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Congress.org presents: MEGAVOTE, July 22, 2013 for Georgia's 13th Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Cordray Nomination Confirmation
• Senate: Perez Nomination Confirmation
• Senate: McCarthy Nomination Confirmation
• House: Employer Health Insurance Mandate Delay  Passage
• House: Individual Health Insurance Mandate Delay  Passage
• House: Education Law Overhaul  Passage

Upcoming Congressional Bills

• Senate: Transportation & HUD Appropriations
• House: Defense Appropriations

Recent Senate Votes

Cordray Nomination  Confirmation
Vote Confirmed (66-34)
After an intense debate over a potential rules change to ban filibusters on executive branch nominations, the Senate proceeded to confirm several nominees offered by President Barack Obama. Richard Cordray of Ohio was confirmed as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ending a two year confirmation process that included a recess appointment in the beginning of last year. Twelve Republicans and the entire Democratic caucus voted in support of the nomination.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted YES
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Freaking Senators flip flop on the threat to change filibuster rules when the minority decides to drag ass.  We have plenty of examples of Harry Reid extolling the virtues of the filibuster when the Senate was ruled by the Republicans.  This is all just big bunch of posturing.

Perez Nomination  Confirmation
Vote Confirmed (54-46)
On Thursday, President Obamas nomination for Secretary of Labor, Thomas E. Perez, was confirmed by the Senate in a strictly party-line vote. Perez previously served as an Assistant Attorney General leading the Justice Departments civil rights division.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted NO
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted  NO
This dude is a union sycophant, plain and simple. The load of crap the Obama administration has germinated in the NLRB over the last 4-1/2 years, the NLRB's willful defiance of court orders, reeks of executive tyranny. 

McCarthy Nomination  Confirmation
Vote Confirmed (59-40, 1 Not Voting)
After confirming Perez, the Senate quickly moved to confirm Gina McCarthy as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. McCarthy had served as the head of the EPAs air and radiation office since 2009. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia was the only dissenting Democrat vote, and six Republicans voted in favor of the nomination.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted NO
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted NO
Reid in his truculent threat to change Senate rules, failed to acknowledge that the candidates offered are egg sucking sycophants. Manchin no doubt has a bone to pick with the EPA over coal emiisions rules that will hurt his state's economy. 

Recent House Votes

Employer Health Insurance Mandate Delay  Passage
Vote Passed (264-161, 8 Not Voting)
The House passed this bill that would delay a requirement from the 2010 health care overhaul for one year until the start of 2015. The requirement would mandate businesses with at least 50 full-time employees provide health insurance to their workers or pay a penalty. Morgan Griffith of Virginia was the only Republican to vote against the bill.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
Chicken shit Representative ought to un-fund the whole thing, but they won't. 

Individual Health Insurance Mandate Delay  Passage
Vote Passed (251-174, 8 Not Voting)
After postponing the employer insurance mandate, the House moved a bill to postpone the same requirement of most individuals to maintain health insurance coverage or pay a penalty until the beginning of 2015. Once again, Griffith of Virginia was the only Republican to vote against the bill. Both the employer and individual mandate delays are unlikely to receive a vote in the Senate.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
Chicken shit Representative ought to un-fund the whole thing, but they won't. 

Education Law Overhaul  Passage
Vote Passed (221-207, 6 Not Voting)
In the last vote of the week, the House passed its updated version of federal education policy despite a veto threat from President Obama and unified Democratic opposition to the legislation. The bill would extend for an additional five years the elementary and secondary education law that was last reauthorized in 2001 as part of President George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind initiative. The bill would reduce the federal governments role in education and give state and local officials more authority to develop their own standards and accountability assessments. The House adopted by voice vote an amendment from Republican Steve Scalise of Louisiana that would eliminate a requirement that states develop teacher evaluation systems. The Senate will most likely take up the legislation after the August recess.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
The Federal government is too overbearing on education and the state governments are too inconsistent.  Either way you loose. I say the Federal curricula be simplified, to core elements, writing, language, science and mathematics.  The states can address the peripheral subjects like civics, home economics, industrial arts, computer skills, arts and music. By allowing each to have domain, the Federal government can set standards that are measurable and the states can address skills according to local needs.

Upcoming Votes:

Transportation & HUD Appropriations - S.1243
The Senate has planned cloture votes this Tuesday on legislation that would fund the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development departments and related agencies.

Defense Appropriations - H.R.2397
The House may vote later this week on a bill sponsored by Republican C.W. Bill Young of Florida that would fund the Defense department and related agencies.

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