressman, State Senator, Colonel, Doctor, Eileen Anes 29th businessman, husband and father; he Kathy Matson 30th holds all these titles, and more. Cur- If you have a birthday in April and don’t see your name on this list, rently serving his first term as Nevada’s it’s because I don’t know the date of your birthday. Send me an e- representative from the 3rd Congressional District, mail so I can complete my re- cords. [email protected] he is coming to our luncheon to share his experiences from his first four months in office. His committee INSIDE THIS ISSUE assignments, (Education & Workforce, Armed Ser- PAGE CALENDAR 2 vices, House Permanent Committee on Intelligence), $5 BILLION BAILOUT 3 involve him in a wide spectrum of issues that are COMMITTEES 4 very important to the future of our country. He is KATHY MATSON’S uniquely qualified to tell us what our government is SPORTS REPORT 4 NEW MEMBERS 4 doing to promote jobs, defend our country, support LISA HECK’S COLUMN 5 our veterans, acquire intelligence on terrorist groups BOARD MEETING and fix Medicare and Social Security. Make your res- REGISTRATION FORM 6 VOLUNTEER HOURS 6 ervations early as we expect a full house. -
The Congressional Historic Preservation Caucus: an Advocacy Tool for the 21St Century
University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Theses (Historic Preservation) Graduate Program in Historic Preservation January 2008 The Congressional Historic Preservation Caucus: An Advocacy Tool for the 21st Century Catherine Wood Keller University of Pennsylvania Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/hp_theses Keller, Catherine Wood, "The Congressional Historic Preservation Caucus: An Advocacy Tool for the 21st Century" (2008). Theses (Historic Preservation). 108. https://repository.upenn.edu/hp_theses/108 A thesis in Historic Preservation Presented to the Faculties of the University of Pennsylvania in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree of Master of Science in Historic Preservation 2008. Advisor: David Hollenberg This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/hp_theses/108 For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Congressional Historic Preservation Caucus: An Advocacy Tool for the 21st Century Abstract Historic Preservation depends a great deal on national, state, and local legislative action from both a regulatory and funding perspective. To advocate successfully on behalf of a national historic preservation policy agenda, a comprehensive understanding of the nuances of the federal legislative process along with a strong insight into the internal and external dynamics feeding into that process are vital. At the federal level, many legislators choose to organize into partisan, bipartisan or bicameral groups, commonly called Congressional Member Organizations (CMOs) or caucuses, with the intent to pursue common legislative objectives, coordinate actions and affect policy within their legislative body. The Congressional Historic Preservation Caucus (CHPC) is such a group. The mission of this particular bipartisan caucus, formed at the beginning of the 108th Congress (2003-2004) within the U.S.